Todd Burch
02-06-2004, 8:41 AM
I finally got the MFT 1080 set up and started using it. I like it. I took the box as delivered from Festool onsite and put it together. Attached you will also see the extension table.
Getting the fence guide and the saw rail perpendicular took about 3 three test cuts, and wasn't that big a hassle.
The second shot is a "proof of the pudding" test of the quality of saw cut with the ATF55 using the MFT 1080.
On the top cut-off, you can see some splintering on my prefinished countertop cut-off (generated when I was adjusting for 90°). Bob Marino tells me that even this much should not have occurred, and I think that I did not have the rail's splinterguard fully planted on the surface. The bottom cut-off shown, however, was cut finished-face down, and I am quite pleased with the quality of cut. This is MDF core cherry ply, and with the vacuum attach whil eI made these cuts, there was VERY LITTLE dust. (I've used the ATF 55 on MDF w/o the vacuum, and it (obviously) makes a HUGE MESS). So, the VAC works.
So far, this appears to be a good system for my onsite work. When I start the block paneling soon, I'll really be getting into using it.
Todd
Getting the fence guide and the saw rail perpendicular took about 3 three test cuts, and wasn't that big a hassle.
The second shot is a "proof of the pudding" test of the quality of saw cut with the ATF55 using the MFT 1080.
On the top cut-off, you can see some splintering on my prefinished countertop cut-off (generated when I was adjusting for 90°). Bob Marino tells me that even this much should not have occurred, and I think that I did not have the rail's splinterguard fully planted on the surface. The bottom cut-off shown, however, was cut finished-face down, and I am quite pleased with the quality of cut. This is MDF core cherry ply, and with the vacuum attach whil eI made these cuts, there was VERY LITTLE dust. (I've used the ATF 55 on MDF w/o the vacuum, and it (obviously) makes a HUGE MESS). So, the VAC works.
So far, this appears to be a good system for my onsite work. When I start the block paneling soon, I'll really be getting into using it.
Todd