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When initially setting up your guiderail to be perpendicular to the fence, you can totally remove both of the feather keys and then determine where you ultimately want the kerf in your table to be. If you have a thinner square you can can have the rear fence slid left so that it does not go under the rail and then have the rail adjusted flat to the table. Once you adjust and lock everything in place then you slide the feather keys into location. When you tighten the socket screws in the keys, the rear feather key will want to move towards the rear bracket. Make sure the bracket is secure. When you tighten the front it will want to move away. Take a screw driver and hold it against the end of the key to prevent movement while tightening.
This has always worked for me. I have chosen to use dogs to set mine up but that is just my preference. There is an unedited video on my youtube channel showing my approach but the Festool approach also works well and has for years.
Peter
This has always worked for me. I have chosen to use dogs to set mine up but that is just my preference. There is an unedited video on my youtube channel showing my approach but the Festool approach also works well and has for years.
Peter