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You want to run an extractor with them regardless, as the blade is so enclosed it can get fairly clogged up (or so I was advised by my wise old joiner colleague).
I have the Mafell, don’t regret it at all. Much prefer its sturdiness (perceived or otherwise) compared to the festool.
The mafell will run on festool rails, and if it’s only the saw your considering I’d go mafell. But there is a whole system of festool stuff that ties in with the rails.
Mafell have some tools that work with their rail, but it’s not really anything like what festool offer.
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You can also get the Bosch saw which basically the same as the Mafell one minus a few bells and whistles (no scoring function and no flip down shroud for blade changes) but otherwise it's same motor, rails and chassis etc. All of that for 100 notes less than the festool, which in turn is ~ 70 less than the maffell (last time I checked at least). I have the Bosch and I love it. Still got my eye on one of these for ultimate lazy cutting - no need to even push the saw!
Bobbo
Ok then time to pull trigger on plunge saw. I think I could spend on a Festool TS55 or Mafell MT55CC as we have a lot to get through.
I saw the video posted a few days ago I'm not tied to spending the money. Top priority is one which is easy to get good accuracy and lowest priority is dust collection as we are only one step away from a building site.
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