Please Help Identify - Festool Accessory

[deepcreek]

I'm doing a shop re-org and found this buried in a corner. I've had it for over a decade and can't remember its purpose.

I also found another one that's longer but is missing the knobs.

Any ideas?

 

[tjbnwi]

Angle unit and fence from the previous generation MFT. I believe it was called the 1080?

Tom

 

[deepcreek]

Ah, yes! I had one back in the early days.

Never really used the fence and the 1080 is long gone.

Many thanks!

 

[Michael Kellough]

There should also be a black plastic part that goes on the far end to clamp the end of the fence to the rail that surrounds the MFT.

That setup works well for me. I tried the newer generation rig and didn’t like the looseness.

 

[tjbnwi]

There should also be a black plastic part that goes on the far end to clamp the end of the fence to the rail that surrounds the MFT.

That setup works well for me. I tried the newer generation rig and didn’t like the looseness.

The MFT 3 utilizes the same style clamp at the end of the fence.

Tom

 

[Michael Kellough]

The MFT 3 utilizes the same style clamp at the end of the fence.

Tom

Thanks for that, I don’t have one and was too lazy to look up a photo. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it works for me.

The thing I tried was something Uncle Bob Marino sent that fit in the frame and slid forward onto the table (of the MFT 1080) so that the protractor was on an arm and a short fence was attached to the protractor. There was too much flex to be reliable. Maybe it was something they were they were trying out while developing the MFT 3.

 

[tjbnwi]

Thanks for that, I don’t have one and was too lazy to look up a photo. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it works for me.

The thing I tried was something Uncle Bob Marino sent that fit in the frame and slid forward onto the table (of the MFT 1080) so that the protractor was on an arm and a short fence was attached to the protractor. There was too much flex to be reliable. Maybe it was something they were they were trying out while developing the MFT 3.

At the shop now, here’s a picture of the “clamp” in use.



Tom

 

[Michael Kellough]

That looks like what I remember of the piece Bob sent. It just just connected to the top of the rail differently, since the rails changed.

But don’t you find that fence too short?

Really impressed by how crisp and clean the cuts in that mdf is!

 

[tjbnwi]

That looks like what I remember of the piece Bob sent. It just just connected to the top of the rail differently, since the rails changed.

But don’t you find that fence too short?

Really impressed by how crisp and clean the cuts in that mdf is!

The fence is very solid with the clamp on it. The real advantage to the side rails is, the V profile allows for connecting other items to the MFT accurately.

I do not feel the fence is to short, if I need it to be longer I install a Kapex UG wing on the MFT. Think about how short the contact area on a miter saw fence is yet we expect accurate cuts.

Tom

 

[Michael Kellough]

I meant too short in the other direction. The big gap between the right end of the fence and the rail.

Seeing this photo I now remember that my interest in this (18 years ago?) was that the protractor can be moved back closer to the rail (than the MFT 1080 protractor).

 

[tjbnwi]

I meant too short in the other direction. The big gap between the right end of the fence and the rail.

Seeing this photo I now remember that my interest in this (18 years ago?) was that the protractor can be moved back closer to the rail (than the MFT 1080 protractor).

I believe I set it that way to get the stop where I needed it. Was to lazy to put the UG ewing on it for the few cuts that were necessary.

Tom

 

[Michael Kellough]

I believe I set it that way to get the stop where I needed it. Was to lazy to put the UG ewing on it for the few cuts that were necessary.

Tom

The solution is always a compromise between what “should” be done and what we feel like doing, or have time for.