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Post by mick on Apr 21, 2015 10:30:45 GMT -5
I use mine quite a bit as well on the kss 400 was thinking of getting the role over one as well
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Apr 28, 2015 21:32:51 GMT -5
I too use it regularly for ripping thin strips. I've also attached a piece of 19mm thick scrap MDF to mine to aid in dust collection when I'm just shaving off a few millimeters. That way the dust has much less chance to get airborne right side of the blade and most of it gets sucked in. Makes a huge difference on OSB & MDF. This is off the track I assume? |
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Post by jonathan on Apr 29, 2015 2:55:11 GMT -5
Both on and off, like I said, the piece of MDF is only there to aid in dust collection.
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Post by jacko on Apr 29, 2015 19:45:08 GMT -5
How many MT55's are there in the North American/Canadian market? If aftermarket guys like Seneca can make tools for Festool, can they design something for the Mafell saw? Has any that owns one (I'm not there yet) asked those aftermarket guys?
I'm interested because it might help me make a decision (for parellel guides) as to buy a track saw or not.
Jack
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Post by 7 on Apr 29, 2015 23:12:40 GMT -5
A forum member, Tom, contacted the Collins Tool Company and talked them into doing a coping foot for the Mafell jigsaw. They did a limited run ( I am remembering some quantity around 60) and sold them all. Not sure how other tool companies would respond. The Colllins experience is the only one I am aware of where someone contacted the company and asked and it worked out well.
I have no idea how many saws there are in the US & Canada. Again, I am sure Timberwolf would know since they sell almost all of them. I live in Utah and have never seen a single person with anything Mafell.
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Apr 29, 2015 23:16:04 GMT -5
I have sent email to Seneca and they said it was on their list, but after Makita stuff. So, doubtful. But I just use a rule stop against the machined edges of the rail and I am good to go - get perfect and repeatable cuts.
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Post by mick on Apr 29, 2015 23:23:07 GMT -5
I started using the rule stop after reading it on here works great and if mafell came out with there one I don't think I would bother with it as the rule stop works great quick and easy
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Post by MrToolJunkie on May 17, 2015 22:46:25 GMT -5
I really find the rule stop to work great and it is very accurate and fast. the best part if no fussing around with things hanging off the rails. I think this set-up would be great with the Aerofix. I just wish I could find a rule stop that went to 18 inches or 24 inches - well I suppose I could if I bought the kind that worked with a ruler, but I like the machined edges of the one I got from Lee Valley.
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Post by jalvis on May 18, 2015 10:51:57 GMT -5
I tried to get Micro Fence to make a run for the Mafell tracks. They didn't seem very interested but that was 2 years ago. |
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Post by mafelluser on Apr 10, 2017 13:28:58 GMT -5
Any update on a smart solution for this task, or is everyone still using a couple of combination squares to set their tracks in relation to the material, for each rip?
Cheerss
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Post by Knight Woodworks on Apr 10, 2017 18:45:51 GMT -5
Not that I'm aware of, perhaps others have news they can share. A few months ago TSO Products discussed the possibility of making a rail square and perhaps parallel guides as well. Unfortunately there wasn't enough of a market.
John
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Post by mafelluser on Apr 10, 2017 19:08:19 GMT -5
Thanks John.
(this isn't aimed at you, personally) TBH, I don't believe that there is an insufficient market for something as (frankly) simple as a Mafell/Bosch version of the TSO square product(s), given that the product is not at all complex (it's just a CNC'd aluminium plate with a lever/clip, no matter how TSO may like to dress it up in their marketing). There are many thousands of Mafell/Bosch guide rail users, across the USA and Europe. Festool don't own the market sector - not by a longshot... Perhaps they just don't feel inclined to figure out a viable way to mate their product with the Mafell/Bosch rails, given the lack of a convenient top 'C'-channel, which made the project so much easier on the Festool/Makita/Triton rails.
Admittedly, parallel rail guides might be less of a market. Looks like a couple of combination squares, alongside some Parf dogs on a pseudo MFT will be my go-to method, as I'm sure it is for many hundreds (probably thousands) of Mafell/Bosch plunge saw owners.
Cheers.
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Post by amt on Apr 12, 2017 22:20:41 GMT -5
Not sure I see the point of a rail square with the FS miter attachment thing.
I would hope adapting the small incra tracks to the underside of the rail, and using existing Seneca stops, or your own home-made would be sufficient enough for a parallel guide.
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Post by mafelluser on Apr 20, 2017 19:55:57 GMT -5
Here's a tangential question: I know about Bosch's 'Fast Fix' clamps, for the FSN/Mafell rail system:  ...but does anyone know if Festool's 'FS-Rapid' clamps will function with Bosch FSN / Mafell guide rails, or do the FS-Rapid clamps work only with Festool-type guide rails?  |
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Post by aas on Apr 22, 2017 5:30:10 GMT -5
No they won't work, the T-track on the Mafell rails is much smaller.
To be honest - I never got on with the FS-Rapid on the Festool rails before I switched to Mafell.
It's not too hard to make a square/parallel guide combo for a rail out of aluminium for permanent fixture to the rail. You only need a 30cm offcut of rail to do so, then you add it with a joiner when you need to do a longer cut.
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