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Wow!......Okay, legalities aside.....What about the moral & ethical aspect of conducting business like that...?

This is a quote direct from their own site.... 99% of all TCT tooling in our range are made by Titman in Clacton from quality UK sources materials giving our customers real British tooling

Is that even legal...??

......All good and useful ideas Jacob and would appear to be quite innovative back in 1921, ....but this is 2021 and times & technology have moved on. It is clear that you think the system isn't for you and of course, that's fine. But, the majority of the other posters on this thread of yours...

If someone decides to buy an aluminium rack to store their dogs in, that's up to them, it's their money...! But it has no bearing on the usefulness of the MFT & dog system. I have this set and it gets used on nearly all my projects in one way or another....I certainly dont think of it as an...

Jacob, Just to repeat what I said back in my post 36.... "The general consensus of this thread is that the MFT system is useful, accurate, repetitive and adaptable. Just because you dont see that, doesn't make it pointless or extravagant....."

A table saw blade cuts down into the material and tends to chip out the underside. If the saw has a scribing blade, it pre cuts into the underside by a couple of mm preventing the chip out before the material passes through the main blade. A tracksaw cuts up from the underside and the track has...

But why do you try to poo poo methods that you haven't tried Jacob...?? The general consensus of this thread is that the MFT system is useful, accurate, repetitive and adaptable. Just because you dont see that, doesn't make it pointless or extravagant.....

It has to be said Jacob,....I would suggest you give up now....."A Black & Decker workmate and hand held circular saw"...!!?!?? Perhaps in the 1970's..! How can you even think this would be a remotely modern comparison to what is now available...? Your comments clearly show your lack of...

If I were chopping out mortices or regularly hand cutting dovetails, hand sawing & hand planning timber for example, then the MFT wouldn't be my first choice. The metal frame doesn't really have enough rigidity for that type of work. They do offer additional diagonal braces for it which do add...

Festool do offer a replacement top to fit their MFT table,....but you can also get aftermarket replacements that are quite a bit cheaper...! I think plywood options are also readily available.

Yes, that's one of the main advantages that you have cutting this type of material. You get clean chip free cuts top & bottom....as you can see from my photos. I use my Festool MFT for holding real timber whilst Dominoing the mortices and for sanding. Because the 20mm holes are all bang on...

Cutting and machining this type of material is far more of a challenge than cutting bare MDF or plywood...... If I was cutting real timber, more often than not, I would use my table saw or bandsaw but manmade pre finished materials require better quality cuts. The clamping & dog options are...

You will not get as good a cut on a table saw as you would with a tracksaw on this type of material, as pictured below....front & back.!!!

My Festool MFT is 8 years old.... My 2440 x 1220 top is about 3 years old Both are used extensively......How many more years use out of them do you think I will get before they need to be replaced...? Bear in mind, once the top side is "worn out", you just flip it over and you use the...

Sorry Jacob,....But that's just not good enough!! The finish achieved by a normal table saw when cutting this type of material is nowhere near the quality that can be achieved by a tracksaw or router. A panel saw with a scribing blade, Yes.....But not a standard table saw!

I think it all comes down to what types of materials you are regularly cutting/clamping and working with .....If those materials are sheet material, then the MFT is, in my opinion, the best option ( If you haven't got a Panel saw with a scribing blade that is..!..) Man made boards, especially...

I have a Festool MFT that's still got it's original top (6 years old now...)...It has expanded to the point where it is a REALLY tight fit within the alloy frame but its accuracy hasn't been affected as far as I can tell. Every now & then, I just use up any oil or sanding sealer that I have left...

Someone is selling quite a few second hand parts for a Startrite Mercury in the "For sale" part of this forum at the moment. Not sure if the pulleys are still up for grabs, but take a look and message the guy.

About 20 years ago, I was scheduled to fit a kitchen in a newly built house. I turned up on the Monday to find that the walls & windows were running with water and was told by the customer that the walls had been plastered on the Saturday & Sunday...!! I refused to fit the kitchen for obvious...