Track Rack

[TSO_Products]

TSO’s stocking up on Track Rack.
Inventory  is on the way to our warehouse now. $ 19.95 / pair
                           https://tsoproducts.com/organization/fastcap-track-rack/

Considering how many woodworkers use their garage as a workshop, garage doors are the most underutilized “wall” space in the shop.
You’re paying for that space – may as well use it!

Insulated garage doors make installation of these TRACK RACK brackets a breeze. If you have hurricane braced doors in the south of the US as shown in the preceding picture you can still make it work as you can see in the picture in the preceding post.

Hans and Eric

 

[Mike Goetzke]

TSO’s stocking up on Track Rack.
Inventory  is on the way to our warehouse now. $ 19.95 / pair
                           https://tsoproducts.com/organization/fastcap-track-rack/

Considering how many woodworkers use their garage as a workshop, garage doors are the most underutilized “wall” space in the shop.
You’re paying for that space – may as well use it!

Insulated garage doors make installation of these TRACK RACK brackets a breeze. If you have hurricane braced doors in the south of the US as shown in the preceding picture you can still make it work as you can see in the picture in the preceding post.

Hans and Eric

[member=61691]TSO_Products[/member]

Hans/Eric while you are at it can you invent a similar product - TPG/GRS Rail/Square Rack?

Thanks

 

[Mike Goetzke]

[member=62711]krudawg[/member] I'm loving mine as well. I originally only got one set but have since picked up more to outfit my entire collection of rails. I used some 80/20 rail and some 3d printed brackets to set these all up in one spot on my garage door:
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[member=71184]ryanwichman[/member] Nice design! Can you share more photos/info about the standoffs?

Thanks

 

[ryanwichman]

Thanks Mike! The standoffs are nothing more than some 80/20 offcuts I got off their ebay store and then some brackets that I designed and 3d printed. They've been working great so far and I love how they keep all my tracks in one spot.

Ryan

 

[TSO_Products]

- Track Rack sets back in stock - again - at TSOproducts.com
First come - first served

Still only $ 19.95 for a pair

Hans

 

[TSO_Products]

What makes Track Rack different than some other products on TSO's website?
- woodworkers often buy multiple sets at a time. Just within the last week we had one customer buy 10(!) sets on one order. Two or three set orders are very common.

You can see how this quickly depletes what we thought was a generous inventory supply. So we have been re-stocking and re-stocking to the extent that Fast Cap themselves had any stock.

Now it seems production has caught up with demand and our warehouse shelves prove it. But don't hesitate if you're considering these very handy organizers for your fixed or mobile work space.

Hans and Eric

 

[oneinch]

I see in many pictures that the track is mounted (horizontally) with splinter the strip down. I'm wondering if anyone can attest to these racks helping prevent the splinter strip from curling off of the track on the ends? For this to be effective the racks would need to be at the extreme ends of the track. I like the functionality of these. If they help prevent delamination of the splinter strip that would be fantastic.

 

[demographic]

I see in many pictures that the track is mounted (horizontally) with splinter the strip down. I'm wondering if anyone can attest to these racks helping prevent the splinter strip from curling off of the track on the ends? For this to be effective the racks would need to be at the extreme ends of the track. I like the functionality of these. If they help prevent delamination of the splinter strip that would be fantastic.

I was wondering about that as I store my rails with the strip facing up, never down.

 

[Alanbach]

I have had my track stored on the back of my garage door in a track rack for four months now. The tolerances are relatively tight, there is not a lot of slop in there so it does provide a bit of incentive for the strip to stay in contact with the rail at the point of intersection with the track rack. Not sure it is going to solve the delamination problem but if located towards the ends it wouldn’t help make it worse either.

Also, I have seen a lot of people on this site and others discuss their concern with the tracks being stored in track rack with the strip down. I have seen no negative effect whatsoever from this! If a person were really concerned about that you could install the track racks upside down and the strip would be facing up. You can also install these vertically if you want.

 

[Alanbach]

[member=71184]ryanwichman[/member] - Recent posts brought me back to this thread today and made me realize that I am long overdue to give you some feedback regarding the Best Fence System. They did help me adapt it to my older Delta miter saw stand and were super helpful. Overall I love the system! It is a little pesky if you are setting up and breaking down all the time, but once you get a process down it only takes a couple of minutes to get it dialed in. I ended up with their bench models as they were the easiest to adapt to what I had. If these were installed in a shop on a permanent bench / miter station they would be awesome as once you had it all set up properly you could lock them down and you would be good to go. I bought their crown stops to accommodate wider stock but I haven’t used them yet, I just haven’t felt the need. I bought the original rail sections with the back edge that sticks up as my stock is generally milled before it goes to the miter saw. I have since done two projects that required a ton of pieces cut to the same lengths and it was so fast and accurate that in my mind it immediately justified the purchase. Really a pleasure to use!

