ts55req bevel adjustment

[garycze]

My bevel adjustment needs to be tweaked, I was cutting  door panels 13/4 thick to use my domino to glue them up for a work bench top and realized that the bevel is off a bit creating an open line at the glue line. Is there a recommended process to adjust the bevel (as well as reset the bevel gauge to true 90) to solve this problem. I never noticed in the past (had saw for 2 years) but only cut 3/4 inch panels. Maybe it came from factory this way or maybe I did it accidentally. Does not give much info in manual that I down loaded from festool.com.
GaryCze

 

[Stone Message]

Hi [member=69626]garycze[/member]

If you had not domino'd and glued the two pieces you could have flipped one and then the angular error would have been lost.

However, to answer your question:


Peter

 

[garycze]

Hi
Thanks for suggestion, I did flip them over just to check and it would have worked but the problem would have languished in my brain a long time. So, I went to my go to place youtube for help and saw some videos on the subject, one was a guy with a wixley digital angle tool that seemed to solve the issue, but did not discuss how to reset the bevel gauge. Then I found your video (I had heard about you on line and was once at your site), and watched it and how you made the adjustments on your older (7 years) version. Mine is only 3 years old and I saw the adjustment screw and took the chance of trying it after unlocking the bevel knobs. After a few try attempts it seemed to solve the problem, but I am still searching for the way to adjust the actual gauge to make it zero out so at the 90* location so that when i move to other angles I just use the reading on the gauge. My current project is one from my bucket list, building rolling work/assembly benches. I am a scrounge and see value in things other people see as trash. I picked up school wood work tables (44"x48") from a school surplus auction, also 3'x7' 13/4" thick solid core birch veneer doors at same auction with the idea (from 10 years past) of doing the project. The doors had pre-cut vision panels as well as knob hole hinge mortises and bevel edge on knob side so I cut them down to give me panels 24 9/16" width by 60" length and will domino and glue them together to give me a work space of 60"x 49 1/8" and top them off with 3/4" MDF that is 49" wide and 8' long(cut down to 60"). Then when my new toy from woodpecker tools arrives I will use (metric and imperial guide panel) it to bore dog holes on the tops so it can be used as I do with my Festool MTF table. When I watched your video I saw your bench dogs and clips (I assume are metric), they are somewhat rare in the states where do I get them? One table I make will be metric, the other imperial, just to confuse people but also to use some imperial dogs I found in my travels to junk shows. Thank you for your time.
Gary Czerkies Cooperstown New York

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Gary

For Parf kit go to TSO in the first instance and if they do not stock what you want then go direct to Axminster.

Good luck.

Peter

 

[darita]

My older 55 REQ has these screws and I'm not sure which is for what adjustment?  Also, how does one make the adjustment, using the screws on the underside of the plate?

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[tjskinny]

The bottom screws are for adjustment of the blade position side to side, I use the to make sure all my track saws are adjusted so they can all use the same track.

See page 22 of the supplemental manual:
http://www.waterfront-woods.com/festool/TS55REQ.pdf

 

[darita]

The bottom screws are for adjustment of the blade position side to side, I use the to make sure all my track saws are adjusted so they can all use the same track.

See page 22 of the supplemental manual:
http://www.waterfront-woods.com/festool/TS55REQ.pdf

Thanks...huge help.

 

[Francis_Beland]

Hi [member=69626]garycze[/member]

If you had not domino'd and glued the two pieces you could have flipped one and then the angular error would have been lost.

However, to answer your question:


Peter

I wish there was a similar video for my REQ "first generation". The old one was adjustable, the newest one is adjustable with a front screw. Mine need to be sent to Festool for calibrating. If they can do it, I cannot believe that we cannot do it on our side.

 

[darita]

I looked at the supplemental, however I don't see an actual Bevel Stop adjustment for my older TS 55REQ?  Is there one or do you only go by the bevel scale?

 

[Frank-Jan]

There is no front bevel stop, but there is a rear bevel stop bracket that can be adjusted, and once it adjusted you should always lock the rear bevel knob first.

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