Track Saw Portable Cutting Platform and Track Saw Protractor
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2017
- The Track Saw Portable Cutting Platform consists of 2 folding sawhorses with an interlocking top.
The Track Saw Protractor makes cutting perfect angles easy on sheet stock, counters etc.
What a brilliant idea! And thanks for the demonstration.
Glad you liked it, Ethan!
Very informative video. Thank you.
Superb . Best video I’ve seen for track saws .
Nice idea
I have built one of the Ron Paulk work stations that I use with my dewalt table & chop saw combined
Your bench/platform is also a great idea and would prove very useful
so he says it's a track saw, couldn't it be just a work bench?
@@stephendraper8795 I use it for both, I have taller sawhorses I use to take it up to counter height for general workshop use.
Nice protractor! Please make more videos. Very informative.
Geez. Even the sawhorses are beautiful.
As a cabinet maker this is nice and simple
Thank you Sir
very good i love it
I might purchase one of your big protractors if you provided a link in the video descriptionI bet a lot of others would too.
Te felicito por precioso taller limpio ordenado y con Thermwood CNC Routers :)
Gracias por su amable comentario, Jorge.
Gracias a ti por compartir tu gran trabajo :)
wow that cool .. great
Great video.
Put More videos in your Chanel.
You are good!
Thank you, Jocinel!
never seen sexy work horses before - pretty damn nice !
Smart table, so much easier to store and transport compared to a torsion box table. No need to buy expensive accessories for the plunge saw track if the hardware for this DIY protractor were easily available. I like the long alignment arm on this plywood version compared to the commercial small aluminium versions. Why not one dedicated for 90 degrees, one for 45 etc and one incremental like yours. Convenient, easy, functional and not expensive, disruption in a nutshell :)
Awesome
Great!
Thanks, Filip!
I liked the solution. In the first cut I saw a lot of dust. Is it a issue of Festool or did you forget to turn on the duster?
Hi Antonio, the blade was not in the board on both sides so it spews a lot of dust sideways. Often called a dust cut.
Great video, great idea. How did you make the sawhorses? Did you just saw/route them out of a single sheet or did you make rails and stiles and join them together? Cheers.
I have done the saw horses both ways, the set in the video were cut out of 1 sheet with the router. I get 2 saw horses and the long supports out of 1 sheet. I use the cutouts for other projects.
@@gerrybrown5168 Thanks Gerry.
Hello-nice system especially the protractor. Do you find that it is not necessary to clamp the guide rail to the workpiece?--thanks
No I don't usually clamp the rail. If it is an odd cut I might but very rarely.
Thank you
Nicely made, but I really see how this beats simply throwing some off cuts on the floor, putting your full sheet down on them and then cutting on your hands and knees. It’s often only the first one or two cuts that need to be made like that anyway, then you can transfer your broken down panels to to your work bench. I can see the appeal of the vertical panel saw/track saw designs as they both save space in a small shop and mean you don’t have to lay the full sheet flat to cut it, but this design does neither of those things.
This looks excellent, do you have the measurements anywhere please?
How can I buy that the notched wood setup
How can I get a set of plans or order the set up from you?
Hi Michael, sorry but we aren't offering either of these products for sale at this time.
Right. So where do we get the plans? lol
Gerry, do you make these for sale? Plans, parts, kits, ready to use? I looked for contact info but couldn't find any.
Hi Carl, sorry but we aren't offering either of these products for sale at this time.
You really can’t figure out how to make this??? Better yet, mount some 2x4’s on some saw horses. Bam! Problem solved and you don’t have to load your truck up with 5 2x4’s.
Are the top pieces made with light or dense wood? Is white pine fine for this?
I used 3/4" birch plywood. You could use pine, but I think the ply will be better. The pine could split back to where the long supports are dadoed into the top piece.
@@gerrybevbrown3057 could you detail a bit how you sized and fastened the straps please?
@@SpecialChannels-dn2sx I set the saw-horse on a table with 20 mm holes on 96 mm centres I used dogs in the holes and a shim to hold the horse open, then I measured and cut the straps. I folded the strap over on the end, so you have a double thickness. I used 2 screws with finish washers to hold the strap down. I checked length for the other end and trim if needed. Then fold and screw down like the other side. I used all stainless hardware screws and washers.
It would have been helpful to give some rough measurements. Trying to find out from the website didn't work.
Paul Smith
Nobody has answered in 2 years. Why? Because all the measurements are in the video at 1:47 !
What is the length and width of the sheet of plywood that you work with!
Subtract 10 cm from those measurements, or 20 if you please.
Hight: a little higher than kneehigh. Or as high as you deem suitable for your hight.
