Festool MFS Fence System Instruction Manual page 55

commodated is limited only by the size of
the MFT(s) to which it is attached. Even
very long work pieces can be accommo-
dated by putting two or more MFT's to-
gether with table joining elements avail-
able as a standard stock item from Fes-
tool.
Photos above show the completed unit
mounted to the side of a Festool MFT
without a router attached and sitting on
the top of a MFT with the router attached.
The router is raised and lowered by
means of the threaded rod that passes
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through the fixed upper sup-
port and through a barrel bolt
in the moveable router
mounting base which slides
up and down and is held in
position by the channel ex-
truded into the MFT side rails
used as jig supports.
The photo
top right
shows how
the plywood
is machined
to fit into that
channel.
The pieces
above and below the movable router
base plate (the center piece) are fixed to
the two aluminum supports (the MFT side
rail extrusions) while the middle piece is
free to move up and down to change the
depth of cut. All three pieces of plywood
are machined at the same time and then
cut into the three components shown.
That way the top and bottom pieces es-
tablish and hold the distance between the
two aluminum rails to be the same
throughout the range of travel of the cen-
ter, router base, component.