Festool table

I have an MFT 1080. I used it a lot for a while but recently I’ve
had it for sale.

It really depends on the style of woodworking you want to do and
what else you have in your shop.

I don’t think it’s any faster of more accurate to crosscut cabinet
parts with an MFT than with a cut-off box on a table saw. The
TS55 is no table saw either. It’s a nice saw but it’s never given
me the clean rips of a nice table saw. For breaking up plywood it’s
great… but for that you need a work surface larger than a MFT
so you are back to your sawhorses there.

As far as surface clamping it has some nice potential. I use a vacuum
fixture often these days to hold panels for sanding. The MFT
can hold panels pretty well with the clamping elements… but
you are limited by the size of the tabletop.

In my experience the MFT has a tendency to get cluttered quickly
with tools and stuff… if you try to do all your work with just
the MFT as a workbench you’ll go real slow if you work anything
like me. I had a 6’ workbench too when I was using the MFT
a lot and both were constantly cluttered.

It’s worthless for hand-planing stock unless you weigh it down
quite a lot… too short to double as a real workbench I’m sorry
to say.

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I don’t have the Festool table, but I do have the Festool T55 saw. I use this saw all the time. I use it to cut up large plywood sheets. The saw came with a 50” fence. At first I was a little put off, because there was not way to clamp or fasten the fence to the plywood. But you just square the fence to the line you want cut and it doesn’t move. The saw sits atop the fence and run is grooves. The fence also acts as a zero clearance. I get as good if not better cut than with my table saw. Additionally, this saw is extremely quite. pkennedy

-- P Kennedy Crossville, TN

I prefer my table saw but I can see the festool for a small space. Take a look at peoples shops on the site and you can see how a great mobile shop can work in a small place for far less money than a festool setup. Good equipment on mobile bases can help you arrange a shop in tiny spaces

-- making sawdust....

thanks to all for the replies, I am still researching the package, as this is a major purchase for me, but every bit of input helps.

Check out the Ez-smart stuff too. Some of the ideas are
kind of like Festool, but it’s not as costly – the Festool
system has superior dust collection so if that’s important
to you go with the Festool saw.

Also there are a few other saws with guiderail systems
and within a year or 2 many more will hit the market.

-- http://amherstcabinets.com - also a marketing consultant with expertise in direct response marketing for woodworking and online businesses - http://COPYMATCH.COM