Guide Stop Use on Other Router (w/guide rail)??????

Dave Ronyak said:
...  Has anyone tried using it to dial in a TS 55 or larger circular saw? ...

Dave, I tried this and found my TS55 was out by a couple of tenths -- thanks for the suggestion!
 
Jim McFarland said:
Update: McFeely's info also states base thickness is 5mm -- maybe there is a newer version of 492574 -- mine (purchased in June 2007) is only 3mm (0.12") thick.

My 492574 is .12" thick also, and was purchased about a year ago.  The Festool site does not state the thickness.  If McFeely's 5mm is correct, then that's definately a new version.  Can anyone clarify, please???
 
Worms. I didn't know there were worms on the FOG. I was the original poster on this thread and it seems I truly opened a can of some sort. With all the intricate hands-on knowledge expressed here, I hope that someone in Festool's design (or quality control) department takes note and initiate some product improvement. Or possibly a new accessory.

I volunteer to be a Beta Tester of the first prototype. Which I get to keep  --- for free.

Gary Curtis
 
Did my first routing (1400) on the guide rail this past weekend to make stopped dados in the sides of a large garage storage cabinet (~36"W x 26"D x 82"H). Used the outboard side built-in foot to stabilize the portion of the router hanging beyond the rail.  No problems with stability of the router or accuracy of the cut.  Definitely a problem if you forget to adjust that little foot!  To faciliate lining up the cuts, I attached a small piece of scrap in line as an extension of the MFT fence, then ran the router bit into that fence.  After that, all I had to do was line up the outside line of the dado with an outside edge of my cut through on the auxiliary fence extension.  (This assumes the reference edge of the workpiece is straight and is kept parallel against the fence throughout, and I checked both ends of the line marking the dado relative to the guide rail before making the dado.)

Dave R.
 
Dave Ronyak said:
.........To faciliate lining up the cuts, I attached a small piece of scrap in line as an extension of the MFT fence, then ran the router bit into that fence.  After that, all I had to do was line up the outside line of the dado with an outside edge of my cut through on the auxiliary fence extension.  (This assumes the reference edge of the workpiece is straight and is kept parallel against the fence throughout, and I checked both ends of the line marking the dado relative to the guide rail before making the dado.)

Dave R.

Dave, you stole one of my upcoming tips for my website. :(  That really makes dados a lot easier, doesn't it.
 
Right on. Look forward to reading it. Congrats on the Fes-newsletter publishing. That's like the contractor's equivalent of having a white paper published.
 
Brice Burrell said:
Dave, you stole one of my upcoming tips for my website. :(  That really makes dados a lot easier, doesn't it.

Sorry, Brice.  I'm looking foward to more of your tips.  Mine was simply an adaptation of what I used to do before Festool.  (I used to make myself a large T-square to use as a router guide for cutting dados, and on the first pass intentionally run the router into the wooden bar forming the top of the T.) 

Dave R.
 
Dave Ronyak said:
......(I used to make myself a large T-square to use as a router guide for cutting dados, and on the first pass intentionally run the router into the wooden bar forming the top of the T.) 

Dave R.

Dave that is a great idea, where were you before I found Festool?? ;D

 
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