Track accessories, switch away from Mafell tracks?

[Bryan Hall]

I really like my mafell saws, they are indispensable IMO.

KSS 40 crosscut saw
MT55 18m track saw
P1cc jigaw

Plus, 3 different lengths of tracks that join together nicely to form longer tracks.

That being said, I've always been a bit jealous of the track accessories available to other brands. Track squares, parallel guides, things like the festool MFT all catch my eye. None of which are compatible with the mafell tracks, as far as I know.

Does anyone use a variety of track accessories and find them to be excellent additions? Festool or Makita are the compatible track choices with the MT55. Mafell does make an angle fence attachment, but I found it to be painfully inaccurate (zero detent off by 1/4" over 4').

Any thoughts on picking up an off brand track? Primarily I'd be using this for breaking down and squaring full sheets of ply for builtins/cabinets.

[Dave Sabo]

I really like my mafell saws, they are indispensable IMO.



That being said, I've always been a bit jealous of the track accessories available to other brands. Track squares, parallel guides, things like the festool MFT all catch my eye. None of which are compatible with the mafell tracks, as far as I know.

Any thoughts on picking up an off brand track? Primarily I'd be using this for breaking down and squaring full sheets of ply for builtins/cabinets.


Lots of mafell/bosch accessories available from these guys:

https://benchdogs.co.uk/

https://fctools.co.uk/shop - Frank has some good stuff too.

https://www.facebook.com/taigatools/ - has or (HAD) one too. May be hard to find one now though.





Now, ya know.

[Bryan Hall]

Lots of mafell/bosch accessories available from these guys:

https://benchdogs.co.uk/

https://fctools.co.uk/shop - Frank has some good stuff too.

https://www.facebook.com/taigatools/ - has or (HAD) one too. May be hard to find one now though.





Now, ya know.

Thank you! I had given up on the search for something compatible. Greatly appreciated.

[Jim Dwight]

I checked the first link and learned they have stuff for my DeWalt too. I doubt I will buy it, however. I made a parallel guide for my DeWalt and I still have it but I don't use it. I find home made rail setting guides to be handier (the rail with guides attached is a little hard to handle). For cross cuts, I either set up a crosscut setup on my Ron Paulk inspired work bench or I just use a large plywood square to draw a straight line and put the rail on it. My point is just to think through this stuff and be confident you will use it. I'm not saying I know enough to know there is anything wrong with it, just that there are always multiple ways to do things.