 

[ryanwichman]

[member=66185]Alanbach[/member] I, like you, have not seen any damage done to the sacrificial strip on any of my three rails. If you look closely when the rails are in the Track Rack, the aluminum edge is what is touching the plastic, not the sacrificial strip. I've kept my horizontal, strips down in my Track Racks for months now and have had ZERO problems.

Regarding the Best Fence, I'm glad you like it! It sounds like it has really worked out well for you. Nothing like having the ability to make accurate and repeatable cuts!

Ryan

Edit: Correction to my original post. When I looked at my rails again sitting in the Track Rack, they were resting on the strip. However, I have had them like that since August and have not witnessed any sort of issues. I'm sure time will tell if this will be a problem but right now I don't have a reason to believe that it will be.

 

[pettyconstruction]

I have a 75” rail in one , it is on my garage door, and haven’t had a problem with the splinter guard. Yet
The only time I have had a problem with my splinter guards is from the heat .
Charlie

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[Mike Goetzke]

Oh no - my anti-chip edges are showing very noticeable deformation and they haven’t been through a hot summer yet. My rails are Makita but don’t think they are much different than Festool design. I have 39”, 55”, 75”, and 118” and all show deformation.

Not very happy about this.  [mad]

For now I found if I tighten the screws tighter the clamps will hold the rail up but don’t know for how long. Plus sort of defeats the simplicity of the design if I need to loosen then tighten them up all the time.

Some say in place the rubber anti-chip doesn’t touch on the bottom - I don’t see how this is possible (at least with my rails).

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[Alanbach]

You can install the track racks upside down. You just have to be a little more careful when you put the tracks in or take them out as they are more prone to slip out from the upside down position, at least until you get them locked in.

 

[dltflt]

I thought that having the track rest on the rubber edge was bad idea. So I made my own with the track resting on the metal side. They work great.

 

[Mike Goetzke]

I thought that having the track rest on the rubber edge was bad idea. So I made my own with the track resting on the metal side. They work great.

I was ready to build my own but after seeing the Track Rack I decided to purchase them. I too was worried about the rubber edge before I ordered them since I was going to mount them on my garage door but read others didn't have issues.

Wonder the reason they were designed for rubber edge down - would have been just as easy to have it the other way around?

I'm loving the convenience of this storage method but doesn't seem to work with rubber side down. I'm storing my TSO Squares and TPG hardware on the rails so just flipping them over is a big job.

I had a Festool rail in the past - as I recall it had a clear plastic anti-chip? Maybe not as pliable as rubber?

Mike

 

[ryanwichman]

So I would like to weigh in here. I put a Makita splintergaurd on 55" rail and it appears that mine has moved as well. As seen in the photo below, because I didn't but up the splintergaurd against the small edge that exists on the extrusion, it was allowed to move. I have not seen this issue on any of my Festool rails, oddly enough. I'm wondering if the adhesive on the Festool splintergaurds is actually a bit stronger. Since the Makita splintergaurds are cheapish, I'm going to buy another one and when I install it, I'm going to make sure it is but up against that edge so that it cannot move when it sits in the Track Rack.

Also, the orientation is completely up to you. You can easily mount these the other way around and have the rails rest on the metal edge. Flipping the Track Racks 180 degrees will not affect their functionality at all and I may flip mine if the new rubber Makita splintergaurd gets deformed. My Festool tracks lasted a year with no issues on a south facing garage door in Florida...

Ryan

 

[Mike Goetzke]

[member=71184]ryanwichman[/member]

Thanks for the info - I was wondering if the Festool edge was stiffer.

I ended up flipping mine 180 deg. as suggested seems like it will work but definitely would be better to have the latch at the top.

I just can't imagine the reason they didn't design it to not have the rail rest on the anti-splinter. Only thing i could think of is the Festool/Makita logos are upside down with the anti-splinter facing up.

Mike

 

[ryanwichman]

No problem! I'm thinking the design was such that the bottom comes to a V and was supposed to catch the aluminum before the splintergaurd, suspending it at the bottom, if that makes sense. Maybe there was an oversight in the execution or manufacturing process. It could also be that it was designed around the Festool rail and no deformation existed on that splintergaurd so they assumed it wouldn't be an issue with other brands. I'm wondering, if there is a small foam strip at the very bottom if that would prevent the deformation we're seeing.

Ryan

 

[GoingMyWay]

Has anyone tried contacting FastCap about the problem/flaw with having the splinterguard down?  FastCap is all about continuous improvement so I'm sure they'd love to hear real world feedback.  I'm pretty sure they'd fix the design to eliminate the problem once they became aware of it.