Early Father's Day gift to myself

[reible]

This if from Anderson Plywood not Festool. It could also be done in metric which could account for added errors when doing the conversion.

It would be nice to see a new version with some 20mm hole pattern in addition to the clamping holes or replacing them with all 20mm holes. Maybe something like this:

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Hole spacing is 96mm per the design of the MFT.

This would allow you to get an easy 30/60 angle in addition to the 45/90 but it could also just be done with the MFT.

Ed

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Approximate metric equivalents do not make sense either(or I cannot ascertain them).

Only two of the five sides are relevant anyway.

458mm(18.03") sides comes close(results in 25.5" ~ 648mm hypotenuse).

[BuckeyeDennis]

Friday nights here are often slow

Ed

Dang, Ed, there must be some leftover fireworks in the air this particular Friday night! I might not be able to finish reading all the posts before nodding off.

[reible]

Friday nights here are often slow

Ed

Dang, Ed, there must be some leftover fireworks in the air this particular Friday night! I might not be able to finish reading all the posts before nodding off.

This has been a busy Friday, new posts going on to page 2!

Maybe it is because Monday was the 4th? Our garbage day went from Thursday to Friday due to the holiday so maybe tomorrow night will be in the dead zone here.

Ed

[reible]

I got to use my new toy this week. LOVE it. It is a real time saver when checking the setup. Being as large as it is you can see when things are not square pretty easily.

Now I have to figure out where to keep it so I can have access when I want it. A little big to fit in a drawer, maybe needs to hang somewhere.

Ed

[Skizzity]

Ed......woodpeckers one time tool. MFT setup square.
https://youtu.be/kMajbGwKZRs

[robinson46176]

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and the length of the hypotenuse is irrelevant.

It's relevant if you are swimming in the river with it...


No, wait... That's hippopotamus.


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[masonsailor2]

Looks like it should work well and save a lot of potential errors.
Paul

[bigmoguls]

Ed......woodpeckers one time tool. MFT setup square.
https://youtu.be/kMajbGwKZRs

Neither of these squares are thick enough.

I would like them to be 1" thick, so they can rest along the guide rail with the guide rail set at a 3/4" height.

[robinson46176]

Does anyone else make use of a "stair gauge set"? You can "image" Google that. Some guys also call them a "rafter gauge set". I still use the little set I got in the late 1960's. I don't use them constantly but I do find fairly regular use for them.

I have been known to cut a quick homemade triangle square off of a factory corner on a piece of plywood etc. I don't in the shop of course but sometimes if you are making repairs away from home and you can't find a square in that mess in the truck toolbox a plywood corner makes a completely serviceable square. Maybe not suitable for clock making but fine for framing and repairs. The factory corner of a piece of sheet goods is also a quick easy way to set your circular saw cut off guide to 90 degrees.

A sliding T-bevel is a tool I use often too. They are one of those things I pick up at garage sales since I can usually pick one up for a buck or two.

I keep a few squares hanging from the joist of the floor above at my main tablesaw. One is a simple "try square" and another is a mid sized "speed square". I use it probably the most.

Like a lot of my tools many of my squares are antiques. I love good quality old tools. Many of them were not antiques when I got them 60 years or so ago.


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