MFT3: Festool Seeking Member Questions

[robsw]

Nickao,

A no leg discount would make a lot of sense. "As is" it seems to be either too much or not enough.

I'm interested in seeing your MFT setup and will wait patiently for pics.

Rob

 

[sw1211]

As good as the Festool tools are is as bad as most of the manuals and I do not understand why? How can Festool be so amazing at making world class tools and yet give us manuals that in some cases literally look like poorly translated Chinese junk?

Technical writing requires a certain set of skills, which to this point don't appear to be a priority. The instructions appear to almost be an afterthought.  A commitment from the company to provide better manuals, would be a good start. They put a lot of effort into their new micro-websites, which are nice.  They need to extend this to the instructions. In this day and age, for the price we pay, seems like each tool should come with a full color manual and a DVD.  

 

[nickao]

Steve-Co that is right. I find the Incra stuff has pretty good manuals. I am looking at a few for the LS I have and if Festools manuals were half as good as Incras they would be great.

Nickao

 

[Forrest Anderson]

I think that the wobbliness of the MFT3 may have been exaggerated. 

My MFT1080 wobbles just like the one in the video - when I haven't tightened the leg locking knobs!

I therefore suspect that MTF3's locking knobs may not have been tightened before the video was started. This may have been an accident, or done on purpose to emphasise the effect of the cross-braces.

Although the video may have increased the sale of cross-braces, I suspect that it may have put some people off buying the MFT3 

Forrest

 

[Fred West]

I would love the MFT's offered with no legs for a discount!

I have the triple top MFT setup with the long profile rails(72").

I attached 4" x 4" Ash legs in the corners and they carriage bolted in perfectly in the stock table corners brackets, with  no modifications at all. Higher, stronger and much more stable!

With a front and rear cross member installed with a half lap joint, the table is solid. With two more connecting the sides front to back it is rock stable! I use the cross members to rest one leg up on, to relieve my back pain. This took a couple hours at most and the table has 4 times the weight and you can not rack the table. If you try to wiggle the top with great force, only the entire table slides across the floor. This would never happen in use unless you tried to do it.

This was my quick and easy fix until I can make a complete bench.

Dan do not get on me to put up pictures, I will eventually!

Nickao

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So Nick, howza bout some pictures????? : Fred

 

[Per Swenson]

Hey Folks,

Shameless Pandering Picture.

We have done a Review of the MFT3 for the finish carpenter.

Should be ready for your perusal shortly.

So here is a outake shot to start the buzz ;D
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Per

 

[Dan Clark]

Fine lookin' Poodle you have there!!!  ;D

Dan.

 

[Ted Owen]

Can you easily crosscut a 4'x8' sheet on the standard sized MFT/3? Or must you put more than one table together or buy longer extension rails? Guess you still rip a full sheet on a tablesaw or break down he sheet first?

Thanks.

Best, Ted

 

[Per Swenson]

Ted,

Ted you can,

But  you are going to switch guiderails, use the one with the TS55.

You will need a standard work support stand.

Then switch the rail to the short sides.

I sort of covered it here.

Per

 

[Ted Owen]

Ted,

Ted you can,

But  you are going to switch guiderails, use the one with the TS55.

You will need a standard work support stand.

Then switch the rail to the short sides.

I sort of covered it here.

Per

Thanks, Per. I do have longer guiderails, including an 8' one. Perhaps now I should consider buying longer extensions and making up a bigger table, as I'll probably very rarely use those earlier guides anywhere other than on the table.

Best, Ted

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Afternoon,
With all the attention on the Kapex lately, the poor MFT3  seems to have been left behind.

Anyone have anything to report on their MFT3?  How's it going?

Stay in touch,
Matthew