Festool MFS Fence System Instruction Manual page 14

tangle with the front edge of the guide rail
and bring the individual profile up against
the side of the rectangle so it is exactly
90 degrees to the leading edge of the
guide rail.
The shot above shows a closer look at
how simple it is to align the
individual profile to be at 90
degrees to the guide rail.
Now tighten the clamps from
below so the individual pro-
file cannot move.
At this point you could use
the rectangle to set all your
cutting lengths for both rip
and cross cuts, but let's do
one more thing to take ad-
vantage of those nice ruler
markings along the edges of
the MFS profiles.
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posite the When you put two rulers side by side you
pivot so it form a vernier that is very easy to read.
is rigidly Actually in a true vernier you would have
controlled. nine marks on one side and ten in the
same space on the other so you can eas-
Use a
ily dial in .1 increments. With the MSF
block of
profiles they are all marked the same so
wood to
we will just use the marks as a visual ref-
register the
MFS rec-
erence. It is easy to estimate down to
.2mm or lower with a bit of practice.
To quickly do the calibration, set a clamp
to lock down the rectangle as shown
above as we now want to slide the indi-
mark on the rectangle. Where I have
vidual profile
without alter-
ing square so
the marks
line up con-
veniently for
us.
I like to slide
the individual
profile until
an even unit
mark on it
lines up with
an even unit