1500 rail

[MacBoy]

Just yesterday I used up a spare rail piece from a bent rail to make a saw toe-in alignment accessory. When the saw is upside down, it is a PITA to match a rail to it to check for toe-in/out while at the same time countering the spring .. plus the splinter guard is not exactly precise reference...

With a super-short rail piece (about 250 mm) that is also cut to remove the second "rib" that is useless for the purpose and with a removed splinter guard this works out wonderfully.

Thus it is obvious Festool had it all figured out from the get go!

Buy 1900, make a useful length of 1650 from it, use the 250 mm off-cut to make a saw toe-in adjustment accessory, get some good beer to celebrate the new acquisition!

and … publish a video tip on the alignment please.

Lots of folks will benefit by learning about that technique.

 

[mino]

and … publish a video tip on the alignment please.

Lots of folks will benefit by learning about that technique.

Maybe some photos, not into the tube thing .. with my profession, should it ever come to light at an inopportune moment, could easily put my "value" on the job market 5-10% down ...

 

[morts10n]

Enough with the "just a bit too short" FS 1400/2 guiderails. Festool should close the gap with the competition and also go to 1500 or 1600mm!

You can always get the TSO short extension that fits inside your systainer.

 

[bertv]

Yes yes yes, but cutting down a 3000 into two 1500's... is way more expensive than Festool just supplying the 1500 outright. There is a huge shipping cost tagged onto the 3000 that isn't on the 1400's nor would it be on the 1500's. You can tape two 1500 in their cardboard boxes together and stick a shipping label on it and pretty much every postal service will take it. The 3000 came in a wooden box (not anymore?) that is too long for most postal companies or incurs and extra charge. And then there is also increased damage in shipping.

When I bought the FS 2424/2-LR (the longer hole rail) it came in a composable box, eg some thin strips of wood all around and two very flimsy thin pieces of MDF-like material as covers. I picked it up at the dealer and stuck it in my Smart Car to take home. Extended probably 3 feet from the back - well within legal limits, but nonetheless I attached an orange safety vest to it.
As far as I recall over here in the Low Countries there is a 178 cm (slightly under 6 feet) limit when you send large stuff thru the mail.

 

[Coen]

Thus it is obvious Festool had it all figured out from the get go!

Buy 1900, make a useful length of 1650 from it, use the 250 mm off-cut to make a saw toe-in adjustment accessory, get some good beer to celebrate the new acquisition!

Or; buy 1900, keep as-is
Cut 250mm off the 'set-supplied' 1400 and you have 1150 + 1900

Just yesterday I used up a spare rail piece from a bent rail to make a saw toe-in alignment accessory.

Pics or it didn't happen . I need to make one too. But the one shit rail (my first one; an 800) I have has a thinner primary rib..

You can always get the TSO short extension that fits inside your systainer.

Yes there are 101 work-arounds for a problem Festool can easily fix by not handicapping the rails.

As far as I recall over here in the Low Countries there is a 178 cm (slightly under 6 feet) limit when you send large stuff thru the mail.

Yeah I think the rules are somewhat different between business customers and private customers. But it currently says 175x78x58 cm yeah. I can't remember that we used another service for 1900 rails when I worked at a Festool dealership so maybe they took that too back then. The 3000 and 5000 are definitely in another category when it comes to shipping costs.
Either way 1750 is enough for 1500 and 1600 rails.

Extended probably 3 feet from the back - well within legal limits, but nonetheless I attached an orange safety vest to it.

When I did my driving theory exam... I had three questions about protruding loads...