Originally Posted by
John Broomall
I use both the jointer (DJ-20) and the track saw (Festool TS 75) approach to these tables. The track saw approach is actually faster and makes material handling easy. Occasionally the sawn joint needs to be touched up with a pass or two from a hand plane but you have ripped to width and jointed in one operation and only had to move a track. Boards from the jointer frequently need to go back for another pass or two and they get heavy pretty fast. If you decide on the jointer route go with the longest you can find (longer than a DJ-20). If you go the tracksaw route the TS 75 has more than enough power to handle your boards but go with the 116" track. Don't rely on joining tracks, it is possible but you would have to be prepared to check alignment for every single cut.