guide rail

[clive griffiths]

Any one use a rail square fitted to a guide rail?

Clive.

 

[MikeK]

I have the TSO Products GRS-16 and GRS-16 PE guide rail squares that I use with my Festool guide rails. The first time I used one, I was not sure it would live up to the hype, but it did.

There are several brands of squares available, and here is a video that compares four with the Festool guide rail. All of the square manufactures make versions to fit other rails.



Peter Millard (@petermillard) has a video showing how to make a DIY rail square:

 

[porker]

I have the Festool one. Made for them by TSO I think as it's an exact copy apart from the colour. Very accurate and glad I have it

 

[paulrbarnard]

I’ve got the benchdogs one with the additional fence and stop. Works well but I prefer parallel guides

 

[Spectric]

I’ve got the benchdogs one with the additional fence and stop. Works well but I prefer parallel guides

I first use the parallel guides to cut the sheet and then the benchdogs rail square to square the ends / cut to required length. On smaller items I just use the rail square making sure I work of the clean face, even with a parallelogram there is no reason not to end up square.

 

[paulrbarnard]

I first use the parallel guides to cut the sheet and then the benchdogs rail square to square the ends / cut to required length. On smaller items I just use the rail square making sure I work of the clean face, even with a parallelogram there is no reason not to end up square.

Squaring the end after ‘ripping’ to width is why I got mine. Though once I have squared one end I find I shift back to the parallel guide referenced from that squared edge.
I have now built an MFT and haven’t really used the square since then.