MFT top warped/expanded beyond belief...

[harrym93]

Any news Harry?

Sorry, been making up time on this project so haven't found 5 to make the call yet... Will report back here when I have

Exact same thing happened to mine. I bought in April and by December/Jan itvwentbtge same way. It had been sitting in my brick built garage which has no damp issues so it must have just been moisture in the air. Festool sent me a new top via my dealer. It's still packaged up in the garage and I've left the original on.
I've got some shop display cabinets to do soon so will need to sort it out for that.

I'd suggest getting in touch with your dealer or festool directly and try some treatments like have been suggested.

Where in the UK are you?

I'm down South, not far outside London. Sorry to hear it's happened to you as well!

I have been hauling my MFT around for years.  It has held up fine and it is probably one of the ugliest ones around because it is not babied.

Two out of thousands does not a pattern make.

Peter

Totally agree with that sentiment; the only caveat being (my presumption) that in the UK the top is going to be exposed to greater variations in moisture/humidity (it rains here more often than not) which may affect the suitability of the table as a 'proper' site tool here (that is one that isn't going to sit setup in a dry warm workshop for 52 weeks of the year)

Definitely going to have to look into sealing the top as ideally once I get round to racking out my van the table will live in there the majority of the time - unloading systainers from the van into storage is one thing but lugging the table though the garden to the garage every night (in the rain!) will quickly get tedious

 

[carlb40]

It might be worth getting a top made from MR mdf.  I might go that route when i get around to making my version of the mft.  [big grin]

 

[Holmz]

....Where in the UK are you?

I'm down South, not far outside London.

I have always been perplexed when I read that Noah's Ark got to Turkey.
That seems a long way from the UK [wink]

 

[sancho57]

Hmm, Im in Cambs, I keep my MFT in the unheated garage, use them year round, I have removed one of them and flipped it over reinstalled no issues. I just bought a new replacement top removed the old and installed the new about a week or so ago, no issues...