Post by newuser on Feb 9, 2022 13:49:08 GMT -5
Started hobby woodworking accidentally almost when a bathroom refurbishment required replacement fittings in 2020-1. After a fair amount of research, decided to make a tracksaw (MT55) and MFT style system ‘the tool’ to do it all, after seeing how some used it for just about everything.
The festool sized boards stuck together were never going to be a permanent solution, so built a workbench with 2.4/850 top and custom holes, however the custom holes had some subtle mistakes which turned out to be combination of off center bit, and probably a jig with too much play (Trend MFT jig) if you use a large bit like the festool 20mm (only one that will fit the 8mm shank on OF1100). Also tried the bosch 32mm shelf pin adapter with router on mafell rail which wasn’t accurate. Today was almost final straw with system after a confirmed centering mandrel’d bit produced inaccurate holes after just one vertical row (reluctantly just ordered parf).
Anyway, finding it impossible to accurately cut plywood on all 4 sides with matching accuracy. The MFT system means everything is stationary unless you have a moving fence or flag, and my flags are tiny things that aren’t able to capture much of the sheet. Also think my two stuck together MFT sheets are wandering enough to allow up to a mm difference in width over a 1m cut which is unacceptable for a cabinet. Have also tried exact stationary fences, sticking plywood together, even using jigsaw with 150mm blade to cut ALL of it at same time which was a disaster as the blade went off 90.
TL;DR: Track saw user looking for another saw, or does he need one? Apart from plywood find it very hard to make accurate bevel cuts in thick and narrow hardwood, amd also seems to take forever to setup cuts. One solution might be an incra fence for MFT, but wondering if a table/mitre etc saw might be beneficial anyway.
The festool sized boards stuck together were never going to be a permanent solution, so built a workbench with 2.4/850 top and custom holes, however the custom holes had some subtle mistakes which turned out to be combination of off center bit, and probably a jig with too much play (Trend MFT jig) if you use a large bit like the festool 20mm (only one that will fit the 8mm shank on OF1100). Also tried the bosch 32mm shelf pin adapter with router on mafell rail which wasn’t accurate. Today was almost final straw with system after a confirmed centering mandrel’d bit produced inaccurate holes after just one vertical row (reluctantly just ordered parf).
Anyway, finding it impossible to accurately cut plywood on all 4 sides with matching accuracy. The MFT system means everything is stationary unless you have a moving fence or flag, and my flags are tiny things that aren’t able to capture much of the sheet. Also think my two stuck together MFT sheets are wandering enough to allow up to a mm difference in width over a 1m cut which is unacceptable for a cabinet. Have also tried exact stationary fences, sticking plywood together, even using jigsaw with 150mm blade to cut ALL of it at same time which was a disaster as the blade went off 90.
TL;DR: Track saw user looking for another saw, or does he need one? Apart from plywood find it very hard to make accurate bevel cuts in thick and narrow hardwood, amd also seems to take forever to setup cuts. One solution might be an incra fence for MFT, but wondering if a table/mitre etc saw might be beneficial anyway.