I almost had a pretty terrible thing happen last night. While cutting some 3/4 ply with my TS55 on the MFT/3 (using the hose deflector as I should), the swivel hose connector did not rotate to the side (gravity forces it down), and bound while I was pushing the saw, and it caused the saw to deflect off the track inward, and just barely skimmed the track. At first, I thought I had ruined the track and the blade, but fortunately, it basically just cut diagonally across the splinter guard and knicked the guide rail. Phew. I'm sure that others have gone to set the saw down on the track and have had to pull the hose left or right to get it to seat. I know . . . this would be better explained with a video. Maybe later.
As I was looking at the hose swivel, I started wondering why the thing rotates 360 degrees in the first place. I can't think of a cutting position where the "straight down" position would be better than to the side or the "top" (which is really more of a straight back). It would be better if it were 270 degrees. If I were to hack up a solution, I would glue a stud to the top of the saw, and wrap some rubber bands around the swivel in such a way to keep it from rotating to the "down" position.
Anyone else have experience similar, or just tired of having to pull the hose to one side or the other when setting the saw on the track? I still think that the Festool Track saw is the finest power tool I've ever used, but think it has potential for small improvements.
As I was looking at the hose swivel, I started wondering why the thing rotates 360 degrees in the first place. I can't think of a cutting position where the "straight down" position would be better than to the side or the "top" (which is really more of a straight back). It would be better if it were 270 degrees. If I were to hack up a solution, I would glue a stud to the top of the saw, and wrap some rubber bands around the swivel in such a way to keep it from rotating to the "down" position.
Anyone else have experience similar, or just tired of having to pull the hose to one side or the other when setting the saw on the track? I still think that the Festool Track saw is the finest power tool I've ever used, but think it has potential for small improvements.