Thanks Sedge. Great tip on not butting the two rails tightly together. I don’t have to join rails very often, but I have to admit I have always just pushed the two rails together.... Yes That helped!!! 😉
Sedge, I just got a TS55 & OF1400 router. I read a lot of guys say only go with a continuous track… Would you recommend joining 2 Festool tracks to cut a full 96” length of plywood or just getting the FS2700 or FS3000? Thank you for the videos by the way. I have been watching the last few weeks. Great content. Love the new england accent brother!
hah I bought two 55" tracks for my festool track saw and Immediately dimpled them by over tightening...should have watched this first. it is not enough to cause any issue but it is annoying to see it on brand new tracks like that. what I am struggling with is the fact that 1)I need to switch back and forth often from 55" to 110" tracks and having these set screws makes that not so quick. I could get a third track and keep two of them always connected but then there is nowhere to put a 110" long track in my work trailer....I wish there was a quick connect for these. I will probably buy a third track ,that way when I set up for the day I just connect the two together for my long cuts if I am even doing any ,and have a third for my crosscuts.mostly I think I will use this saw for breaking down sheet goods and crosscutting wide materials accurately without a huge tabklesaw .I aM curious if anyone has any advise here if there is a better way to do this.
Thanks @sagetool for the tip. I have been following your method, I’ve also follow the straight edge alignment method, and all I can say ( repeatability ) it’s just not there in this design. Just do a reach on the internet, and there is a well documented example of a poor design, not just my opinion, I hope you take that with the highest level of “positive critic.” One thing I’d like to ask is, I could never wrap my head around the comment made about aligning to the external edge of the rail ( opposite to the cutting edge ) as most if not all “square guides” are leveraging this edge for alignment, again, since there is so much variance in the play needed for the inserts on the track guides... thoughts?
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Thank you, Thank you!!. Been doing it wrong WHOLE TIME! Leaving me scratching my head .. lol
Glad to help
Thanks for another great teaching lesson, you have helped me and others nice one
Thanks
Thanks Sedge. Great tip on not butting the two rails tightly together. I don’t have to join rails very often, but I have to admit I have always just pushed the two rails together.... Yes That helped!!! 😉
Thanks !!!
Thank you this really helped me in my prodject
Glad it helped!
Dunno how you don't have more subs! Great channel thanks for great advice and using metric system😄
Thanks !!!!!
Great tip !! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 👍
Is your backwall covered in festool rails?
Yep !!!
Sedge, I just got a TS55 & OF1400 router. I read a lot of guys say only go with a continuous track… Would you recommend joining 2 Festool tracks to cut a full 96” length of plywood or just getting the FS2700 or FS3000? Thank you for the videos by the way. I have been watching the last few weeks. Great content. Love the new england accent brother!
FS3000 is the one I recommend... Thanks for watching
I have the old style lr32 endstops. Is there a way of using them and not using router bits to get the proper spacing?
yep... use an 8mm gauge block
If you use that tool to space the holes 32 mm apart, how do you know the tracks are lined up perfectly?
I use the tracksaw to line up the rails .................
hah I bought two 55" tracks for my festool track saw and Immediately dimpled them by over tightening...should have watched this first. it is not enough to cause any issue but it is annoying to see it on brand new tracks like that. what I am struggling with is the fact that 1)I need to switch back and forth often from 55" to 110" tracks and having these set screws makes that not so quick. I could get a third track and keep two of them always connected but then there is nowhere to put a 110" long track in my work trailer....I wish there was a quick connect for these. I will probably buy a third track ,that way when I set up for the day I just connect the two together for my long cuts if I am even doing any ,and have a third for my crosscuts.mostly I think I will use this saw for breaking down sheet goods and crosscutting wide materials accurately without a huge tabklesaw .I aM curious if anyone has any advise here if there is a better way to do this.
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Thanks @sagetool for the tip. I have been following your method, I’ve also follow the straight edge alignment method, and all I can say ( repeatability ) it’s just not there in this design. Just do a reach on the internet, and there is a well documented example of a poor design, not just my opinion, I hope you take that with the highest level of “positive critic.” One thing I’d like to ask is, I could never wrap my head around the comment made about aligning to the external edge of the rail ( opposite to the cutting edge ) as most if not all “square guides” are leveraging this edge for alignment, again, since there is so much variance in the play needed for the inserts on the track guides... thoughts?
Never gave it much thought ...the method I use in this video I have used for quite some time and it seems to work for me.....thanks for sharing