NEW TSO TPG-30 Parallel Guide
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Hello FOGgers - tomorrow I will respond to every open posted REPLY Starting with # 35.
thansk for all your comments and understandable question.
Trivia for you all: THE TSO Paralllel Guide was originally called TPG-48. As we worked with the prototypes we could not see any practical application requiring more than 30 inches. So tomorrow, give us specific examples why a cutting width of 30 inches does not allow required practical rip cut widths to be made?
what are you building that requires panels wider than 30"??
FESTOOL PG has shorter rip cut capacity and we did not see a storm or protest that this established product does not cut wide enough.
More tomorrow. good night now
Hans
thansk for all your comments and understandable question.
Trivia for you all: THE TSO Paralllel Guide was originally called TPG-48. As we worked with the prototypes we could not see any practical application requiring more than 30 inches. So tomorrow, give us specific examples why a cutting width of 30 inches does not allow required practical rip cut widths to be made?
what are you building that requires panels wider than 30"??
FESTOOL PG has shorter rip cut capacity and we did not see a storm or protest that this established product does not cut wide enough.
More tomorrow. good night now
Hans
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I signed up in advance and haven't heard a peep as yet. I've been checking my spam folder religiously too.
I'd love to hear (and see if possible) about the narrow ripping side of things. I gather there are rods similar to the Woodpecker version but I'd like too know more. In particular, the minimum thickness of stock you can work with while keeping the rail flat and without having to shim under the stock. The Rip Dogs guides I have use Incra track which is about 13mm high going under the track... and that makes narrow rips of thinner material a "creative process".
I'd love to hear (and see if possible) about the narrow ripping side of things. I gather there are rods similar to the Woodpecker version but I'd like too know more. In particular, the minimum thickness of stock you can work with while keeping the rail flat and without having to shim under the stock. The Rip Dogs guides I have use Incra track which is about 13mm high going under the track... and that makes narrow rips of thinner material a "creative process".
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Shit. We are making shit. And shit is every time bigger than expected. So we need bigger shit to deal with it. This is the story of business. [big grin]TSO Products said:
So why make a Festool alternative if it is to do the same ?TSO Products said:
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glass1 said:
24” is six inches less than the designed capacity.
The other direction is limited only by the guide rail length.
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Paul G said:
How big is full size?
Michael Kellough said:
Exceeding 30 cu ft. After looking at some models at local stores I am planning to build my fridge cabinet to about 32-34” deep (with adjacent pantry the same depth) so these large fridges have plenty of air space in back and aren’t poking so far out.
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TPG-50 coming! – we hear you [big grin]
We will make a 50 inch cutting T-Track width version available as a stand-alone SKU for those who need it. Thanks for the examples you had in mind: "Refrigerator cabinet".
We’re producing the extrusions in heat-treated 20 ft + length before all the secondary operations. So the lengths we offer are limited only by practical commerce considerations such as shipping cost – just like the extra long guide rails which need to $hip by LTL truck line. For everyday needs it pays to keep things under 48 inch max. shipping length to avoid UPS/FedEx length surcharges kicking in at that point. Beyond that: whatever you’re willing to pay for.
Don’t laugh: one of our BETA Testers, Duane H., early on needed a super length track for cross-cutting-to-matched-length paneling boards for a high-end auto dealership interior. The GRS-16 helped him get perfect square and equal length cross cuts. So yes, there are extremes which can, on some projects, justify extreme tools. We will keep a few full length 20 ft extrusions back for just such one-off requirements – seriously, only at TSO [smile]
Hans
PS: look for another Post addressing Narrow Stock questions
TPG-50 coming! – we hear you [big grin]
We will make a 50 inch cutting T-Track width version available as a stand-alone SKU for those who need it. Thanks for the examples you had in mind: "Refrigerator cabinet".
We’re producing the extrusions in heat-treated 20 ft + length before all the secondary operations. So the lengths we offer are limited only by practical commerce considerations such as shipping cost – just like the extra long guide rails which need to $hip by LTL truck line. For everyday needs it pays to keep things under 48 inch max. shipping length to avoid UPS/FedEx length surcharges kicking in at that point. Beyond that: whatever you’re willing to pay for.
Don’t laugh: one of our BETA Testers, Duane H., early on needed a super length track for cross-cutting-to-matched-length paneling boards for a high-end auto dealership interior. The GRS-16 helped him get perfect square and equal length cross cuts. So yes, there are extremes which can, on some projects, justify extreme tools. We will keep a few full length 20 ft extrusions back for just such one-off requirements – seriously, only at TSO [smile]
Hans
PS: look for another Post addressing Narrow Stock questions
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TPG-30 / TPG-50 Narrow Stock capability
[member=53696]Roachmill[/member] @tazprime [member=68255]dr.r.lam[/member] and others remind us to point out that not only do we offer a Narrow Stock capability, but one of the Design Objective we overlooked to mention was that we are able to handle narrow stock as thin as ¼ inch / 6mm material!
For Narrow Stock ripping both RIGHT Hand and LEFT Hand sets are needed just like all other parallel guide systems on the market.
Hans
[member=53696]Roachmill[/member] @tazprime [member=68255]dr.r.lam[/member] and others remind us to point out that not only do we offer a Narrow Stock capability, but one of the Design Objective we overlooked to mention was that we are able to handle narrow stock as thin as ¼ inch / 6mm material!
For Narrow Stock ripping both RIGHT Hand and LEFT Hand sets are needed just like all other parallel guide systems on the market.
Hans
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