OF-FH Routing Aid

[PaulMarcel]

Since you listed these, does it fit the 2200 also? Inquiring minds want to know...

Bottom of the description on the web site says specifically it isn't for the OF-2200. I'd copy/paste that but noticed the block that on the description  [censored]

 

[jeffinsgf]

Since you listed these, does it fit the 2200 also? Inquiring minds want to know...

Bottom of the description on the web site says specifically it isn't for the OF-2200. I'd copy/paste that but noticed the block that on the description  [censored]

Yeah, blocking copy and paste came up a few years ago when our copy and images were being stolen as fast as we could put them up. Didn't help much.  [scared]

The base of the 2200 is too deep. The space between the guide rods and the bottom of the base is quite a bit deeper than anything else on the market.

 

[Cheese]

I was interested in the Mortise Base because it's 1/2 the price of the Festool offering and I've been threatening to fab up a Festool OF-FH clone for the last 5 years.

Just noticed Jeff you're sold out on the base that accepts 8 mm rods. I assume that fits the OF 1010 & OF 1400, are there other routers that use 8 mm rods?

 

[jeffinsgf]

The 8mm and 5/16" rods are identical...what's .002" among friends?  [blink] It's the most popular size, so it's hard to keep in stock. Shouldn't be out long, unless we're dealing with supply chain again. I'll ask around.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Since you listed these, does it fit the 2200 also? Inquiring minds want to know...

Bottom of the description on the web site says specifically it isn't for the OF-2200. I'd copy/paste that but noticed the block that on the description  [censored]

Yeah, blocking copy and paste came up a few years ago when our copy and images were being stolen as fast as we could put them up. Didn't help much.  [scared]

The base of the 2200 is too deep. The space between the guide rods and the bottom of the base is quite a bit deeper than anything else on the market.

Seeing as the rod blocks are held to the frame by a tee bolt, it seems to me it would be fairly simple to cut 4 small blocks of aluminium bar and drill a hole at the right height to suit the OF2200, and just re-use the tee bolts.

 

[jeffinsgf]

Since you listed these, does it fit the 2200 also? Inquiring minds want to know...

Bottom of the description on the web site says specifically it isn't for the OF-2200. I'd copy/paste that but noticed the block that on the description  [censored]

Yeah, blocking copy and paste came up a few years ago when our copy and images were being stolen as fast as we could put them up. Didn't help much.  [scared]

The base of the 2200 is too deep. The space between the guide rods and the bottom of the base is quite a bit deeper than anything else on the market.

Seeing as the rod blocks are held to the frame by a tee bolt, it seems to me it would be fairly simple to cut 4 small blocks of aluminium bar and drill a hole at the right height to suit the OF2200, and just re-use the tee bolts.

You're absolutely right. It was just decided not to create that part for just one router model. You wouldn't even need much in the way of metal working equipment to do it. Nothing needed you couldn't do with a wood cutting band saw, a drill press and a 80-tooth negative hook saw blade in a table saw or miter saw.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

When I needed one, it was at the outrageous price of $250 haha. That was too much for my limited use so I bought a second edge guide. Works perfectly. The rods go through the 1400 base so you put the second edge guide on the other side. Admittedly, the sides pressing up against the stock aren't that wide, but you can easily put some MDF on that to make them larger, though I didn't need to for routing mortises on the security door

I did exactly the same thing, maybe even from you suggesting it in one of your old Youtube videos? I'm not totally sure of that though, it had been a while.
The 2 edge guide method doesn't work as well with the inferior ones that come with the OF1010, unless you go to the trouble to make auxiliary fences. Now there is a better version of those too.
Later I made one more like the Festool routing aid.  I did it with the Shaper Origin, but that isn't strictly necessary. It was just an excuse to use it for engraving the logo into it.
I didn't have any acrylic thick enough for the cross-dowels that I had, so the fences are BB ply.

 

[PaulMarcel]

I like that version, CRG. Between the Origin and a laser, I keep thinking of getting some nice acrylic to make one with measurements engraved (including centerlines). But I have no immediate need so it sits.

Yours could almost be used with just one fence side to route 90º off the side of something. Not sure if the adjusters would hold it well enough or get a gravity drift. That would have been useful when I routed a groove in the side of my bench.

I did use that setup before on a video for I-can't-remember-what-reason.  I don't have a 1010 so I didn't know the fence was meh.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I did use that setup before on a video for I-can't-remember-what-reason.  I don't have a 1010 so I didn't know the fence was meh.

I'm thinking it was your video, I learned so much from them, back in the beginning of my Festool experience.
Yes, the "standard" edge guide for the OF1010 is nearly identical to the cheap, stamped steel units that come with many compact trim routers, except chrome plated, rather than black paint. The gap between the fences is not adjustable. The new version is much more like the one for the OF1400, just smaller.

I have never had an issue with the knobs, but I don't particularly like the way they feel. They were just handy. I've never used it horizontally, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. It works great for stopped grooves on edges. It's much easier than doing it on a router table.