Alternative rails for dewalt plunge saws

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Most know that the Dewalt rails are not great for joining together.
Here’s how I modified Makita rail for a cheaper alternative to using Festool rails.

I used a 12mm straight router bit with a 20mm guide bush.

I made a jig using off cuts of mdf,
the 20mm hole is offset 6mm to where I wanted the lip cut off.
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the 20mm hole is offset 6mm to where I wanted the lip cut off.
Slow and steady single pass from right to left
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Here’s the end result.
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Of course for even cheaper guide rails you could gave gone for Triton , or cheaper yet Evolution rails.

Same technique would work to get a TS75 (Festool) running on a Makita rail (that lip stips you using the two together) - very useful if you want a more affordable 3m rail
 

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