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Post by henrun on Nov 19, 2017 7:08:31 GMT -5
It would be easy to fit an "outrigger" bracket on the "non rail side" of the square so that it does not roll over when there is no weight/machine on the rail. A simple piece of metal/plastic bracket that could be attached flush to the top part to make it rest against the top of the material. All it needs to do is support the rail/angle attachment.
It would not need to be very long, a swivel action would be a bonus. It would be a five to ten minute fix using the Festool side threads/holes.
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Post by skinee on Nov 19, 2017 17:00:26 GMT -5
I'm not allowed to buy any more tools until after Christmas. 🤕 So, let's say it's January 1st. How will I get ahold of one of these things? Do I just email this dude and Bob's your uncle? Does he ship to the US? you can email the guy asking for price and shipping to the US.i think some have already been shipped to the US and Oz.
frankcochrane@btinternet.com
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Post by skinee on Nov 19, 2017 17:03:33 GMT -5
The DD40 guide rail fits on the 'festool' side of the square...you need to clamp it to the square to make sure it doesn't move, but I'm trying to come up with a way of fixing it without a clamp. great idea,I was just about to remove that brassware, guess I'll have to re-think,well spotted. |
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Post by skinee on Dec 19, 2017 5:14:58 GMT -5
frank seems to have added a couple of angle attachments(45&22.5 degrees) for the square,haven't enquired about the price.
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Post by arvid on Dec 19, 2017 12:29:35 GMT -5
frank seems to have added a couple of angle attachments(45&22.5 degrees) for the square,haven't enquired about the price.
lets see a 5 cut test method for repeated accuracy. |
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Post by mafelluser on Dec 27, 2017 15:30:01 GMT -5
Looks nice. For anyone needing a URL (which, oddly, was not mentioned anywhere in this thread, yet...), see here: mafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/thread/938/hybrid-guide-square-festool-mafelland, for those of you not averse to the darkside (or banned from there  ), here's a related thread on the FOGAnd here's some older related discussion on this topic: mafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/post/17817/threadmafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/post/306/threadPretty ironic that TSO were asked by Mafell users, ages ago, to create an FSN-compatible square, but uhmmed and ahhhed, and generally dragged their heels: mafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/thread/792/precise-guide-square-mafell-tracksawWell, the grass has grown under their feet, now, courtesy of Frank. |
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Post by bicycleclip on Mar 8, 2018 14:16:35 GMT -5
The DD40 guide rail fits on the 'festool' side of the square...you need to clamp it to the square to make sure it doesn't move, but I'm trying to come up with a way of fixing it without a clamp. Did you ever figure out how to do this? |
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Post by lincoln on Mar 8, 2018 19:49:08 GMT -5
The DD40 guide rail fits on the 'festool' side of the square...you need to clamp it to the square to make sure it doesn't move, but I'm trying to come up with a way of fixing it without a clamp. Did you ever figure out how to do this? No, haven't had a chance. I did mention it to Frank and he was going to try and figure something out. Have used the square with my saw rail though, and it's great. Easy to attach/remove, and as accurate as you could ask for. |
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Post by bicycleclip on Mar 9, 2018 2:53:27 GMT -5
Did you ever figure out how to do this? No, haven't had a chance. I did mention it to Frank and he was going to try and figure something out. Have used the square with my saw rail though, and it's great. Easy to attach/remove, and as accurate as you could ask for. True that - it's super nice to use with the saw rail. I love the weight of it, I frequently use it without clamps as you have to be quite deliberate to move it, even with a very long rail. Frank shared some CAD drawings of a replacement DD40 template, but I think he's decided that it's too close to Mafell's design for comfort. Funnily enough last night I was attempting to make some pegboard with my DD40 and thinking it would be great to have a square for the template guide. |
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Post by Frank Cochrane on Apr 26, 2018 14:31:19 GMT -5
got this rail square this morning and have snapped a few photos and a had a quick try out.photos below:
www.dropbox.com/sh/fby9n8swpusmbp8/AACKOkN9xVMElYL4ZsQc0u6Za?dl=0
specs. weight 1,050g(2lb.5oz) size: 370mmx149mm(14 1/2"x5 7/8")
first impressions are good,it seems well machined out of a block of aluminium,the square slides into the two grooves underneath the FSN rail and is captured with four rectangular brass plates,the two large brass hexagonal nuts are held in place with 4mm hex screw/bolts.these are offset in the brass hexagonal nuts and act like a cam,when turned they push the brass nuts tight to the rail.when mounting the square on the FSN rail these cam screws must be oriented towards the rail to allow an easy on/off.once tightened,the square is rock solid on the FSN rail.i made a test cut on a piece of 600mm(24") MFC using the kss 40,i used a 1.6m rail and did not clamp,i then tested for square using my large 600mm woodpecker square,the result was a perfectly square cut(this large woodpecker square is very accurate,having been tested regularly using other very accurate squares).I am very happy with this rail square and have every confidence in it performing equally well over the width of a full sheet of ply.i could not test the festool side of the square as I got rid of that rail system several years ago.i will most likely remove the brass fittings of the festool side(if I can) to reduce weight a little,in fact I would rather see a dedicated square for both systems which would reduce the cost of the square. I think the number of people using both types of rail system would be very small. |
