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Agree with Kev - get a spray shop to do it. I used to do a lot of MDF work for an interior designer that went out to be sprayed in hi-gloss and the finish they achieved was exceptional. Best hi-gloss finish I had doing it myself with water based paint was a Benjamin Moore Advance hi-gloss; it...

Triton 48 tooth. £12-14, best upgrade you’ll get for the money. 👍

Well, I do favour the Festool saw; it was the first plunge/track saw I bought and it enabled me to produce work that was on par with that produced in much bigger workshops with far more gear, so I have a soft spot for them. There’s also the best part of 20 years of muscle-memory in using them...

I have plunge saws ranging in price from ~£60 to ~£600, and they’ll all cut a straight line in sheets goods. The ‘expensive’ ones are nicer to use than the ‘cheaper’ ones - shocker - but they’ll all do a decent job, admittedly with a £14 blade change on the entry-level models. Dust collection...

Easiest/cheapest way would be to get the suppliers to cut it to size, though I appreciate that ship may have sailed; can’t beat a panel saw that costs more than you car, and someone else doing the work, though… There’s a few ways you could so this, but if you’re making more than one or two cuts...

I also have both in that pattern Roy, but as a long-term MFT user I’m used to eg being able to swivel the clamps in the dog holes, whereas the matchfit clamps are always in line with the slots, and having to feed the matchfit clamps in from the edges takes a bit of getting used to as well. Just...

No - I wasn’t really familiar with it at the time tbh, and I already had the t-track. 👍

I was a bit sceptical about the relief bit tbh, but it does a great job, clearing out the bulk of the waste and leaving a slight round over on the shoulder to minimise splintering if you’re working with eg plywood; doesn’t make much odds with MDF. As @Peter Sefton says, it seems a good system...

Yes, the CNCPro jig with a standard 30mm bush and 12.7mm bit makes a 20.2mm dog hole - that’s the Festool MFT standard hole size. There’s a long back story to this and I wrote a blog post covering the details on the member website, but short version, Festool never intended the MFT to be used...

For clarity, the T10 and T11 were released around the same time, T10 aimed more at hand-held use, T11 for ‘workshop’ or table mounting. The latest models are T12 and T14 - ‘cos no-one wants a T13, right? T12 is a step up from the T10 in terms or ergonomics and handling - everything laid out...

I’ve used a wood hardener to soak the end grain in the feet of redwood Versailles planters before, and they’ve held up very well. Or have some metal plates made to sit between the feet and the ground. 👍

Thanks. Mine - here - were more on establishing a viable minimum day-rate for a new or transitioning business, though I’ve done related vids on ‘time tools and money‘ and ‘shelves for tools’. If you haven’t sorted your day rates yet then the first might be worth a look, but Andy’s video posted...

Yes, indeed; but are they any better than eg a routed t-slot?

Nothing to stop you using an off the shelf 20mm cutter Roy, but the one I’m getting should give a snug fit with standard benchdogs. 👍

I saw that demonstrated in the Matchfit promotional video Roy, and wondered to myself if anyone had ever done that in real life? Most of the time I’m clamping flat onto a surface, so the chances of pulling out retaining screws are pretty modest. 🤔 In another spectacular piece of timing, I’ve...

Thanks. Now at the risk of stating the obvious, not every part of the making process gets shown in a video, and I can assure you that I’ve used most of the holes on the MFT at some point. No, not all of them, but I wouldn’t personally do a partial grid layout, as I could virtually guarantee that...

Getting the rail dogs in and out of a pair of holes can be a pain in the neck at the best of times Roy, no fun at all when you’re doing it repeatedly. Cutting half-holes makes this easy simply by flexing the rail slightly, without any loss of accuracy, as the dogs are still locating in the...

There might just be a video out soon on a modestly popular YouTube channel that compares the UJK Parf Guide Mk2 with the Trend MFT/jig and the RSPro jig. But every jig costs more than a basic MFT top from cncdesign.co.uk (aka Rick in Wrexham) who knocks out an MFT/3 replacement top for £38 +...

600mm. Maybe 700, depending on environmental factors eg is there enough space above to stack heavy things on it. Unless the sides are exposed, consider just stapling the back on; faster, easier, just as effective. I probably made thousands of MRMDF carcasses when I was a working the fitted...

Depends on your usage. If you need an L class vac then between the two only the CTL SYS will do as the 15 isn’t classified as an extractor, just a clean up vac. If you want an ultra portable vac that sits in a stack of sustainers then the CTL SYS works great. I bought one when they first came...