Chems Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 A local cabinet maker has one of these in his shop and I thought it was excellent so I decided to copy it! Step one was to laminate two pieces of 12mm MDF to get 24mm MDF. Reason for this was I had a sheet of 12mm going spare. Then I layed out a grid at 4" intervals and went to work with a 20mm spade bit. The actual festool hole is something like 19.6 so 20mm is close enough. Domino on some nice 1inch by 40mm oak strips I had. Some elaborate clamping to make up the right length. Quick test. Round over the edges so the hose runs up easily. Job done. Material cost: Pair of saw horses from Argos £9.99 Sheet of MDF £0 in stock Oak Lipping £0 in stock MFT Clamps: £51 Total: £60 Real MFT: £278 - Saving £218 The best thing about the MFT clamps is they free slide, then as you lock them in the extend by about 3-4mm giving you good pressure, very neat and just what you'd expect from festool! There are also a pair of hand knobs that you can use to tighten on from below but don't really need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Brown Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Sweet. I like that creative clamp-extending solution you came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks. I really need to buy some new ones as I've had them since day one and they are proper rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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