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Post by Frank Cochrane on Apr 26, 2018 14:33:04 GMT -5
got this rail square this morning and have snapped a few photos and a had a quick try out.photos below:
www.dropbox.com/sh/fby9n8swpusmbp8/AACKOkN9xVMElYL4ZsQc0u6Za?dl=0
specs. weight 1,050g(2lb.5oz) size: 370mmx149mm(14 1/2"x5 7/8")
first impressions are good,it seems well machined out of a block of aluminium,the square slides into the two grooves underneath the FSN rail and is captured with four rectangular brass plates,the two large brass hexagonal nuts are held in place with 4mm hex screw/bolts.these are offset in the brass hexagonal nuts and act like a cam,when turned they push the brass nuts tight to the rail.when mounting the square on the FSN rail these cam screws must be oriented towards the rail to allow an easy on/off.once tightened,the square is rock solid on the FSN rail.i made a test cut on a piece of 600mm(24") MFC using the kss 40,i used a 1.6m rail and did not clamp,i then tested for square using my large 600mm woodpecker square,the result was a perfectly square cut(this large woodpecker square is very accurate,having been tested regularly using other very accurate squares).I am very happy with this rail square and have every confidence in it performing equally well over the width of a full sheet of ply.i could not test the festool side of the square as I got rid of that rail system several years ago.i will most likely remove the brass fittings of the festool side(if I can) to reduce weight a little,in fact I would rather see a dedicated square for both systems which would reduce the cost of the square. I think the number of people using both types of rail system would be very small. |
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Post by mafelluser on Apr 29, 2018 17:18:22 GMT -5
I view FB with utter contempt (it's a data-mining operation).
Frank, since you're posting here on the forum, can I ask you to put your square-related info on a website other than Facebook, please? (not instead of, but in addition to).
There are still some humans not plugged into Facebook (and never ever will be!), who cannot access your Facebook info, because Facebook decided to restrict access to 'members-only', in recent months, to try to coerce non-members into having to sign-up.
Cheers.
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Post by henrun on May 1, 2018 5:30:03 GMT -5
Mafelluser: I agree, I am almost never on Facebook and every time I have been forced into signing in to check something out I have been flooded with "content related advertisements" that I could not care less for.
I don't watch short clips on Youtube any longer since the ads run almost the same time as the clips nowadays so I only watch longer clips and while the multiple ads run I switch to another tab in the browser and check email/forums unless I can skip the ad after 5 seconds.
I get that the websites live off commercials but it is way too much at the moment. And most of them are really totally wasted on me, just draining my time. The good thing is that it keeps me off YouTube, bad thing is I am less inclined to learn new tricks by browsing woodworker videos.
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Post by kraftt on May 1, 2018 9:47:06 GMT -5
Back when I first installed the Ghostery extension to my browser I was curious what all these sites were that it was blocking. Some sites showed zero trackers blocked and others a whopping number in 3 digits or more. Opening up preferences I kept seeing Facebook listed. That really surprised me to learn they were tracking me since I’ve never had anything to do with them nor had an Instagram account (back then). I also use Little Snitch and that too was revealing to see how often I have to click ‘deny’ everytime a site or an email I open wants info from my computer. William Binney, the father of ThinThread, once stated in an online Q&A that at the highest levels your information is instantly shared with NGO’s because the intelligence infrastructure was privatized long ago in order to build dependencies to protect bigger budgets, and nothing else is or was their goal. (a few excerpts) Q: Is it possible to think that governments will come to the idea that selling citizens data to companies is totally ok ?
William Binney responds:
They dont have to sell it, they are giving it to them now because the contractors run their databases. Indirectly they have access to it all. Eg. Ed Snowden and Booz Allen Hamilton.
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Q: How much of Government overreach would you attribute to the publics misunderstanding of mission stress and financial disincentives?
William Binney responds:
They had duped the public into thinking they need to do bulk surveillance and this has allowed them to almost triple their budgets.
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Q: If the ThinThread system you created is so good, as you have said, fully automated that it could monitor signals then filter and alert on genuine threats in near real time - why has it not been able to stop mass shootings like ones in Colorado or Oregon? IIRC the Oregon dude had posted material about his future actions.
William Binney responds:
Because NSA and associated industrial partners killed the program in 2000/01!
Questioner follows up…
Q: Right, but my core question is:
Does the NSA actually think they need to do this to catch bad guys or are they doing it because results=more funding?
William Binney responds:
They are doing this purposely to get the money. Their track record is that they continuously fail using bulk collection, and they know it.
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Q: 1- If the US under so much of a threat that constant surveillance is necessary or is it just a "safe guard"?
2- Does the NSA track/survey anyone outside the US? (From Ireland)
3- Are OS's today "safe" from tracking and/or surveillance?
William Binney responds:
Bulk surveillance is not necessary to protect anybody. NSA tries to track everyone on the planet. google: the program Treasuremap. OS's are absolutely not safe! |
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Post by zukinut on May 30, 2018 19:11:31 GMT -5
To the op, would you still purchase this? I'm about a day away from ordering this and the mt 55
Will
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