OF1400 Metric "stickers"

[ADKMedic]

Hello FestoolUSA,

As part of the recent router promotion, I picked up an OF1400 router.  I also ordered, from ToolNut, the replacement metric sticker (#462622) for the depth scale.  I just received an email from ToolNut saying that Festool has already discontinued this item?  What gives? 

Andy

 

[blaszcsj]

[member=101]Festool USA[/member]

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

The OF 1400 was recently updated, and the scale is now part of the housing. If you want to convert an OF 1400 to metric, you will need to contact the Festool USA service department.

(Tyler)

 

[DeformedTree]

The OF 1400 was recently updated, and the scale is now part of the housing. If you want to convert an OF 1400 to metric, you will need to contact the Festool USA service department.

(Tyler)

What recent update was that?  I thought the only updates have been the removing of the metric scale back in 2016?

 

[smorgasbord]

Can one buy an OF1400 metric in the US?

 

[peter halle]

Can one buy an OF1400 metric in the US?

Not at this time.  You would need to look for an older used one.

Peter

 

[PaulMarcel]

Can one buy an OF1400 metric in the US?

Not at this time.  You would need to look for an older used one.

Peter

That's so crazy given that it's just a sticker  [mad]  Need an EU mole to the rescue. Save us again like it's 1783...  [tongue]

 

[smorgasbord]

Assuming the sticker is actually in metric, and not some wider range, then at least it'd be a straightforward retrofit.

 

[PaulMarcel]

Assuming the sticker is actually in metric, and not some wider range, then at least it'd be a straightforward retrofit.

Yeah, I'm thinking the depth stop plunger has a gauge in millimeters on mine, but there aren't any "detents" for centimeters or anything so just changing the scale is about all you need: it's where you place the indicator that matters. Now the micro-adjuster might be different on the Big Mac unit; metric it has a 0-9 wheel that is in 1/10mm increments. Even if the pitch differs, I'd guess that "one-click" being 1/16" vs 1/10mm isn't a big deal since you would sneak up on it.

Wondering aloud: could you get a Starretts metric/bald-eagles adhesive rule, cut it to width (which eliminates the bald eagles) and stick it on the depth indicator? I suggest the combo rule because the metric side of it will fit in half the rule width, which makes it about 6mm and should fit on the gauge body.

A WTB post in classifieds might be able to root out an EU mole who could help you. They feel sorry for us dealing with fractions.

 

[MikeGE]

They feel sorry for us dealing with fractions.

Not really.  I enjoy watching someone figure out how to divide a board that is 58 and 929/2000 inches long into nine equal pieces.  [big grin]

 

[PaulMarcel]

Not really.  I enjoy watching someone figure out how to divide a board that is 58 and 929/2000 inches long into nine equal pieces.  [big grin]

See, once you get to /2000, we switch to skinny and fat as in "a skinny 32nd" or "a fat 64th".

I actually read on a forum that Lifted-Truck units were better because to figure out the half, you just double the denominator. I re-read it multiple times. He was serious. So apparently 5 3/8 halved is 5 3/16. .

All those guys in middle school who hated fractions with a passion now defend them like they are the best thing since Truck Nutz.

 

[smorgasbord]

I was thinking of something along these lines:https://www.amazon.com/BLLNDX-Self-Adhesive-Measuring-Adhesive-Workbench/dp/B09KBKF87H
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[smorgasbord]

I enjoy watching someone figure out how to divide a board that is 58 and 929/2000 inches long into nine equal pieces.  [big grin]

Isn't that why Woodpecker's can charge $90 for a center finder ruler in Imperial? Fractions are so great, people will pay for the privilege of using them, lol.

Another fun thing is watching people add up measurements, like 57&5/8" plus 39&13/16"

 

[PaulMarcel]

That Amazon tape is 1/2" wide, which seems wide for the gauge. Mine is pre-imperial and the gauge tape is 6mm wide. I think if you got the Amazon tape, you'd have to rip it down the middle to get it to fit then clip the numbers.

This one from Fastcap is 7/8" wide, but the metric portion looks to be a narrow slice on one side. Ripping the metric portion off looks like it would be 6mm wide and the numbers would be intact. It comes with the double-stick tape so at least you get to do the cutting without everything sticking to everything else. It doesn't state the material for the rule.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

The fractions thing would drive me insane.

I’d also make folks aware of a commonly-used UK woodworking measurement known as a ‘gnat’s chuff’. It’s the tiny slice you take off the end of a marginally over-long piece to achieve a perfect interference fit. If it’s still marginally too large, you remove another gnat’s chuff.

 

[Tom the Remodeler]

This conversion to Imperial scales is maddening. All of my Festool machines are old enough that they all have metric scales, when they wear out it looks like I'll be replacing them with Bosch, Makita, and Mafell tools that have metric or dual scales.....

 

[lunkerj]

yep, see my post on the TSC 55, still have not figured out a what to put the "sticker" on to convert the tool back to this country of origin without running the risk that my attempt to bring the tool back in line with its natural state is off.

 

[Cheese]

I’d also make folks aware of a commonly-used UK woodworking measurement known as a ‘gnat’s chuff’. It’s the tiny slice you take off the end of a marginally over-long piece to achieve a perfect interference fit. If it’s still marginally too large, you remove another gnat’s chuff.

I like that gnat's chuffing thing... [thumbs up] ...I'm always gnat's chuffing joints, especially when replacing treads & risers.  [smile]

 

[squall_line]

If one was using gauge blocks, couldn't you just remove the sticker altogether?  I know that every time Sedge uses a router in one of his videos, he pretty much says to ignore the scale on the thing and uses a domino (4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 mm thick) to set the depth gauge.

Not quite the same as the TS55, of course, but the original post was about the OF1400.

 

[Tom the Remodeler]

If one was using gauge blocks, couldn't you just remove the sticker altogether?  I know that every time Sedge uses a router in one of his videos, he pretty much says to ignore the scale on the thing and uses a domino (4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 mm thick) to set the depth gauge.

Not quite the same as the TS55, of course, but the original post was about the OF1400.

Gauge blocks are great if you're trying to hit a specific depth, for instance a groove, but for more "coarse" work it's an extra step to dig out the gauge blocks, so it's preferable to have an on-tool scale to reference. My memory is that Makita and Bosch utilize dual-unit scales on their machines, I wonder why Festool went "all-in" on the conversion to Imperial, versus going with a dual scale?....