Well it is true, I have been spending all available shop time to prepare for a thread on, "Using Incra and Woodpecker Products with your Festool System." While I am only a home hobbyist, and a beginning one at that, I have seen Woodpecker's ads for the Incra position jigs for longer than I care to admit. More recently I learned of Festool, checked some articles including Jerry Work's fine article on the MFT, and in that learned way more than I had bargained for. By the end I figured that if he (a professional woodworker, and a rather fine one at that) liked the System, then this might just be a path I could take. Furthermore, I had spent far too many years trying to figure how I could accommodate a table saw and the other equipment I would want -- and this Festool system would easily fit into my not so easily accessable shop. So, even though it was a 'sight unseen' purchase, I made my first leap. That was just over two years ago, and I certainly have been happy with the choice. But my nice little shop does not resemble the shop I had envisioned for all those years -- no, I like this arrangement far better. Just for starters, it has more room to work and most items have a place to hide.
What about the Incra? Well, while that first Festool order was on the way, I looked at Woodpecker's site to check out the Incra positioners. But I quickly discovered that not only did Incra offer several items of interest, Woodpecker's also manufactured their own line of products that looked to go hand-in-hand with the Incra line. I went ahead and placed an order for several items, but that first order did not include one of the Incra positioners -- I did order the LS shortly there after, but the item of most interest to me is the incremental track that one would typically use for a scaled fence on a variety of machines (miter saw, drill press, RAS, etc.)
Along with the learning curve in using my Festool tools, I was also experimenting with these Incra products. The positioners are rather straight forward and can be useful on the MFT. They also work nicely on the cutting table too -- when mounted on a lipped base that enables it to index directly off a good edge of your material, it can assist to position the guide rail. But Incra's incremental track can also be used to accomplish those operations, and then some... I have attached these tracks in place to use as fences and used loose as story sticks and have spent much time experimenting. Adding a base and/or sub-fence is often advantageous, as is installing on jigs. There seems to be a multitude of ways one might use these tracks and other products to extend your Festool system's capabilities.
Sorry for the long post, but the FOG is often a type of escape for me -- and makes for a nice break for my back after working in the shop. Anyway, some things always seems to take longer to do that one initially thinks, and preparing for this topic has been so -- and time spent working on getting Steve's 'hole' other idea has been met with a few issues that I have spent too long on. But, progress is being made, and I'm thinking of starting the topic soon rather than have you wait until I am fully prepared (although that my prove to have been a better course of action). So, once I get the current project I'm working on for this completed (hope that will be tomorrow) I can begin the photo process. Hope this doesn't take too long before I can start posting.