Installing the Festool Boom

 

She attaches the other end of the large hose to the start of the boom arm.
	Andrea attaches the dust collector's hose to the boom hose. This is just via a slip-on connector for making the boom assembly hose easy on and off.
She then fairleads the hose through the snap-on clips that extend over the length of the boom. These clips hold the power cord also.  This is made for easy on and off, but I have the feeling that I will leave the boom always ready to go and just buy a new hose.
	Now Andrea plugs in the power cord. She is seconds away from trying this boom.
We wanted to see what boom position works best. We placed the dust collector about 15 inches away from the edge of the worktable as the picture above shows. Now Andrea sees if she can reach the far corner of the board area and have enough room to start long cuts there. She does and then some. So far, so good.
	Next she comes to the further corner in this direction — no problem here either.
Well, this is the picture I used at the start of the story to show the new addition — a boom arm for the dust collector.  I had an easy time putting it together — I let Andrea do it, and I just shot the pictures. A good method.    I have barely used it, and I love it. It is one of those thing that causes you to wonder "how did I work without it this long?"    You can see the white cabinet in the background. It is one that we used as a "model" to show how easy and quick it was to cut a single 4' by 8' white melamine panel into the individual pieces. It was easy then. I cant wait to do it again with the Festool Boom in place. Easy might have just gotten easier. And remember, with smoother sawing runs, we may get more perfect kerfs.    Gail hasn't visited the shop since this addition — can't wait to get her reaction.

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