Topic Contest #1: Most Creative Uses of an MFT

[Matthew Schenker]

Top Five Creative Uses of an MFT​

Everyone, go back through the posts in the forum.  Select your top five favorite posts on the subject of "Most Creative Uses of an MFT."  Tell us which posts you like, who posted it, and what you like most about it.  Tell us about it right here.

The post receiving the strongest support wins.  The person behind the number-one post gets to choose a Festool RS400 or a Festool DS400.  We'll start the contest today (June 9, 2007) and run it for one month.  The contest will end on July 10, 2007.

Remember, you can still create new discussions showing your most creative uses of an MFT while the contest is going on!

For full details on the contest, CLICK HERE..

OK, dive in!

Matthew Schenker

 

[Tom Ryan]

I have two topics I'd like to vote for as the most useful MFT topics (creative?  probably, by I care more about useful):

One is MarkF's "MFT Guide Rail Catch" (guide rail catch) just what I need to keep the guide rail out of the way (when it's not in use) in my very, very small shop.

The other is Bill Esposito's DIY MFT Hold Down Clamps (hold down clamp) which let you clamp to the MFT without crawling under the table.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Tom,
Thanks for the vote!  Yes, by "creative" I mean all things positive -- useful, innovative, inspiring.
Stay in touch,
Matthew

 

[bill-e]

Thanks Tom

I gotta admit that I think my clamp is pretty cool and I've all but stopped using the Jorgies in favor of it.  Having said that, the motivation for creating it and writing it up, as with all my reviews and such, is that I get a real kick out of sharing my work with others.

That and I wouldn't mind another sander

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
By the way, this category can include MFT jigs and enhancements.
Matthew

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
Due to lack of interest, I'm closing this competition.

It seemed like a good idea, and I'm rather surprised by the response.

In order to learn from this, and have more successful contests in the future, I would like to hear members' responses.

Thank you,
Matthew

 

[Pete Pedisich]

Matt,

Wow, that's too bad. I completely forgot about it.
I would have liked to have had a chance to win a sander!
Although I already have and love the RS400.
Thanks for trying, maybe if it were a simple poll where people just click on a icon at the bottom of the post that said "vote for this post" - but I don't know how you would track who voted and how many times.
I can assure you, I would vote no more than 3 times for myself.

Thanks,
Pete

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Pete,
Thanks for your response.  We may revive this concept again at some point, but I would like to develop a better way of doing it.

The thing is, my intent was to get people going back into the forum history and giving added life to valuable posts that get covered up over time.  To achieve that goal, I need to have members going back and finding things themselves.  Having a simple poll would mean that members were not going back and looking at those old but valuable discussions.  The other thing is, I don't want to be the one who suggests candidates for the contest.  I want members to decide who the contestants are.  If I created a poll, it would mean I was making choices.

Well, as you can see, I do want this to happen, but the concept needs tweaking.

I welcome ideas from members!

Matthew