Angle Stop

[JavierMoreno]

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I'm Spanish. Apologizes for my bad English.

The question is: does anyone use FS-AG2?

https://www.festool.co.uk/Products/Accessories/Pages/Detail.aspx?pid=768168&name=Accessories-for-guide-rails-FS-AG-2

 

[ear3]

The picture provided is of the fence and protractor normally fitted to the MFT.  Do you mean the angle unit pictured here?

https://www.festoolusa.com/power-tool-accessories/guide-rails/kits-and-other-accessories/angle-unit-491588

 

[JavierMoreno]

Yes, it looks now as the fence and protractor of MFT. I mistook the phrase "For straight angle cuts for use with the guide rail..."

I don't like the angle unit, and I thought it was for use only with the rail (without MFT)

 

[Pixel]

The picture provided is of the fence and protractor normally fitted to the MFT.  Do you mean the angle unit pictured here?

https://www.festoolusa.com/power-tool-accessories/guide-rails/kits-and-other-accessories/angle-unit-491588

It is very similar to the MFT protractor but is is a more precise and better method than the angle unit that most people are aware of.
This item was suggested to me by my local supplier in France for doing repetitive angled cuts on 600mm wide plywood using a guide rail and a TS saw.

 

[ear3]

Certainly I use the fence and protractor all the time in conjunction with the MFT, as it's fitted to clamp directly into the MFT extrusions.  It works great for that purpose, providing for both square and angled cuts.  The adjustable flag stop will allow repeatable cuts as well.  Not sure if you could use it with anything else, except if you were to design your own MFT and outfit it with rails into which the protractor could clamp.  But I'm sure if someone else has tried it they will soon chime in.

Yes, it looks now as the fence and protractor of MFT. I mistook the phrase "For straight angle cuts for use with the guide rail..."

I don't like the angle unit, and I thought it was for use only with the rail (without MFT)

 

[JavierMoreno]

I think, with Pixel, that it's not the fence/protractor of MFT, but a angle unit alternative for cross cut without MFT.

 

[ear3]

My apologies.  It's NAINA, so we'll leave this to the Europeans to answer.

I think, with Pixel, that it's not the fence/protractor of MFT, but a angle unit alternative for cross cut without MFT.

 

[Pixel]

I think, with Pixel, that it's not the fence/protractor of MFT, but a angle unit alternative for cross cut without MFT.

It was more than a year ago when I was showed this, you fit it to a guide rail and the unit then clamps to an MFT if I remember correctly, you use bench dogs to set your workpiece square/parallel and use the FS-AG-2 as a protractor. iIt has  far  more uses than the standard unit that comes with the MFT.

I am going to my local supplier next week so if he still has it I will ask to borrow it to show you the uses.

 

[JavierMoreno]

Thank you very much, Pixel. I'll be waiting for your information.

 

[Frank-Jan]

I have that angle guide for a while now, and I like it much better than the one that comes with the guiderail accessory kit. (That one is more an angle-transfer device, and isn't fixed to the guiderail).

It used to be protool branded, and they also had another type of angle guide.

 

[mike_aa]

That looks really useful.  Will it ever be AINA?

 

[JavierMoreno]

It's what I was looking for. Thanks Frank-Jan for the pics.

 

[JavierMoreno]

One question more:

It was more than a year ago when I was showed this, you fit it to a guide rail and the unit then clamps to an MFT if I remember correctly, you use bench dogs to set your workpiece square/parallel and use the FS-AG-2 as a protractor. iIt has  far  more uses than the standard unit that comes with the MFT.

Is the FS-AG-2 accurate enought for miter cuts on narrow pieces?

 

[Frank-Jan]

Sorry for the late reply. For cutting narrow pieces it would take quite a bit of setting up.

The main issue with the fs-ag-2 is, that the height of the fence is 35 mm, so when you have to cut stuff with a thickness lower than that, the edge of the workpiece has to extend over the cutting table.

I haven't used it for miter cuts, and certainly not on narrow pieces (I use my mitersaw for those).

I haven't used it much, because when I just got it, I wanted to use it for a built-in closet; and I couldn't get it to cut square, then I brought my mft3... and I couldn't get that to cut square either... (which wasn't a problem in the past)... It turned out my 3000 mm guiderail was the problem... it had gotten very slightly bent. I finished that project with coupled shorter rails, but since I had my mft set up by then, I used that on the panels.

I do use it once in a while, mostly when I don't want to set up the mft3; or when the panels are just to wide to cut on the mft (I only use the 1080 rail with my mft3).
I don't find it practical for narrower pieces, because it turns it into a bit of a balancing act, (I haven't made a very short guiderail, so I had to use my fs800) certainly not as practical as the mafell kss saws, where the saw is attached to the rail and has a spring action.

 

[JavierMoreno]

Hi Frank, thank you very much for your detailed information. I'll keep saving money to buy the MFT/3  :'(

 

[Pixel]

Hi Frank, thank you very much for your detailed information. I'll keep saving money to buy the MFT/3  :'(

Hi Javier

My local supplier dropped the angle stop off to me today, if you need to know anything let me know and I will try to help you out.

 

[JavierMoreno]

Thank you Pixel for your kindest consideration. I haven't got any question now, but if you want write a short review, I will be more than happy.

Apologizes for my bad English.