Im interested if you want to sell your used one, give me a fair price.
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Im interested if you want to sell your used one, give me a fair price.
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If at 1st you don't succeed, go back to the lumberyard and get some more wood.
[OP]
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I should be clear. When I say the joiner bars failed to keep the two 1400 guides straight, I mean that they could develop a bow in the middle of perhaps a tenth of an inch or so. For some applications, that may be good enough. For mine, it isn't. I expected the joined guide to cut as straight as the basic guide, which is good to something down in the .01" range or better.
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Jamie, could one of the guide rail ends not be square to the length? A good square would tell you the truth.
Todd
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Todd, as far as I can tell, the ends are square. The issue is that the jointer bars slip. Because the bars are only a few inches apart, if a jointer bar slips just a few thou, the overall straightness of the joined guide changes by a lot.Originally Posted by Todd Burch
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Being the guy-problem-solver I am...
Is there enough slop, top to bottom, to glue in some sandpaper, say, 400 grit, to help with anti-slip-ness?
Todd
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Jamie,
Why don't you send these back to festool and get them replaced?
[OP]
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I don't think replacing them would make them work any better. I think the design itself cannot work well enough to meet my expectations. As I said above, a shift of just a few thousandths in the bars creates a bow in the joined bar which is big enough (1/16" or so) to exceed my needs.
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