Aftermarket Festool Compatible Accessories

[bertv]

German one man operation that produces and sells benchdogs and similar stuff:
http://marxing.de

Impressive looking site (German only!), fair pricing, individual items to order — don’t know about shipping outside Germany/Europe.

 

[gsharp9]

Hey All,

Let me just say this forum is great!

Brand new member and owner of TS 55 R.  I can see I "need" some of those rip guides!

thanks so much for such a great resource.

G

 

[hcoyote]

Seth,

Is the Clamp Caddie no more?  The link now goes to a domain squatter and appears to no longer be sold according to an update on this post late last year:

http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-sales-dealer-area/turn-a-festool-mft-table-screw-clamp-or-quick-clamp-into-a-one-handed-clamp/

 

[semenza]

Seth,

Is the Clamp Caddie no more?  The link now goes to a domain squatter and appears to no longer be sold according to an update on this post late last year:

http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-sales-dealer-area/turn-a-festool-mft-table-screw-clamp-or-quick-clamp-into-a-one-handed-clamp/

Looks like it is no longer available.

Seth

 

[Oaklander]

Hope this is helpful to member HCoyote, re: Clamp Caddy.  One of the links in Seth's list is Seneca Woodworking.  They sell solid aluminum dogs with a mounting "platform" on which you can mount Bessey Toggle Clamps (or others).  Included is sturdy knob with threaded bolt and large washer to secure from underside of the MFT.  I have the Kreg Bench Klamps and the Seneca dogs work great with my hold-downs.

 

[BillyG]

The Betterly link in the first post doesn't work.  Try this for the Betterly zero clearance insert for the Kapex.
http://www.festoolproducts.com/Betterley-Zero-Clearance-Insert-for-Kapex-Miter-Sa-p/fki101.htm
Billy

 

[Mr Heavy]

I just picked up a Bosch VAC005, 35mm x 16' vacuum hose. The small end fits nice and snug in the dust port on my 55REQ. The big end fits in the 2 1/4" inlet on my 16 gal Ridgid shop vac, as well as a 2 1/4"-4" adapter for my dust collector. The hose is fairly flexible and the tool end rotates to help keep the hose from twisting up. I've never used Festools hose, so I can't do a comparison. For $35 with free shipping on Amazon, it think it's a good alternative to the Festool hose for $150. Unfortunately, the tool end of the hose is about 1/8" too small to fit over the dust ports on my Bosch 6" r.o. or my Bosch pad sanders. Way to go Bosch! Guess that's another use for Gorilla tape.

I got that same hose it is a quality hose for sure @ a fraction of the cost of the same size Festool hose .

Bringing this to England last year cost about £36 including freight and all import costs. Amazing value.

I concur re. fitting well on the 55, and it also goes on the OF 1010.
MY Bosch sander is the blue 5 incher, and getting any info out of Bosch about dc fittings is like pulling teeth from a tiger on crack.
I finally found a straight coupler on Amazon UK which is definitely the correct part,

Bosch 1600499005 Power Tool Connector To Hose - currently £2.49 & FREE Delivery in the UK

though it doesn't say so on the packaging

Meanwhile, the adapter that Bosch/Amazon tout as correct for random orbit sanders is some oval-assed thing that couldn't possibly fit this - and according to reviews, nothing else either..

adapter - full review

 

[fdengel]

That hose is not anti-static.

Of course that doesn't matter unless the tool and vac are both anti-static, so if you aren't leveraging the "system" but simply using a Festool tool with a 3rd party vac, the anti-static feature wouldn't work for you anyway.

Even if the hose were anti-static, I suspect it would be lost with that adapter too.

 

[Mr Heavy]

Of course you are correct. However...

I'm in England, sir. The average humidity here makes static a potential problem for about three days every February.

 

[Holmz]

German one man operation that produces and sells benchdogs and similar stuff:
http://marxing.de

Impressive looking site (German only!), fair pricing, individual items to order — don’t know about shipping outside Germany/Europe.

They look interesting.
Awaiting my track saw arriving so I can see what all the fuss is about.
The MFT is in a box on the living room - sitting in limbo, all alone.

