Using Bosch router on festool rail with microfence?

[BigfootBuilder]

After all of the recent investments, I can't warrant a new router on top of it all, but I have to cut a bunch of dadoes and rabbets etc. and I ran into a post that I now can't find regarding the use of a different router on the festool rail using a microfence. Does anyone have any information on this by any chance?

Thanks.

 

[waho6o9]

http://microfence.com
http://microfence.com/interfaces-c-25.html?osCsid=eb429c42005e491e64c16d36e2556cca

HTH
http://microfence.com/universal-router-plate-p-83.html

The universal plate ^^ can be drilled for your router and you can use the festool rail with it.

I've used my 1400 with the universal plate and it works great.

 

[BigfootBuilder]

Thank you, that's exactly what I'm looking for! Now, to figure out if the $300 is close enough to the $650 to justify the festool router. The bosch I have is great but they don't make topside dust extraction for it!

http://microfence.com
http://microfence.com/interfaces-c-25.html?osCsid=eb429c42005e491e64c16d36e2556cca

HTH
http://microfence.com/universal-router-plate-p-83.html

The universal plate ^^ can be drilled for your router and you can use the festool rail with it.

I've used my 1400 with the universal plate and it works great.

 

[waho6o9]

I made this for my girlfriend with the micro fence on a Festool rail and it was done efficiently.

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[waho6o9]

You're welcome BigFoot Builder.

 

[HarveyWildes]

I love my MicroFence!  That is still my reference paradigm for high-precision, infinite position jigs.  I almost never measure things that require sub- 1/32" or sub-millimeter accuracy, but with the MicroFence I feel as though I could in a pinch.

They are a bit behind on their MicroFence Clamp Interfaces web page: "We offer Interfaces for the Festo Tool Guide..."

 

[Peter_C]

Why not just run the router down the backside of the Festool rail?

That is what I do with my Festool router as I have found there is less wiggle with a flat plate mounted to the bottom of my big router, then have the plate ride against the side of the Festool rail.

 

[BigfootBuilder]

Why not just run the router down the backside of the Festool rail?

That is what I do with my Festool router as I have found there is less wiggle with a flat plate mounted to the bottom of my big router, then have the plate ride against the side of the Festool rail.

In my case because I need to cut a bunch of dadoes and rabbets in a built-in bookcase, and sizing router bits to perfectly match plywood thicknesses is not always possible.

Unless you have a microfence.

The reviews I've come across for the Festool router rail guide say there is an amount of backlash in the adjustment, which can make repetitive dadoing less precise than is preferable, can anyone confirm or deny that? Watched a video about the Microfence edge guide that adjustability and accuracy-wise I suppose would apply to the rail guide. Seems to be exactly what I need, and even better than I was expecting:


Video details the edge guide rather than the base plate/rail fence but the concept is the same. Much more versatile and accurate than running right against the rail, and no need to re-clamp rail...

 

[JimD]

The router guide for the DeWalt track works with a variety of routers and I think it would work on a Festool track.  It simply has a dado in plastic that rides the rail and I think that rail projection is the same.  It isn't anything fancy but it works fine.  It is also not very expensive.