How to Square the Festool MFT/3 WITHOUT Using Jigs and Squares
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- In this video, I share a technique on How to Square the Festool MFT/3 WITHOUT Using Jigs and Squares!! Recently I saw some posts on the Festool owner's group forum wherein a member was seeking advice on how to attain a square cut on the MFT. He had recently ordered (and had not yet received) his table, and was already asking what additional tools and positioning jigs were needed to get his guide rail square. There were lots of great tools recommended, yet not one person had told him it was possible to get square cuts WITHOUT buying additional items. The Festool MFT/3 isn't easy on the wallet, so to think you have to spend more money to use it is a little ridiculous in my eyes. After thinking of potential solutions, I was looking at my own MFT and thought "I wonder if I can use what I already have to achieve square cuts". It didn't take me long to whip out my woodpecker square and check if the guide plate on the TS-75 was square - and sure enough it was. All that to say - you don't have to buy additional tools to square the Festool MFT/3, just use your track saw!
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0:00 Intro
1:09 Step 1
1:22 Step 2
1:32 Step 3
1:46 Step 4
2:04 Step 5
2:20 Step 6
2:46 Step 7
2:54 Step 8
3:08 Step 9
3:18 Step 10
3:32 Conclusion - Jak na to + styl
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This is so simple and a wonderful idea.
thanks, bud!
Very nice! That’s ingenuity for you, using the tracksaw itself as a square. I would still recommend the “stop slop” under the guide rail to take away any movement.
@@fernando2014 true, however I don’t want people thinking they HAVE to buy other tools. I wanted to prove that extra tools and accessories save you TIME, and nothing more. I’ve not had any issues with guide rail shifting, so not sure if it’s a defect that’s been corrected in manufacturing. My MFT is about 3 years old and gets used almost daily.
@@fernando2014 the slop stop is not required. When the weight of the saw compressed the neoprene the slop is removed. It’s a gimmick imo.
@@MyGarageWorkshopwhat is the slop stop?
Best method from all the ones I tried to square my MFT, so simple an dead on square after. Thank you.
nice!
Well done Ben, very logically once someone else has thought of it. Very impressed. Best Andy
Thanks, Andy!
I think you are almost there. I recommend two additions. 1 - shift track right so not to cut into dog holes. This allows you to router out a sacrifical insert later if you choose. 2 - rather than measure diagonal complete a fifth cut to incorporate the 5 cut method of establishing square. Enjoying your videos. Thanks!
All great points, John!! I use the kapex trimming attachments, and the distance is set to match up with the flag stops. I was very close to using the 5 cut method in this video, but felt like that would take away from the key point of the method here - which is to square up the MFT without any tools. Appreciate the comments and feedback!!
Thank You Ben for this very helpful Video. You are Great Bro .
Greetings from Wonderful Vienna .
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Awesome, thank you!
Thank you Ben. This worked! In addition I moved the mitre box closer to the guide (as yours is) and I loosened one of the hex nuts on the guide rail hinge as my guide rail was so far off, then tightened once square. Thanks again.
Awesome! Glad it helped
This is brilliantly simple - excellent!
Not too shabby, eh?!
Excellent video, so simple and well explained - thank you...
Thanks, Kenneth! Glad you found it helpful
Briliant, thanks for this! I'm 100 percent going to set up my MFT in this manner.
Awesome!! Glad it's helpful!
Awesome tips, thanks a lot
Of course! thanks for checking it out!
Very practical video - thanks
Welcome!
After hearing on all the festool videos that I shouldn't mess with the "factory set stops" and never being able to get a perfect setup done quickly, this video saved me! Thanks and great job with the channel!
Thanks! Glad it’s helped!!
What a great suggestion
Thanks Patrick!
good hints
🤜🏻🤛🏻
Ben!!!!
Thank you SO VERY MUCH, Brother! My mind digested that like curry being consumed by a piss ant.
Festool needs to send their master instructors to you... So that they can re-do the manual and instructional doctrine in a more efficient and effective manner.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Wishing you, your family, friends, and loved ones a very happy and healthy holiday season!
shazam! Glad it helped, mayne! And Merry Christmas to your family as well!
you could use the 5 cuts method as well. no additionnal cost and very high precision.
thqnks forthe tip on the square base for the TS5
Of course! Wanted to provide an additional way to check or set it. Some people don't want to chase the caliper settings on a set up. This is much quicker, but isn't as precise as the 5 cut. Thanks for sharing that!
@@BenMarshallDesigns fully agree.
I also think the 5 cuts method is not so well known .... maybe could be an addon video to this one ;)
In any case, thanks for sharing and good job on the video editing.
@@BenMarshallDesigns I did look up the 5 cuts method after seeing this comment and your way seems far easier. There is a guy who made a calculator for the 5 cuts method and he applied it for a crosscut sled with a table saw. For this specific application, your way seems most efficient.
No need to make a video that so many others have already made.
This was the video I needed - thank you for taking the time to share this freely.
@@AaronGeller of course, glad you found it helpful. Yes William Ng has a great video on the 5 cut method, great for dialing in squareness as you said. This is great for those that have to constantly set up and break down the MFT for field work
I am curious why not square the fence by its adjustments instead of the rail clamps?
This was a realization after I posted this video. Sedge from Festool has a few videos of him doing this - live and learn! Just another way to do it!
@@BenMarshallDesigns I love the idea of using the track saw base as the square reference! Thanks!
Or…..buy a dashboard guide rail bracket and be done after step 1
the point is to NOT have to buy more things and use something you already have that works just as good
I didn't see a Five Cut method. Measuring corner to corner proves nothing, You might be making perfect parallelograms all day long!
You've caught me red handed - I didn't even check for squareness, not even when prepping for the video or the countless projects I've made that are in fact square with this method. Thank you, good sir, for calling me out. I shall quit youtube immediately and reevaluate my life choices.
@@BenMarshallDesigns Great reply, I knew it was square but a newbe might not know what the 5 cut method is. Cheers,
@Roy R I would hope that a newbie isn't jumping straight into purchasing Festool!! I debated on covering what the 5 cut method was, however felt it wasn't necessary for this video. Good on you for looking out for the lesser experienced though! 👍👍
@@BenMarshallDesigns Indeed. A newbie who buys Festool for his first woodworking tools might as well buy a Felder (Format 4), SCM, Martin Machinenbau, or Altendorf as his first table saw.
Roy, but any parallelogram with equal diagonals would, perforce, have perfect 90º corners, n'est-ce pas?