Dropped $180 on a Festool track saw rail connector and it paid for itself in one afternoon

I was fighting with a crooked glue-up on a 16 foot kitchen island countertop last month and that connector kept my cuts dead straight where a straightedge would have slipped. Has anyone else found a single tool purchase that clawed back its cost on the first job?

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anna4911mo ago

Oh man, that's awesome. It's always great when a tool just pays for itself right out of the gate like that. I think a really good marking gauge or a self-centering dowel jig can do the same thing, just completely save a project from disaster on day one.

leehall1mo ago

Have you ever had one of those days where a cheap little tool saves your whole project though, @anna491? I picked up a basic little marking gauge for like ten bucks and it's honestly saved me more times than I can count... just takes a lot of the guesswork out.

pat_stone16d ago

Love it. @anna491, couldn't agree more.

brianreed1mo ago

Yeah, but was it the Festool brand that made it work or just having a good connector in general? I've been burned by expensive brand-name stuff before so I'm always curious.