Don't you just hate it when

[Doug B]

You over stretch, lose your balance, your TS55 jumps & you're just not quick enough to let the blade retract fully  [eek]

Fortunately a mate with a miller came to the rescue & I now have a handy non standard 43" track  [unsure]

 

[semenza]

So its a one of kind custom track?        What more could you want?  [big grin]

Well maybe a longer arm  [tongue]

Seth

 

[rst]

Maybe better reflex's...less pub time??  [embarassed]

 

[mwildt]

Nah, it's now an approved Festool US approved 'standard' tool (who wants metric anyway)

Fun aside. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. At least you got the digits and nothing worse happened.

 

[Brice Burrell]

There was no need to cut the rail down in length, it would still function perfectly with the cut in the rail.

 

[Shane Holland]

There was no need to cut the rail down in length, it would still function perfectly with the cut in the rail.

Agreed. At most, maybe a new splinterguard and it would have been good to go.

 

[Svar]

There was no need to cut the rail down in length, it would still function perfectly with the cut in the rail.

Yep. Plus you could show off your battle scars and brag about them to women.

 

[Doug B]

Maybe better reflex's...less pub time??  [embarassed]

Funnily enough I'm just back from the pub, drowning my sorrows  [wink]

I decided to get it shortened as I figured it would be more wieldly having a shorter track for using on my MFT top, fortunately when I bought my TS55 it came with 2 x 1400 tracks, so whilst I'd have preferred not to have damaged the track it's not the end of the world.

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Doug

As Brice said, no need to shorten the rail - just put a new piece of sacrificial sticky stuff on and away you go. Also, you could have used your TS to cut the rail (I have cut the odd bit of ali with the 48 tooth blade).

I do understand the feeling to keep things looking tidy though.

Peter

 

[Xoncention]

There was no need to cut the rail down in length, it would still function perfectly with the cut in the rail.

That is what I was thinking too.  Just clean off the burrs and replace the splinter guard and it would be fine.  The guide rails are where the straightness of your cuts are maintained, the splinter guard and the type of blade you use, the cleanness of your cut.

 

[sancho57]

Don't feel bad mate , I ran a router bit into my CMS fence yesterday. Not to bad still usable.  I won't talk about the kerf marks in my MFTs frame and the saw marks on the top of a guide rail.

Plus I won't even mention how easy it is to use my kapex to cut a guide rail that got damaged for some unknown reason.......

I don't know how that happened [scared] [scared]

Times like these I wish I was Kev. He can use his great mental powers to repair things just like that Alien in that movie Paul

 

[Bob Marino]

You over stretch, lose your balance, your TS55 jumps & you're just not quick enough to let the blade retract fully [eek]

Doug,

As mentioned there was no need to shorten the rail, but you have to appreciate the fact that in your above scenario you were not using a standard circular saw where the blade wouldn't have retracted at all.

 

[Coen]

Ouch. I have a FS800/2 where I routed into the rail with the OF1010  [tongue]

But yeah, you didn't have to cut it like others have already explained.

 

[Holmz]

I have a shameful Bosch rail with the same patina on it. ;(

It reminds me to scootch the saw back-n-forth to make sure it is "railed up" and "In the groove".

 

[ceddy]

I've done that to one of my rails and I've used it many times since... as others have said it will still work fine. You're not referencing off the edge of the rail.

One of my better mistakes was routing into one of my FS profiles... now that sucks.

 

[Mismarked]

On the bright side, you should actually have ended up with 2 non-standard rails, not just one.

 

[Xoncention]

On the bright side, you should actually have ended up with 2 non-standard rails, not just one.

That is the spirit, the glass is half full  [big grin] :

 

[Holmz]

I had a physics text book, and had spilled coffee which splattered covering the inside cover a the edges of the pages in a marbleized looking leopard pattern.
A class mate asked where I got the book, and I said the book store. He insisted on trading books and offer 10 $ to exchange. I told that our books were the same, but he insisted.
A few days later he wanted to trade the book back once he realized that the book was only coffee stained, but I kept the 10$.

It got a few beer stains on it over time, and the general patina was nice.

I look at the Bosch rail with the cut on it and fondly remember that day that I was building a wall for the Mrs.

It is similar to my wife's chin scar from being ejected off a horse, and my daughter's similar scar from disembarking off a bicycle.
While they are hard to notice, those patinas mark themselves in time and place and add character.

But they are usually only appreciated by the those involved with the time and place of the events.

 

[#Tee]

sexy mill!

 

[KescoNY]

Have 2 tracks that the same exact thing happened to.  Replaced the splinter guard and its perfect  Just annoying to look at