Is It Time To Go (Festool) Cordless?

We get large and frequent deliveries from Festool, which is why our showroom routinely has a pallet or two, and a forklift in the way.Festool is releasing a range of new cordless tools next Wednesday, June 17th, and some of these tools are even catching the eyes of woodworkers who typically work in a shop or on a jobsite with no shortage of dependable electricity. Of course woodworkers have long used cordless drills and jigsaws as a matter of course. Whats more novel is the serious consideration of cordless planers, saws, vacuums and trimmers that Festool is promoting. As a New York City merchant, we are accustomed to working with customers from all over the world. One of our customers who immigrated to the US from Poland once told us that in many European countries it was assumed that contracting professionals would supply their own power on the job - electricity is expensive, so it would be unusual to use or count on using a building owners or homeowners electricity. The standard…