2200 sitting on guide rail not flush

[cgmojoco]

Trying to setup guide rail, 2200, guide rods and guide stop to do a quick through dado on a piece of wood on my MFT.

So I setup the guide rod/guide stop assembly and insert the guide rods into the 2200.
That entire setup sits flush on the MFT table----the problem is...I don't think its supposed to sit flush.
As soon as I put the thing on the guide rail, now the base of the 2200 is hovering off the workpiece.
I can try and use the support foot to get it LEVEL while its hovering but I'm wondering if I might be doing something wrong.
Shouldn't the 2200 be sitting right on the workpiece?
No, the 2200 base isn't on the guide rail, its on the workpiece.
Should the base of the 2200 be ON the rail? (Just not on the green stripe?)

Christopher

 

[peter halle]

Should be on the rail.  Otherwise you would have to have something to make up the height of the guiderail.  The foot makes up the height of the guiderail at the outer edge of the router.  There is an accessory base also for the 2200 that makes up the difference.

Here are a couple of images from the Festool USA website.

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Peter

 

[cgmojoco]

Should be on the rail.  Otherwise you would have to have something to make up the height of the guiderail.  The foot makes up the height of the guiderail at the outer edge of the router.  There is an accessory base also for the 2200 that makes up the difference.

Here are a couple of images from the Festool USA website.

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Peter

Thanks!

 

[MrToolJunkie]

Yep -- Peter nailed it.  If you buy the accessory kit for the OF2200 this base, along with every other base, is included and it is a great value.  Otherwise, just get the offset base and you should be good to go.  It is a sweet router...enjoy using it.

Scot

 

[bwiele]

I had the same problem with my 1010. I thought I had pretty much every accessory available. Is there a different solution for the 1010?

 

[Brice Burrell]

I had the same problem with my 1010. I thought I had pretty much every accessory available. Is there a different solution for the 1010?

Yes, the OF2200 router is the only one with an extended base plate.  The 1010 and 1400 have the leveling foot, that's it.

 

[peter halle]

This may be a stupid question, but in the middle of the night I thought of something.  If the plastic piece that fits to the rails that holds the rods was a little bit taller and the groove that fits onto the raised rail portion was deeper, then if it was reversed on the rail - like the jig saws - wouldn't that allow the router to sit flush on the workpiece?  Of course there would be limitations and work arounds required based on work piece size, whether or not you were using the MFT, etc, but it would well with large workpiece sizes where the rail was clamped to a workpiece.  Wouldn't it?  Is there already excess space when it is mounted on the rail?  My router is 20 miles away so I can't check.

Peter

 

[bwiele]

I had the same problem with my 1010. I thought I had pretty much every accessory available. Is there a different solution for the 1010?

Yes, the OF2200 router is the only one with an extended base plate.  The 1010 and 1400 have the leveling foot, that's it.

Got it. Thanks Brice.