NEW TSO TPG-30 Parallel Guide

[tazprime38]

Tom,

That is good to know. What about the Rod for narrow board cutting, is this well thought out and does it work well? What are the maximum and minimum cuts possible with these?

Tariq

 

[tjbnwi]

Tom,

That is good to know. What about the Rod for narrow board cutting, is this well thought out and does it work well? What are the maximum and minimum cuts possible with these?

Tariq

For narrow rips I highly recommend 2 of everything. One set for the left side. There is not enough purchase on the GRS to make certain you are dead square.

Minimum cut is 0. The rod extends all the way to the saw blade. Max 51ish.

Tom

 

[simonh]

I'm looking forward to seeing the final product in production.  Looks interesting.

We do rip 8’ sheets with a single arm, largest variation we’ve seen is 128th of an inch.

That's pretty impressive.  Looks like you've got a pretty good guide rail coupled with the TSO square. 

I read somewhere on FOG that Festool say that linearity tolerances for the 3m rails are 1.5mm... So 0.5mm per 1m is presumably their manufacturing tolerances. So, unfortunately not everyone is going to get perfect results depending on their individual rails. Likewise in setting up the MFT we have squares that are accurate to 0.0254mm (0.001" over there length) but if the rail is so slack on tolerances then a 4-cut square might not turn out perfect.

 

[dr.r.lam]

For narrow rips I highly recommend 2 of everything. One set for the left side. There is not enough purchase on the GRS to make certain you are dead square.

Minimum cut is 0. The rod extends all the way to the saw blade. Max 51ish.

Tom

Thank you Tom for the information!

Am I correct in assuming that the TPG-30 will be able to replicate the function of the Festool parallel guide extensions?
I imagine a scenario where you have a full sheet (wider than the length of the TPG) and only need a thin strip.
In that case would you have to do 2 cuts - the first to rip a piece from the full sheet, narrow enough to use the TPG, and then use the TPG to make your thin, final strip?

Thank you in advance!
Richard.

 

[tjbnwi]

For narrow rips I highly recommend 2 of everything. One set for the left side. There is not enough purchase on the GRS to make certain you are dead square.

Minimum cut is 0. The rod extends all the way to the saw blade. Max 51ish.

Tom

Thank you Tom for the information!

Am I correct in assuming that the TPG-30 will be able to replicate the function of the Festool parallel guide extensions?
I imagine a scenario where you have a full sheet (wider than the length of the TPG) and only need a thin strip.
In that case would you have to do 2 cuts - the first to rip a piece from the full sheet, narrow enough to use the TPG, and then use the TPG to make your thin, final strip?

Thank you in advance!
Richard.

Let me think on this, I have not tried this yet.

Tom

 

[sancho57]

Any word on the cost?

 

[lerabotperche]

Any word on the cost?

Everything was fine and kind until this very moment.  [big grin]

 

[Klemm]

all you subscribers to the TSO INSIDER will get a very detailed description with pictures of the TSO Parallel Guide System . The mail is programmed to go from east to west starting at the International date line - look for it around dinner time in the US on Sunday.

Thanks for all the questions and comments. Helps a lot in knowing what we need to address - really!
Pricing will go up on our website right after the TSO INSIDER announcement of availability has gone out.

Hans and Eric

 

[tjbnwi]

Any word on the cost?

Everything was fine and kind until this very moment.  [big grin]

Leave it to Ron.....

Tom

 

[sancho57]

hehehehehehehe you know me  [big grin]

 

[tomp]

Just got a notification from TSO that they will be making available a drill jig that will allow early purchasers of their squares to drill and tap the square to accept the Parallel Guide. Thanks TSO, great customer service.

https://tsoproducts.com/tso-products-guide-rail-squares/grs-16-series-upgrade-drill-fixture?mc_cid=4a255c8524&mc_eid=fe336b37dd

Tom

 

[PeterJJames13]

Just got a notification from TSO that they will be making available a drill jig that will allow early purchasers of their squares to drill and tap the square to accept the Parallel Guide. Thanks TSO, great customer service.

https://tsoproducts.com/tso-products-guide-rail-squares/grs-16-series-upgrade-drill-fixture?mc_cid=4a255c8524&mc_eid=fe336b37dd

Tom

I received the same email yesterday. While mine is not an older one (so I don't have a need for it), I think it's amazing that [member=59331]TSO Products[/member] didn't forget about their early adopters of their products. Definitely speaks volumes about them.

 

[tazprime38]

all you subscribers to the TSO INSIDER will get a very detailed description with pictures of the TSO Parallel Guide System . The mail is programmed to go from east to west starting at the International date line - look for it around dinner time in the US on Sunday.

Thanks for all the questions and comments. Helps a lot in knowing what we need to address - really!
Pricing will go up on our website right after the TSO INSIDER announcement of availability has gone out.

Hans and Eric

Hi Hans

Can you clarify what the left hand and right hand sets are used for? This will help in making the correct selection of which set to order.

Tariq

 

[tjbnwi]

If you have the GRS you will need the R system. If you have the GRS PE you can use either the R or L system.

I have used the system L/R and both. If we have a lot of 96" long cuts we do use the L & R. If it's just one or two cuts we'll use a single arm.

Tom

 

[Klemm]

all you subscribers to the TSO INSIDER will get a very detailed description with pictures of the TSO Parallel Guide System . The mail is programmed to go from east to west starting at the International date line - look for it around dinner time in the US on Sunday.

Thanks for all the questions and comments. Helps a lot in knowing what we need to address - really!
Pricing will go up on our website right after the TSO INSIDER announcement of availability has gone out.

Hans and Eric

Hi Hans

Can you clarify what the left hand and right hand sets are used for? This will help in making the correct selection of which set to order.

Tariq

[member=5519]tazprime38[/member] - at the latest on Monday  21st January you along with all the other subscribers to the TSO INSIDER will receive a very detailed description of the TPG-30 with pricing to be announced next month when we start shipping. I know you've been waiting - and waiting [tongue] -thank you for your continuing interest and patience.

Hans

 

[jasen]

Anyone got their TSO Insider with info? Patiently waiting

 

[tazprime38]

Anyone got their TSO Insider with info? Patiently waiting

No not yet. I keep checking my emails lol. but nothing yet.

 

[Cheese]

Got mine [big grin]

Signed up to purchase the $6 jig to retrofit my older TSO units.

 

[ChuckM]

Not sure if this is insider info. or not (from Google). It is to me because I no longer have the TS75 [tongue] [tongue]
https://tsoproducts.com/tso-products-guide-rail-squares/tpg-30-parallel-guide/

 

[tomp]

Hans,

From reading the write-up, it appears that the cut length will be limited to 30". As I have a system for making the initial rip to width in the sheet, my interest in the guide was for making repeatable length cuts after ripping the material to width. I see the reason for fixing the length of the arm so it can be fitted in a Systainer, but a maximum length of 30" is a little restrictive.

Tom