Most track saws allow for lateral trunion adjustment to match the saw to other saws or existing rails.
Mafell MT55 has such adjustment only on the rear trunion (about 5 mm wiggle room).
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The front one can not be adjusted. Plastic protrusions (Picture 2, green arrows) fit tightly between aluminum ones (red arrows). One could trim the plastic part though to allow for movement. Interestingly, aluminum base has elongated screw holes, which are useless as is.
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This is disappointing. In addition MT 55 cuts 1-2 mm away from the splinter strip at 45 degree bevel because its pivot axis located below the guide rail, regardless of type of rails. My is old, perhaps they fixed it later on, but it has been a well known issue for a long time. The only way to remedy this is to add spacers between the base and plastic parts of the trunions (lift the whole saw up).
On the bright side, the trunions are made of steel, employ non traditional design (slots and pins), and are much more rigid than on Festool.
Mafell MT55 has such adjustment only on the rear trunion (about 5 mm wiggle room).
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The front one can not be adjusted. Plastic protrusions (Picture 2, green arrows) fit tightly between aluminum ones (red arrows). One could trim the plastic part though to allow for movement. Interestingly, aluminum base has elongated screw holes, which are useless as is.
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This is disappointing. In addition MT 55 cuts 1-2 mm away from the splinter strip at 45 degree bevel because its pivot axis located below the guide rail, regardless of type of rails. My is old, perhaps they fixed it later on, but it has been a well known issue for a long time. The only way to remedy this is to add spacers between the base and plastic parts of the trunions (lift the whole saw up).
On the bright side, the trunions are made of steel, employ non traditional design (slots and pins), and are much more rigid than on Festool.
