Problems with depth of cut with OF1400--**SOLVED**

[Ned]

So, when using the plastic guide rail foot, do you have to add 3/16" to your depth to get an accurate plunge?

When you zero the bit against the work it's zeroed, no matter what you've added to the base plate.

Ned

 

[Charles Wilson]

So, when using the plastic guide rail foot, do you have to add 3/16" to your depth to get an accurate plunge?

When you zero the bit against the work it's zeroed, no matter what you've added to the base plate.

Ned

I think that I understand that.  What about the foot that rides along the side of the router not on the bottom of the base plate.

Chuck

 

[Ned]

So, when using the plastic guide rail foot, do you have to add 3/16" to your depth to get an accurate plunge?

When you zero the bit against the work it's zeroed, no matter what you've added to the base plate.

Ned

I think that I understand that.  What about the foot that rides along the side of the router not on the bottom of the base plate.

Chuck

Maybe I don't understand the question.  The foot on the side and the addition to the base plate serve the same purpose, just that the addition is more stable.  Both support the off-rail side of the router to keep it level with the the side on the rail.  As far as depth of cut is concerned, foot and addition are the same.

Ned

 

[ear3]

Just reviving this old thread in order to ask the question -- is there an engineering reason why the depth stop turret on Festool routers is spring loaded, introducing the potential for overshooting the depth if you don't press down hard enough to engage the spring?  Is it just to make it easier to turn and lock the turret into place?