something i need to do in the near future is align all my saws and tracks to co mingle. heres what i have so far:

ts 75,  ts 55

2  55 inch tracks

1 makita 116" track

1 mft table track


i'm looking for a good "paul marcel" style write up of this, is there one?

Okay, so are you saying that although you own both a TS55 and a TS75, you only have 2 1400mm rails and not the 1900mm rail which is included with the TS75?

Please remember that although all current Festool blades for the TS55 have 2.2mm kerfs, for years Festool made TS55 blades with different kerfs, so you need to stay alert. At least the TS55 fine tooth blade which is shipped with the TS55 cat 495 377always was and remains 2.2mm kerf.

For the TS75 the fine tooth blade and some of the others are 2.4mm kerf. There will be a slight problem with some of the TS75 wider kerf blades, especially the ripping Panther blade.

In my shop we only use Panther blades on our TS75, so when we set the TS75 toe-in and spacing from the splinter guard, we do so with a Panther blade. This way our TS75s work swell on all of our guide rails which are mostly used with TS55. All of our Festool track saws are standardized to a particular guide rail saved just for this purpose.

My experience is that when a TS75 is set using a Panther blade, and then that is changed to a narrower kerf fine tooth blade, the inner teeth will clear the splinter guard by 0.10mm, so no damage to the splinter guard and 0.10mm error is not very important when breaking down sheet material. If a job requires better precision than being careful with guide rails, then the machined needed is a CNC beam saw.

i know switching between the makita and festool tracks the ts75 cams need a lot of adjustment. will that affect these settings? i need to put the saw in front of me and reverse engineer it to wrap my head around it.

The 1900mm guide rail was introduced as part of the then new TS75 package and also as a separate item. I took delivery of the first TS55 sold by my favorite dealer and the 1900mm rail was included in the price. A couple of days later I bought a second 1900mm rail after I found 2 of the 1400mm rails coupled was not quite enough to rip 8' with the TS75.

the ts75 purchase is one that i wish i had bought new in hind sight. the 1900mm rail is really important for this saw.

thanks for your help gentlemen. i'll be pulling the anti splinter strips off soon to recalibrate them all. planning to use double sided fast cap tape as recommended on here.