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Offline MansKave

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Vac Clamp?
« on: July 02, 2023, 02:30 AM »
Hello I may have missed it but will the festool vac clamp ever come back to the US? Is it still being sold in Europe? How can I purchase one? :)
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Offline simnick

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2023, 03:29 AM »
No one knows if it is ever coming back. Some folks have theories, but nothing certain. I think it is brilliant, but it did not sell well at all, until the month they discontinued it.

It is also discontinued in Europe as well, so this is not a simple matter of importing one, or waiting for them to bring it back.

You can only get one on the used market, at quite inflated prices. All the unsold ones have been grabbed up and scalped quite a while ago.
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Offline bidn

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2023, 07:54 AM »
There was a vicious circle. Maybe because it didn't sell well or didn't have good prospects, many resellers would not carry it in Europe.

 I was interested in buying it, but not entirely convinced, I wanted to first try it out in a store... and was not able to find a store where you could have tried it... In the end, I never bought one. (I know some people order things to try them out, and if they don't like them, they ship the stuff back, asking for reimbursement. I don't like this nor have the energy for this hassle).

This made the sales get even worse, to the point that is has now been definitely discontinued, unfortunately.
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Offline Cheese

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2023, 10:20 AM »
Festool announced the obsoletion of the Vac-Sys in November of 2021, so there has been a lot of time to purge inventories and purchase existing units.
Fortunately, there are other vacuum units available, however, it could be argued they aren't as convenient or as versatile as the Vac-Sys.
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Offline rst

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2023, 12:06 PM »
After switching from making my own jigs, I bought a pair of Virutexs.  As I was on a budget, I did not buy their swivel model but instead got the base units and mounted them on barstool swivels.  I'm in the process of putting on Facebook Market Place or give me a PM.
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Offline bidn

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2023, 01:34 PM »
I am in Europe, I have long periods of time where I am too busy to check FOG. When I saw here (with delay) that it was discontinued in the USA, it was too late for finding a system in Europe ( or only at thrice the original price!!), then I did regret that I hadn't bought one.

Same thing with the CMS System : I was interested  (in the sanding module and other modules) but never took the step, there was no store around where they could be demoed, and then when I saw on FOG with delay that it was discontinued, it was already too late in Europe and I did regret being hesitant.

Now this has tought me something: I try to buy machine more easily, even when I am not 100% convinced, and purchase many add-ons in prevision of the situation that they may become unavailable.
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Offline MansKave

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2023, 12:32 AM »
Quote from: bidn on July 02, 2023, 01:34 PM
I am in Europe, I have long periods of time where I am too busy to check FOG. When I saw here (with delay) that it was discontinued in the USA, it was too late for finding a system in Europe ( or only at thrice the original price!!), then I did regret that I hadn't bought one.

Same thing with the CMS System : I was interested  (in the sanding module and other modules) but never took the step, there was no store around where they could be demoed, and then when I saw on FOG with delay that it was discontinued, it was already too late in Europe and I did regret being hesitant.

Now this has tought me something: I try to buy machine more easily, even when I am not 100% convinced, and purchase many add-ons in prevision of the situation that they may become unavailable.

Can you DM me images and pricing?
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Offline MansKave

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2023, 01:18 AM »
For anyone who actually has one - do you know the diameter of the shaft part of the vac pads? I can't find it anywhere
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Offline Alanbach

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2023, 01:17 PM »
On mine the OD of the shaft of the pad is roughly 67 1/2 mm.
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Offline agehall

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2023, 02:26 AM »
There are multiple different sizes of the pads. I have the standard ones along with the small narrow ones.
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Offline squall_line

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2023, 09:33 AM »
Quote from: agehall on July 06, 2023, 02:26 AM
There are multiple different sizes of the pads. I have the standard ones along with the small narrow ones.

The shafts of all of the pads are the same.
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Offline Cheese

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2023, 11:38 AM »
Quote from: MansKave on July 03, 2023, 01:18 AM
For anyone who actually has one - do you know the diameter of the shaft part of the vac pads? I can't find it anywhere

I measured mine with a dial caliper...67.36 mm.
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Offline MansKave

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2023, 10:25 AM »
Thank you sir!
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Offline MansKave

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2023, 10:28 AM »
I actually secured two se1 clamps and pumps - (couldn’t get the Se2)
- should I sell one of the pumps and turn the Se1 clamp int basically the Se2 or double pump double clamp. I might be able to get one more pump/clamp system if anyone else wants one
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Offline pettyconstruction

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Re: Vac Clamp?
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2023, 12:15 PM »
I was on the fence about the vac-clamp until it was to be discontinued .
I’m sure glad I got one, now I need the addition heads.

I would think if you want to sell off a pump, you won’t have a problem.

Really a neat set up, except the old style systainers , I have considered getting new T- lok style but haven’t yet.

Charlie


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