The T12 is a whopping 3/8" shorter than the T15. Well it's such a huge difference, that I wonder why Festool even bothered putting the angle chuck in the T12 package.

(Apparently) that's my job here.

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John

1 Toolie, 2 XL Festool Polos

With the torque on these new drills, putting your hand behind it could easily result in a much thinner hand.

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John

1 Toolie, 2 XL Festool Polos

OK John, now we are getting down to it! Just come out & say "Hey I am a hopeless Festool (or in some of our cases, ALL tools) JUNKIE."

I could probably use the "smaller than" on my wife (be careful here John) but it's best among us tool junkies to just tell the truth.

Hey, it's a huge problem changing bits back & forth so we all really need two "T" drills & it would be just plain silly to have two T15's...
( I think that I can sell it).

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Well Ron, I ordered another T drill last night so I can have two because I don't like to change bits. One will be setup to drive and the other to drill. I did go for another T15 so one could argue that I'm silly.

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Ron, I should have known better.

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John

1 Toolie, 2 XL Festool Polos

My thinking exactly. In fact, depending on the job, I might have three or four drills at hand.

I've been using a fleet of DeWalts that way for years, so every time I sell one of them, I'll just use the money to buy another T.

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John

1 Toolie, 2 XL Festool Polos

Brice, you KNOW that I'm kidding -- when I get another one (high probability) it will be a T15 also. They are just great.
(If I were making $$ with it I would already have the second one.)

Have you tried yours in some heavy tasks yet?

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"Whether you THINK YOU CAN, or THINK YOU CAN'T, You're right!"

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." Confucius (551-479 BCE) philosopher

So, now I guess you're saying that buying the T12 was silly.

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John

1 Toolie, 2 XL Festool Polos

Well, quite frankly...

Not at all -- buying any tool that makes you happy is not silly.

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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra (1925-)

"Whether you THINK YOU CAN, or THINK YOU CAN'T, You're right!"

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." Confucius (551-479 BCE) philosopher