Festool MFS Fence System Instruction Manual page 51

squaring techniques using MFS profiles
outlined earlier. They are accurate,
very fast, and it is often easier for me to
plop heavy or large pieces on the Multi-
Function Tables for cutting than it is for
me to wrestle those pieces up on my
sliding table saw by myself.
Could I justify the MFS system "just" for
these applications? Probably not be-
cause I do have a very accurate alter-
native, and it is just my convenience at
stake which has little bearing on the
value proposition. Can you justify it
"just" for these cutting purposes? I
I do a lot more open
field inlay work now
that I have the MFS
system because it is
so fast and easy to do
and it adds customer
perceived value far in excess of the time
it takes to do. I can easily justify the price
of the MFS system and components for
this one application alone because it di-
rectly impacts the value proposition and
since I now do it frequently.
Could you justify it "just" for this one ap-
plication? Maybe. Whether hobbyist or
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don't
know,
but I can
see a lot of
people do-
ing so, just
as I find it
much
faster and
more ac-
curate
than most
alterna-
tives.
Open field inlays going into two
sides of a wall mount desk. The
female recesses cut photo left and
the male glued in one and sitting
on top of the other photo right.
Clean, sharp corners on open field inlays
professional, if you
make pieces that are
suitable for open field
inlay work and you
really value your out-
comes, then you
probably can.
Know that the "magic" of male/female
matching for open field inlays comes from
the guide bushings, guide rings, or bear-
ings, not from the template. You can
make a nearly free rectangular template
from scrap sticks instead of the MFS pro-
files, only not as fast nor as accurately. If