GUIDE RAIL TRIMMING DIRECTION OF ANTI CHIP EDGE

[EASYYARDS]

HI GUYS

ANOTHER ANNOYINGLY EASY ONE FOR YOU LONG TERM OWNERS, WHEN YOU TRIM THE GUIDE RAIL ANTI CHIP EDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, DO YOU RUN THE SAW FORWARD THUS TRIMMING UP THROUGH THE STRIP OR DO YOU PULL THE SAW BACKWARDS CUTTING DOWN INTO THE STRIP, LOGIC WOULD SUGGEST BACKWARDS WOULD BE BEST BUT DOES IT MATTER???
I GUESS A SACRIFICAL PIECE OF TIMBER UNDER THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE EDGE WOULD AID TRIMMING ALSO?
SORRY IF THIS IS THE HUNDRETH TIME THIS HAS BEEN POSTED.
REGARDS,
EASYYARDS.

 

[semenza]

Hi,

      Welcome to the forum     Hmm, I never thought about trimming it backwards. It comes out just fine going forwards so I wouldn't mess around going backwards.  Here is a thread on it also.    http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=1709.0

Seth

 

[alg]

I apologize, I cannot resist urging you to hit the [CapsLock] key that is to the left of the [A] key.
Using mixed case (upper and lower) is much easier to read. Even using all lower-case is better than all upper. So, we know you are not shouting.

I found going forward works well for trimming and general cutting on all my guide rails.

Again, no offense intended.

 

[JeffeVerde]

. . . WHEN YOU TRIM THE GUIDE RAIL ANTI CHIP EDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, DO YOU RUN THE SAW FORWARD THUS TRIMMING UP THROUGH THE STRIP OR DO YOU PULL THE SAW BACKWARDS CUTTING DOWN INTO THE STRIP. . .

I learned this one the hard way the first time I used my saw - Forward only.  If you pull it backwards, the riving knife peels the strip off the guide 

 

[semenza]

I learned this one the hard way the first time I used my saw - Forward only.  If you pull it backwards, the riving knife peels the strip off the guide   

Hi,

    Well I guess that is a pretty definetive answer on the forward / backward question.  Nothing like experience

Seth

 

[EASYYARDS]

Hi guys,

Thanks once again for your excellent advice. I cant wait to buy more Festool products and utilise your knowledge. If only tool manufacturers read these forums or listened to the customer perhaps there instruction manuals would cover these issues. I feel sometimes that they miss out on such obvious but never the less really important issues. The problem is, I guess, that the people responsible for compiling and editing the manuals has never ever been hands on with the tools, or has limited tool knowledge. It just always seems that from bandsaw to router and everything in between, the very first and most obvious question most end users think off is never covered.

. . . WHEN YOU TRIM THE GUIDE RAIL ANTI CHIP EDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, DO YOU RUN THE SAW FORWARD THUS TRIMMING UP THROUGH THE STRIP OR DO YOU PULL THE SAW BACKWARDS CUTTING DOWN INTO THE STRIP. . .

I learned this one the hard way the first time I used my saw - Forward only.  If you pull it backwards, the riving knife peels the strip off the guide  

Thanks, no way will I be going backwards now!

I apologize, I cannot resist urging you to hit the [CapsLock] key that is to the left of the [A] key.
Using mixed case (upper and lower) is much easier to read. Even using all lower-case is better than all upper. So, we know you are not shouting.

I found going forward works well for trimming and general cutting on all my guide rails.

Again, no offense intended.

None taken Alg, didn't realise until it was too late, your right though, much easier to read lower case.

Thanks again guys.

Regards,

Easyyards.

 

[Dave Rudy]

Hi guys,

Thanks once again for your excellent advice. I cant wait to buy more Festool products and utilise your knowledge. If only tool manufacturers read these forums or listened to the customer perhaps there instruction manuals would cover these issues. I feel sometimes that they miss out on such obvious but never the less really important issues. The problem is, I guess, that the people responsible for compiling and editing the manuals has never ever been hands on with the tools, or has limited tool knowledge. It just always seems that from bandsaw to router and everything in between, the very first and most obvious question most end users think off is never covered.

Easy, EASY.  Go back and look at the Festool site again.  Under the "TIPS" tab, you will find a complete description of how to cut the splinterguard. 

Welcome to Festools and to the group.  It takes a little while to find all of them, but there are an enormous number of resources already available to assist you (in addition to this forum) with tool adjustment, proper use, etc.  The "manual" that comes with the tool is only the beginning.  Many of the tools have supplemental manuals, written by experts (who also frequent this forum) and go far behind any tool manual I have ever seen.  These are done with the help and cooperation of the manufacturer.  The end result is that with the whole package, we get far more information on Festools than on any other tool out there.  In a way, the issue really is how to organize and find it.  Forrest has made a great start by collecting all kinds of Festool information and links.  You can find that at REFERENCE LIBRARY:Consolidated links (top of list) on this forum.

Happy reading.

Dave

 

[EASYYARDS]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for that, I will look forward to reading at my leisure.

thanks,
Easyyards