arso_bg
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- Jan 6, 2008
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Hi all,
Years long I used a jumbo MFT made with the old style profiles (MFT 1080) and it served me very well, but recently I decided to make some changes in my shop. So I bought an MFT/3 + MFT/3-VL + CMS-OF which arrived last Friday and I made some tests during the weekend.
And here is the first question to those of you which have an MFT/3-VL: Where do you install the MFT/3-VL - on the left or on the right of the MFT/3? If you install it to the left of the MFT/3 how do you fix the left end of the fence - it seems that it can be fixed now only at the rare end of the MFT table or you have to move the fence far to the left?
So I decided to make some tests. I installed my OF 1400 in the router table, installed a CMS rabbet bit and made some test with hard wood, soft wood and particle boards.
Everything was just perfect. The table was very stable. I didn't feel any vibrations at all. I had also clean nice cuts everywhere. Dust control - also very good. Above the table I would say it was perfect. Under the table - it was also quite clean but I personally expected more.
So after a while I decided to change the bit and here started my problems. I could not engage the spindle lock! After half an hour of trials to perform this task I took the router out of the table, cleaned it well and tried again. NO success! I almost gave up and started to think how I have to call the people from Festool on Monday when I noticed that some debris fall out of the router! I did shake the router well and more debris came out of the router. I started the router ones and turned it off again. Now I could press the button and change the bit!!!
I decided to make a second trial. I changed the bit, installed the router in the table and made some tests. When I tried to change the bit it happened again the same - I had to take the router out of the table, to clean it well, shake it well so that all debris come out of the router and just after this procedure I could engage the spindle lock and release the bit.
Did someone have a similar problem? It seems to me silly to make this procedure every time when I have to change the router bit!!!
I enclose a picture which shows the amount of debris that come out of the router after I take it out of the table
Years long I used a jumbo MFT made with the old style profiles (MFT 1080) and it served me very well, but recently I decided to make some changes in my shop. So I bought an MFT/3 + MFT/3-VL + CMS-OF which arrived last Friday and I made some tests during the weekend.
And here is the first question to those of you which have an MFT/3-VL: Where do you install the MFT/3-VL - on the left or on the right of the MFT/3? If you install it to the left of the MFT/3 how do you fix the left end of the fence - it seems that it can be fixed now only at the rare end of the MFT table or you have to move the fence far to the left?
So I decided to make some tests. I installed my OF 1400 in the router table, installed a CMS rabbet bit and made some test with hard wood, soft wood and particle boards.
Everything was just perfect. The table was very stable. I didn't feel any vibrations at all. I had also clean nice cuts everywhere. Dust control - also very good. Above the table I would say it was perfect. Under the table - it was also quite clean but I personally expected more.
So after a while I decided to change the bit and here started my problems. I could not engage the spindle lock! After half an hour of trials to perform this task I took the router out of the table, cleaned it well and tried again. NO success! I almost gave up and started to think how I have to call the people from Festool on Monday when I noticed that some debris fall out of the router! I did shake the router well and more debris came out of the router. I started the router ones and turned it off again. Now I could press the button and change the bit!!!
I decided to make a second trial. I changed the bit, installed the router in the table and made some tests. When I tried to change the bit it happened again the same - I had to take the router out of the table, to clean it well, shake it well so that all debris come out of the router and just after this procedure I could engage the spindle lock and release the bit.
Did someone have a similar problem? It seems to me silly to make this procedure every time when I have to change the router bit!!!
I enclose a picture which shows the amount of debris that come out of the router after I take it out of the table