new to tracksaws, 800 or 1080 festool gide rail?

[pgrbff]

I have 2 1400 rails but I'm going to make myself an MFT style top.
Is there any practical difference between the 800 and 1080 rails on an mft top? Other than you can cut that extra 200mm.

 

[Sideways]

1080 long rail will give you 200mm overhang at each end of a 600mm worktop. Means that you could plunge the saw fully before starting to cut and could lift the saw after ending it. For me that's preferable to plunging into the wood, if only because it feels better to me.

 

[pgrbff]

1080 long rail will give you 200mm overhang at each end of a 600mm worktop. Means that you could plunge the saw fully before starting to cut and could lift the saw after ending it. For me that's preferable to plunging into the wood, if only because it feels better to me.

Good point, part of the reason for buying the tracksaw was wardrobes and kitchen units, 600mm deep.