Whats the festool way for mitered tread returns?

[duburban]

I gotta do some tread returns, whats easiest?

 

[mopowers]

I rough cut all the treads square to the same length, Then stack them together vertically and clamp well. Lay the track across all the ends, set the saw to the proper depth and cut all the return miters at once. Finish the cross cut with the Kapex and hand saw. The returns are all batched out on the table saw then miter saw.

I only glue the miter and do two pocket screws along the end grain into the return.

 

[duburban]

Sounds good. I just saw the non festool version of that method in a book. Potential hazard is that the client wants to use rough cut stair material for her little house so getting a perfect stack would be challenging. As long as I cut the returns to fit each tread it should work though. I'd like to try making a sled on for the table saw too.