Consolidated Q&A for CMS Router Table

[dwillis]

I think some kits were shipped with the OF2200 rings before someone at Festool USA realised. Count yourself one of the lucky ones!

Guess I'm ready for the day the OF2200 CMS gets a UL listing.  What's odd is I just bought the CMS, so maybe it's been sitting in stock for awhile.  Thanks!

 

[doug_m]

I just bought the CMS GE Set and was installing the router plate into the table.
When both of the slotted screws are turned to lock the plate I still get vertical play (2mm) on the right side of the plate.
Is this normal?

Thanks
Doug

 

[andrey_p]

Hi! I just set up my new CMS-OF and found out that its surface is not flat. Has anyone experienced the same issue?

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Update 1:
Just received the response from the Festool Group Technical Support (Germany). They wrote that these plates are slightly convex by default and should become flat when installed otherwise the plate has to be replaced. I'll double check everything and send the update.

Thanks a lot,
Andrey

 

[Rob-GB]

Hi Andrey,  [welcome] to the FOG.

In answer to your PM and post here I have not had any issues with the router table. I only use the OF2200 in it which is quite heavy.
Let us know how you get on though.

Doug_m are all four clear plastic buffers on the CMS frame there? I am assuming that by vertical movement you mean in a floor to ceiling manner.
If you meant lateral (side to side) it would not matter much as both the router and fences fix to the plate.

Again let us know how you get on.

Rob.

 

[andrey_p]

Thanks a lot, Rob!

I checked everything again. It looks like the whole plate is lifted above the CMS base. The plate is still not flat on the edges but I'm not sure that this could become an issue (I haven't tried it yet). The plate also has a small longitudinal curvature.
I tried to load the plate instead of using the heavier router but that didn't help - the plate is rock solid.

 

[Rob-GB]

That looks like the plate is hollow in the center or cupped rather than bowed upwards, so adding weight to it won't help at all.
I do not think the plate being higher than the CMS frame is a problem, being lower would be.

I think perhaps you should get a Festool rep to have a look or send it back for inspection/replacement.
Sorry I can not be of more help.

Rob.

 

[doug_m]

Hi Rob-GB,

My CMS base unit does have all 4 of the clear plastic coverings.

I did find a solution to the baseplate moving up and down and laterally even though the table latches were in the locked position.
I went to my dealer Atlas Machinery and tried locking and unlocking the baseplate on their CMS GE and VL setups.
They were very secure and quite easy to turn when locking in. Mine was much harder to turn to the locked position.
They were so difficult to turn that when I moved the latches back to unlocked position one of the latches stayed in the locked position preventing the removal of the plate.

The solution was to back off the nylon nut on the latches and the play on the baseplate was gone.
Just thought I would follow up in case anyone else runs into this situation.
I did attach a pic but don't know if I did it right.

Thanks for your help!

Doug

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[tjbnwi]

Posted this in How To also;



Tom

 

[copcarcollector]

Posted this in How To also;



Tom

WOW!

 

[tjbnwi]

I've had problems with my horizontal feather board not holding properly. I'm right on schedule for making the repair, it will be a year that I've had it in about a week. Not sure if Shane will allow this to stay here but.....



Tom

 

[Rick Christopherson]

Tom,
Widening the gap in the collar is not a safety concern, so there is no reason for Festool to oppose the comment. However, I suspect that the actual corrective measure for your original problem was as you pointed out in the video---making sure the slot was at either the 9-O'clock or 3-O'clock positions. The closer it is to 12 or 6 O'clock, the less effective the clamping action would be.

Those are precision ground components, so I would not expect there to be tolerance issues requiring filing of the gap. Also, because that sleeve is hardened, I doubt that you filed even 0.001 from the edge. In all likelihood, your file simply opened the gap because it was not constrained inside the barrel. Once reinstalled back in the barrel, the gap was probably the same as it had always been.

 

[tjbnwi]

There was no gap at all with the sleeve in the feather board bung. That was the first thing I checked when slid the feather board off the shaft. The seam was at about 9:30 originally. I assumed there should have been a gap, 0.005 was my best guess as to where it should have been.

Tom

 

[tjbnwi]

I'm working on a video of how I used the CMS to make the links for the cradle I showed in Members Projects. A little tip on picking up dust when your routing the edge of a piece with the fence moved back.

The feather boards/guards were remove so I could video this operation. This can/should be performed with all guards in place.

Tom

 

[Paul G]

Video says it is private.

 

[tjbnwi]

Video says it is private.

Fixed it (I think)

Tom

 

[Paul G]

Video says it is private.

Fixed it (I think)

Tom

Yes, and quite clever

 

[tjbnwi]

Video says it is private.

Fixed it (I think)

Tom

Yes, and quite clever

Not clever, this all stems from my inherent laziness. Just don't want to clean up if I don't have to.

Tom

 

[cliffp]

I have a question relating to the extension table for the CMS. It seems to me that in the UK the power switch is placed such that the extension table can only be placed on the infeed side if a router insert is used. A related observation is that the TS module seems to fit the opposite way round so that (in relation to the power switch and hence the side on which the extension can be fitted) the extension table WILL fit on the outfeed side. Can anyone shed some light on my observations?

 

[tjbnwi]

I have a question relating to the extension table for the CMS. It seems to me that in the UK the power switch is placed such that the extension table can only be placed on the infeed side if a router insert is used. A related observation is that the TS module seems to fit the opposite way round so that (in relation to the power switch and hence the side on which the extension can be fitted) the extension table WILL fit on the outfeed side. Can anyone shed some light on my observations?

On the US/NA model the extension table will only go on the out feed side of the CMS in the factory configuration. The switch on the in feed side prevents it the installation of the out feed table.

Then again that's what the UG wings are for, right (side)???

Tom

 

[tbellemare]

Then again that's what the UG wings are for, right

Now, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

It's a system - the UG wings, the MFT, the UG handle (while folded), a stack of systainers...

Tom