of2200 scratching

[Deansocial]

My relativly new f2200 is scratching the surface of compact laminate when i am putting a round over on it. I cleaned the material and the router several times but no luck. I also tried sand all the sharp edges of the base but it still scratches. Any ideas

 

[Alan m]

try polishing it with a ploishing compound on a pad on your sander.

 

[Chris Hughes]

Had a similar issue with my 1010 when working on solid surface.  I polished the base but did not eliminate the problem so I replaced the fiber base.  Problem solved.  I kept the old plate and use it when I'm working on suspect stock.

 

[Deansocial]

nuts for tool this expensive, i think the base material it too hard

 

[fdengel]

Clamp something sacrificial between the router and the material and lower the bit.

 

[Kev]

Is it a consistent pattern or more like trapped debris from the top you're cutting?

I've always been surprised that you get router bits with bearings, but you always drag a flat base along the working surface. It'd be nice to see an optional base with rollers.

 

[mattfc]

nuts for tool this expensive, i think the base material it too hard

agree re it should work for the price. One thing you could try is buying some PTFE sheet
http://www.directplasticsonline.co.uk/PTFESheet

a 12"x12" 0.5mm thick sheet is about a fiver

Still, you shouldn't have to retrofit something

 

[woodguy7]

That's a bit worrying.  I have a brand new one & not tried it on anything with a finished surface yet.  Thanks for the heads up, I will have a dummy run on a scrap piece before I commit to something expensive.

 

[Vindingo]

Had a similar issue with my 1010 when working on solid surface.  I polished the base but did not eliminate the problem so I replaced the fiber base.  Problem solved.  I kept the old plate and use it when I'm working on suspect stock.

I had the same issue with my 1010 scratching prefinished maple.  Did you replace the base with a Fes base or did you make your own? 

 

[Deansocial]

well spoke to festool and they basically said the base must have been scratched to do that even tho the only thing i have done with it is use it in the cms so no base. Lot of use they were. Ptfe film it is then

 

[jmbfestool]

I'll check mine out this weekend I currently have it set up in my CMS for these wardrobes I'm building which you helped me on for a day Deano!.

My base looks like I have attacked it with a stanley knife and so I'll be expecting it to do some damage to a prefinished surface but we will see! I normally have yay router in a CMS or on my worksop jig or a template  so the base never touches prefinished surfaces!

Jmb

 

[Chris Hughes]

I bought the fes base. At the time I needed the tool and did not have the time. 

 

[Laminator]

After a few scratches on P-lam with my 1010, It really makes me wonder what the "fiber" in the base is made of. Maybe glass?
I never seem to have the problem with the black stuff the Porter Cable uses.

The only trouble with anything soft is that a sharp particle can lodge in it and cause lots of misery.