This is so simple and a wonderful idea.

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, bud!

@fernando2014

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MyGarageWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@SlappingCheeks

6 ай бұрын

@@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.

@BenMarshallDesigns

4 ай бұрын

nice!

This is brilliantly simple - excellent!

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Not too shabby, eh?!

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!

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

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!!

Excellent video, so simple and well explained - thank you...

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kenneth! Glad you found it helpful

Well done Ben, very logically once someone else has thought of it. Very impressed. Best Andy

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andy!

Briliant, thanks for this! I'm 100 percent going to set up my MFT in this manner.

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Glad it's helpful!

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.

@BenMarshallDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped

Very practical video - thanks

@BenMarshallDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Awesome tips, thanks a lot

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! thanks for checking it out!

What a great suggestion

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick!

Thank You Ben for this very helpful Video. You are Great Bro . Greetings from Wonderful Vienna . Thumbs up 👍and y follow your Channel .

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

good hints

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

🤜🏻🤛🏻

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!

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

shazam! Glad it helped, mayne! And Merry Christmas to your family as well!

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!

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it’s helped!!

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

@BenMarshallDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@christophec.482

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@AaronGeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@BenMarshallDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@jtlong8383

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@BenMarshallDesigns

Жыл бұрын

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!

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@royr327

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenMarshallDesigns Great reply, I knew it was square but a newbe might not know what the 5 cut method is. Cheers,

@BenMarshallDesigns

3 жыл бұрын

@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! 👍👍

@WelshRabbit

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@WelshRabbit

3 жыл бұрын

Roy, but any parallelogram with equal diagonals would, perforce, have perfect 90º corners, n'est-ce pas?