 

[Brent Taylor]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

[attachimg=#]if you cannot find the Festool one, Makita makes one for there vac. It's antistatic and available on Amazon. 

Seth

Is this a Festool part? If so, what is the item number? I'm interested in picking up one of these.

EDIT> fixed quote box

 

[semenza]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

[attachimg=#]if you cannot find the Festool one, Makita makes one for there vac. It's antistatic and available on Amazon. 

Seth

Is this a Festool part? If so, what is the item number? I'm interested in picking up one of these.

    No. Not a Festool part , so no number.

Seth

 

[Tayler_mann]

German one man operation that produces and sells benchdogs and similar stuff:
http://marxing.de

Impressive looking site (German only!), fair pricing, individual items to order — don’t know about shipping outside Germany/Europe.

Quick question about this website, what exactly are the 4b upgrade bench dogs they have listed for. Is that some type of micro adjust fence system to use in your MFT. I know I have seen a few on the form in the last few months, but I am very Interested in what these dogs are for exactly and how they are exactly used. It sucks I cannot read much on the site I hope our German friends here can.

 

[bertv]

Premium Set für das exakte Ausrichten, Sägen und Hobeln. Mit den Mightydogs hat man eine Spannvorrichtung für das Hobeln und Spannen von Werkstücken zur Leimholzherstellung. Mit individuell selbst hergestellten Press- und Verleimvorrichtungen, die man an den Vierkantstab schraubt hat man die Möglichkeit Rundungen zu spannen oder Holz zu biegen. Durch die vier Klemmvorrichtungen und aufschraubbaren Innenecken kann man Holzrahmen auf Gehrung verleimen.

Roughly into English:
This is intended for precise set ups for clamping, sawing and planing. You can screw selfmade jigs to the square parts to clamp curved shapes or do bends (lamination). The four clamping units with attachable inner corners facilitate glue ups of mitered frames.

Hope this helps.

 

[Tinker]

I looked at the site.  There are four clamps that look somewhat like Lee Valley's Wonder dogs.
They apparently cannot be tightened once inserted into the bench holes.  Do they have to be preset before put into place?  If so, I don't see how pressure can be applied without damaging the threads at the outer ends once in place?
Tinker

 

[teocaf]

I looked at the site.  There are four clamps that look somewhat like Lee Valley's Wonder dogs.
They apparently cannot be tightened once inserted into the bench holes.  Do they have to be preset before put into place?  If so, I don't see how pressure can be applied without damaging the threads at the outer ends once in place?
Tinker

[member=42383]Tayler_mann[/member]
[member=550]Tinker[/member]
I believe they can be adjusted with a hex screwdriver/allen wrench.  One end of the threaded rod has a hex socket hole.  The other end "free slides" into the brass receiver on the 'clamp'  Unfortunately in the 4B picture, the one that's most visible, looks like he's mounted it backwards.  The other three that are shown in shadow seem to show the hex socket hole in the end of the threaded rod.  In the description (third checkmark down): 4X M10 X 100mm Edelstahl Gewindestifte mit Inbus (Innensechskant) can be translated as: 4X M10 X 100mm stainless steel screws with hexagon socket ( Allen )

http://marxing.de/produkte/mightydog-set-4b-upgrade/

It would definitely be good for the mfg to show these in an actual setup or two, and perhaps a short video--'picture's worth a thousand words' and all that...

added EDIT:
if you click on the last checkmark in the descriptions, the one in red, that's a link that takes you to a series of pictures of options, and the various setups are indeed shown more clearly (13th pic down shows this setup)

http://marxing.de/produkte/einzelkomponenten/

 

[Tinker]

I see it all now
Donkey
Tinker

 

[Brent Taylor]

Most of the Makita's TS, vac, 1/2 sanders & their accessories are compatible with Festool's products,  but some will need slight modification.  Festool's parallel guide will not work with Makita's tracks, but Seneca's will work with both.  So of the rail stop that Festool has need slight change to work on the Makita track.

 

[Anderson-Plywood]

Anderson Layout Square for MFT is pretty popular and could be a good addition to your list..
Here is the link:http://www.andersonplywood.com/square-for-festool-mft-square/

 

[John Stevens]

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