Parallel Guides and Extensions -- 3 videos on usage and cutting sheet goods

[rnt80]

I've been working on a whole house job and have been using my guides and the Walko bench.  The guides were certainly worth the investment.  It's been the first real time that I've had the chance to use the Walko and it has been great.  I ended up cutting most of the plywood with the Walko laying flat on the ground.  I cut up a bunch of 1/2" ply the other day with the Walko tipped over in it's a-frame mode.  It was the perfect height for cutting and it support enough of the sheet to make the process easy.

 

[grobin]

Thanks again for the great videos.  I am a little slow.  All I had to do is make sure that the parallel guides and extensions were level by using some scrap.  Now when I go to cut long vertical supports for the cases I get the cuts right every time and I can even cut multiple pieces at once.  Thanks for the table idea, its great. 

 

[jstockman]

Thank you Jim for that complement.  It made my day!  It's really fun to do things you enjoy.

Roger,

I am in process of doing some online screen shot videos for my web site.  What software did you use to all you to show yourself talking in the fore front of the demonstation as in the background it showed you working with the guide.

Thx,

Jim

 

[RDMuller]

Grobin  --- don't put yourself down as "a little slow"  when working with the parallel guides and extensions.  They are very different from anything you have worked with before.  On more than one occasion I have stopped and taken a walk to think about how best to do what I am faced with.  Most often a strategic placement of some scrap wood and some clamps get the job done.  This table offers all kinds of ways to clamp materials and scraps down

 

[RDMuller]

Jstockman --- The headshot with me talking overlayed was shot separately against a green background (chromakey).  The footage was assembled in Final Cut Pro and a MacIntosh with a chromakey filter on that footage to knock out all of the green.  If you need some help doing this with whatever your software is search on YOUTUBE for chromakey and the name of the software you are using.  More than likely somebody has put something out there

 

[jstockman]

Jstockman --- The headshot with me talking overlayed was shot separately against a green background (chromakey).  The footage was assembled in Final Cut Pro and a MacIntosh with a chromakey filter on that footage to knock out all of the green.  If you need some help doing this with whatever your software is search on YOUTUBE for chromakey and the name of the software you are using.  More than likely somebody has put something out there

Ah my son is using final cut.  That is professional stuff and Adobe doesn't that stuff away.  I'll have to look around for a cheaper competitor. 

I'll take a look at them through youtube.

Thx,

Jim

 

[darbo]

Roger,
Your videos are fantastic. The quality is superb in every way, especially your instruction, and I have enjoyed multiple viewings of them. The more I think about an open-cell table, the more logical it seems to me. Your table seems to support a convenient/easy/flexible workflow for using the parallel guides and I am presently considering making a similar table for my own use.

You indicated that the table in your video is a second-generation table and that you're considering a third-gen table that would have "wells a little bit larger for the parallel guide extensions". Since you have developed a wealth of experiential knowledge with your tables, what has your experience taught you regarding the optimal size for the wells? Thanks!

David

 

[marimar]

I hope this is the appropriate post to discuss this on.  I'm looking into purchasing my first festool circular saw with straight edge guide.  I'm torn over which one to buy.  I do some 3/4 sheet good cutting but I do a lot of door reconstruction that requires the use of a straight edge.  My concern is the weight.  Do I need the larger saw for cutting 1.75 doors.  Most doors are exterior, pine, but some are interior, hardwood.  I'm thinking the larger saw is more appropriate for the extra saw depth and amperage, though can the TS55 perform the same task.  I obviously would need the larger saw for 2.25 doors but I seldom come across this thickness door so I don't want to over saw the task.  What would ones opinion be that has come across the work situations that I am questioning.

 

[Brice Burrell]

Hi Marimar and welcome to forum.

Like you I cut a fair number of doors with my TS55 (the smaller Festool saw). It works well on pine and you've got to cut lot more slowly on thicker hardwoods but it certainly is doable. Getting the right blade is important, I like a third party 28 tooth blade made by Tenryu. I haven't used my hand held planer on a door since I bought my TS 55. Good luck. 

 

[marimar]

Thanks Brice for the tip.  I had an Altendorf Panel saw that we ran Tenaryu's on that worked very well.  Will take up your advice on this also.  I'm used to using a straight edge with a Skill 77 when modifying existing doors in the field.  Not very accurate and a lot of blade wobble needing edge planing before glue up.  Have you found that you need to plane the cut edge of a door stile modification before gluing up a new stile when using the Festool for a similar issue?

Thanks again for the quick follow up.

MariMar

 

[Brice Burrell]

Thanks Brice for the tip.  I had an Altendorf Panel saw that we ran Tenaryu's on that worked very well.  Will take up your advice on this also.  I'm used to using a straight edge with a Skill 77 when modifying existing doors in the field.  Not very accurate and a lot of blade wobble needing edge planing before glue up.  Have you found that you need to plane the cut edge of a door stile modification before gluing up a new stile when using the Festool for a similar issue?

Thanks again for the quick follow up.

MariMar

The Tenryu leaves a nice edge that is glue ready.