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Post by mattdh on Aug 23, 2013 17:11:42 GMT -5
any interest for some adaptors to use your mafell rails with your mft/3 table. i have a great idea for some adaptors to use your rails with you mft and its not permanent so you can go back to festool rails if needed, its also fairly quick and very simple. going to talk to someone next week about having these made next week. just want to gage interest to get an idea of how many to have made.
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Post by woodie on Aug 23, 2013 22:55:17 GMT -5
I'd definitely be interested.
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Post by jonathan on Aug 23, 2013 23:16:07 GMT -5
Could you give some more info about what exactly you have in mind?
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Post by 7 on Aug 23, 2013 23:26:21 GMT -5
Will your design only fit the official festool mft table with the aluminum extrusions around the perimeter. I would be interested if it is possible to mount your invention to a home made work table. I will post a pic of mine when I figure out how to shrink pics to the proper size.
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Post by mattdh on Aug 24, 2013 21:52:06 GMT -5
Will your design only fit the official festool mft table with the aluminum extrusions around the perimeter. I would be interested if it is possible to mount your invention to a home made work table. I will post a pic of mine when I figure out how to shrink pics to the proper size. i was thinking it will work with the original clamping mechanisms that attaches to mft/3 aluminum extrusions. basically attaches to the clamp things the same way the festool rail attaches- on the hinge side it will attach the same, just use both grooves in the bottom of the mafel rail were as the festool just uses the one groove on the bottom it. the front clamp thing with the little peg will have a spacers on it to make the peg thing still usable.
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Post by 7 on Aug 26, 2013 23:13:55 GMT -5
I am more interested in parallel guides for the mafell tracks. I will get back to the brainstorming when my workload calms down a bit. Too many deadlines right now.
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Post by jonathan on Aug 27, 2013 2:38:47 GMT -5
Actually, 7 I was going to hold off mentioning it on here, but last Saturday I ordered a whole bunch of T-bolts, incra track, knobs and a whole bunch of other what-ya-ma-call-its from the States (Lee valley, Woodcraft, Rockler) as it's near impossible to find well pretty much any jigs or fixtures around here.
Anyway, as soon as the stuff gets delivered, I'm going to town. I'm confident I'll have something that works within a few days of that. I'll keep you updated.
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Post by 7 on Aug 29, 2013 0:19:15 GMT -5
Sounds great to me. I am currently doing work where I am not using my track saw. As soon as the next job starts that I need to use it for I will likely be in crisis mode trying to make efficient cuts.
Another method that I have been brainstorming about involves the rail connectors. They would be attached only half way onto the rail, like if you were about to connect a rail but never putting the other half on then instead connecting some type of metal ruler to the other side of the rail connector perpendicular to the rail then add a stop onto the ruler that could but against the material or even span over to the same set up on the other side. I think there are better ideas...yours is one of them but the one attractive thing about using the rail connectors is that everything stays on the top of the material.
Does using the rail connectors seem feasible at all to you? I realize there are down sides even if it would work. I have never used festools so am really shooting from the hip trying to generate ideas.
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Post by GhostFist on Aug 30, 2013 15:01:28 GMT -5
Rail connectors are expensive I need what I have for connecting
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Post by mattdh on Sept 3, 2013 16:35:28 GMT -5
should have a photo of the example piece posted tomorrow to give anyone any idea of what im doing. may be able to use this with some kind of parallel guide also. do many members have the mft table?
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Post by fidelfs on Sept 3, 2013 20:45:47 GMT -5
I don't have guide rails nor the saw yet. I just ordered them and waiting to receive them.
I have been brainstorming how to make parallel guides. I want to ask some questions to see if I am going to the right path.
Are the guide rails and saw body magnetic? I am thinking to go this route because there is no much room on the guide rail when the saw is on the rail.
All I can do is watch videos to make sense of my plan, but I want to know so I can keep going this path or I have to change.
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Post by GhostFist on Sept 3, 2013 20:50:54 GMT -5
No, sorry not magnetic
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Post by woodie on Sept 3, 2013 22:28:10 GMT -5
Yeah, guide rails are aluminum and the saw base is magnesium.
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Post by jonathan on Sept 15, 2013 10:17:05 GMT -5
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Post by fidelfs on Sept 16, 2013 16:02:44 GMT -5
I tested dogs attached to the rail slots. I didn't have a 100% success. It might be my fault, I will try again.
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