Done. Thats all you need to start cutting your lumber! Have fun!
Do you sell the protractor?
Do you sell the complete table/protractor set OR just provide the CAD files for them? Thank you.
Hi William, We don't sell anything. We tried selling the protractors but the shipping was too high.
@@oldstylewoodwork3107 Thank you!
Looks like you forgot to turn on dust collection on that first edge cut. Sawdust went everywhere. Festool track saw should see no dust escape.
Hi Chris, The blade was not in the board on both sides so it spews a lot of dust sideways. Often called a dust cut.
Chris Fulton You thick moron!! He carefully explains its known as the dust cut, as the blade is not covered both sides in the material, causing the suction in the extraction system to be greatly reduced.
Did you post this comment just to get an angry response? Or did you really not listen to the commentary? Or are you that inexperienced to not know of the dust cut?
As a carpenter of 20 years and a heavy user of the Festool I can confirm the dust cut is a very real phenomenon.
Don't make such confident statements unless you're sure it's correct!
Gerry Brown Thanks for clarifying. I wasn’t aware and am obviously a little new.
Hi Chris, actually you had a great question and Gerry clarified it for you, me, and "us". I had also wondered why my collecting system was not collecting dust efficiently when I was "squaring" a sheet. Great question and thank you for bringing it up, Ciao, L
Hi Gerry, thank you for clarifying this for other woodworking community members. I have been doing this for over 40 years and just found out why my collecting system was inefficient when squaring plywood sheets. Thank you for you civilized answer, Ciao, L
do you sell these or what?
Hi, Keith, sorry we're not manufacturing these at this time.
Do you manufacturer and sell your set up ?
Hi Paul, sorry but we aren't offering either of these products for sale at this time.
Where to purchase your products?
Hi, We do not make these any more. I have one left but do not ship them. I am in Southern Alberta. I have made an improvement to the cutting platform that locks the cross pieces into the long supports, allowing you to move the top as one piece.
I like the concept of the "protractor" but in the example cut in the video I couldn't help but notice that it will only work in one direction or side unless the work piece is reversed. Kind of inconvenient, no?
You would need a saw and track that cuts on the left to accomplish that. I do not know of any that do that?
A little video editing goes a long way
Sadly, they only posted one video in six years and no link to the product they are illustrating. It's a very good system and the video was obviously made before Baltic Birch disappeared. 🙁
czcams.com/video/jQ-HBCNpN9w/video.html macduff's take
Sorry but I seem to have misunderstood the point of connecting the dust extractor... With a cloud like that something is definitely not right.
Hello Dmitriy, the blade was not in the board on both sides so it spews a lot of dust sideways. Often called a dust cut.
OMG that thing is barely above your knees add another foot in height otherwise
might as well be cutting on the floor. My back hurts just watching.
At the 4 minute point in the video I explain that the height is to accommodate cutting 4 foot material, any higher and it makes it difficult to make a full width cut. I do make taller horses for other purposes. You can make yours as tall as you like ;) If you are 6'6" tall you will want a taller horse.
That's funny, I am 6'6" how did you guess? and have no trouble reaching 4' across.
My back though speaks to me regularly when forced to do work under the stairs.
I found that being 5'7" tall, it is easier to have a lower height for that reach across a four foot span.
You could just trow some 2*4 on the floor and use them as a platform,, works for me,, ;-)
Desmond Dwyer BINGO!!!!!! All these guys with fancy tools feel like they have to make all these elaborate tables and jigs. Some saw horses with 2x4’s and problem solved. Been using that setup for 5 years.
You can always spot the novice when they're working on their hands and knees.
Elaborate? It seems drop dead simple. As well, as stated, it can also serve as an assembly table -- which is potentially less difficult if you're standing vs. kneeling.
With all the effort to make these track saws work...I don't know why folks just dont use a table saw ?
WoW!! Maybe you need to read an article or two about them from a professional point of view.
Nobody brings a 400 pound sliding table saw with them to a jobsite.
I liked the solution. In the first cut I saw a lot of dust. Is it a issue of Festool or did you forget to turn on the duster?
It’s referred as a dust cut because the Festool track saws have a plastic adjustable drop down mechanism at the leading edge of the saw near the front of the plate on the saw. When you drop it down flush with the material you are cutting it acts as dust directing shield where the majority of the dust is created at the leading edge. The issue is when you are make the “sweeting” cut on a rough edge, there is not enough material on the off cut to seal against it to create the vacuum seal the dust collection system on the saw is designed for. That is why it is referred to as the dust cut. If you are willing to sacrifice more material, set the line to about 3/8”, drop the dust shield, and let’er rip, dust problem solved, but might pose a problem if you are a 1/4” short on a board in the end😂