shop made parallel guides

shop made festool parallel guides. no need for store bought guides or mft table , save over 1,000 dollars. You can use these on any brand of track saw no matter if they are store bought or shop made

[@SuperBardley]

Nice, straightforward delivery, good project.
Thanks for the upload!

[@peterkelly8953]

Clever! I've been racking my brains for solution like this.

[@mishaligirl]

thank you for this. i too avoid measuring stuff i don't need to.

[@whomadethatsaltysoup]

Ditto on SuerBardly's comment. Excellent tutorial with clear delivery of info. Loved the plywood 'calibration instrument'!
I, too, worry about running back and forth to check that both guides are accurately set: too much can go wrong - particularly if you are measuring from the splinter guard edge. Thanks for sharing.👍

[@slabcitywoodworks5513]

thanks for watching

[@garrydonaldcrowley9918]

Hi there love your jig , one question how did you do the metal pins at the ends of your guides and what did you use .
Cheers Garry

[@ronj1602]

sorry its been so long to do another video but I've been real busy on a kitchen build. I will have another video out in a couple of days showing how that's done. thanks for watching

[@davehughes8488]

Hi, great idea well presented, on the initial set up when the parallel guides are clamped to the plywood sheet and you are setting up to cut the block to the width of the guide rail, can you temporarily screw the plock to the ply and use the plunge saw and rail to cut the block to size?.
Thanks Dave.

[@ronj1602]

just came in from the shop after trying out your idea, and it worked great, had to place a 2x4 at the ends or the parallel guides and then the track gauge ( the red thing ) against the 2x4 and then the track on top of the track gauge which is still to wide at this point and finally put a piece of scrap 3/4 ply under the track at the other end near the other parallel guide and made the cut and it is the exact width of the track. The reason for the 2x4 is to have enough thickness for the track gauge and the track to butt against. Thanks for the tip. Much easier and faster than making a bunch of trips to the table saw . And it is a good reason why no one should ever call anything the " Ultimate " there is always room for improvement.

[@davehughes8488]

@@ronj1602 Glad it worked,
Cheers Dave.