What square to buy for MFT/3 squaring?

[geoffshep]

You could try this - it always works  [big grin]

 

[Anderson-Plywood]

lol..
I love the magic square..

 

[Anderson-Plywood]

We have a promo on the MFT square for a limited time!
Check it out!

Anderson Plywood's Layout Square for MFT Table is made from 3/4" Phenolic Plywood:

 

[jdw101]

Woodpeckers 1281 square, it's what they used in the end user classes for years.

http://www.woodpeck.com/1281.html

You can get them at woodcraft and most woodworking stores

I have that square, it's an amazing product.  Very expensive.  I also have lots of other options including the Quas dogs and lots of squares from Woodpecker and others.  I think you could make do with a much less fancy square for sure and the Quas dogs to me seem like a perfect solution.

 

[DrD]

Boy this thread has been going on for some time now, and with a lot of very useful ideas.  All this time I have been trying to see what's best for my needs in my shop by following this thread.  I do like to have reasonable, read eyeball, precision in cut angles and lengths, and as long as all four sides of a box are same length and perpendicular to each other, I'm happy.

All of this is to say, I spent a lot of time and money - mostly on Woodpecker stuff - to achieve the desire goal.  Last week I removed all the Festool protractors, fences, guide stops from my MFT/3s, and found Qwas dogs and a good tape measure like a Tajima or a FastCap were all I needed to cut square and to length.  There is 1 hugh provisio - I needed to start with a straight edge on the sheet goods.  After that aligning the straight edge against 2 or 3 Qwas dogs, and backing my fence up to 2 Qwas dogs set perpendicular to the cut edge, I was good to go.  The length of the cut is set by the tape.  Good, quick, and cheap.  Now if only I could find a use for the OTT 26" square!

 

[Anderson-Plywood]

Good news is that our Layout Square is now available on Amazon.com, and it ships free for Amazon Prime users!
You may use the link in our signature line.

 

[vkumar]

Nice. I have one in my Amazon cart.

 

[grbmds]

[member=38894]shaun.mcc[/member] just noticed Woodpeckers has a sale on the 1281 square with free shipping. It’s a great square for all around use and is really square as far as you can tell. I used to use it on my MFT until I bought the MFT square.

 

[Gunso]

I'm UK based but regularly in Florida working.

If you want to order stuff in the States I will happily bring it back for you. Only real issue is postage in UK. And wether or not you trust me!

 

[justard]

Thanks [member=10147]jobsworth[/member]  Let me check it out if they can ship to my location

 

[GoingMyWay]

I bought my Anderson Plywood's Layout Square from Amazon on Tuesday.  It just arrived today thanks to the Amazon Prime delivery.  It's a nice product - evidently my MFT/3 was out of square!  Excellent value too.

I was about to buy the Woodpecker's 1281 square from Woodcraft on Sunday, but it was a little too expensive for me at the time. 

 

[Gregor]

Late to the party, but: Festool MFS - has also other nice uses apart from being able to square a MFT/3.