VAC-SYS Shop Made Bracket For The MFT

cortes

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I just got the vac sys system. Looking around for ideas on how to mount it to my mft table, I found a video by The Poplar Shop. He said he got the idea from someone on this forum. It was originally from Festool in the Conturo manual. I looked in that manual online, but didn't see any mention of it. The bracket allowed the unit, the vac sys, to be mounted to the side of the mft table. I tried a seach. Nothing came up. Any idea where the plans are for this bracket? Here' a link to the  video.
 
That looks simple to build. First make the profile for the V grove on a table saw. Then it is just a flat board glued and screwed to the profile you made, with a couple bolts and hand knobs to make it mount solid to the table.
 
I just got the Festool parts to clamp the jig to the MFT. The specified knob, part number 482110, is way too short to clamp a 23mm board to the rail. With a decent amount of threads in the key you loose 7mm of the 16mm threaded length. I just ordered the 486202, which has a 27.5mm length. I'm going to use 3/4"(18mm) plywood.
 
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