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  • Kevin Mahoney

    Member
    March 1, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Hi Erdy.

    The Festool is a brilliant bit of kit.
    The guide rail makes it idiot-proof, route all of the edges, cut out the notches with shears & strengthen with a 40 x40 aluminium bracket & a couple of rivets in each corner. Pays for itself in no time

    • Erdy Cem

      Member
      March 1, 2021 at 1:56 pm

      Thanks for sharing this and the images Kev…

      Where do you buy this tool? Is it adjustable for different return sizes?

      Thanks

  • Jeff

    Member
    March 1, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    I am not a fan of the envelope type folded corners.

    I prefer to just snip-out the corners after using my Festool. Then rivet aluminium L-shape corner supports in place.

    Nice snips tool, Kev!

    • Erdy Cem

      Member
      March 1, 2021 at 1:57 pm

      Thanks Jeff..

      How do you snip out the corner? With a tool or you just cut with a knife?

  • Kevin Mahoney

    Member
    March 1, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    Can’t remember where I got mine, they’re available on Amazon. We generally do 50mm returns so easy enough with these things. Any bigger than that I’d just use a straight edge & a stanley knife

    • Erdy Cem

      Member
      March 1, 2021 at 4:38 pm

      Thanks Kev.. ordered one from Amazon 🙂

  • Peter Cassidy

    Member
    March 4, 2021 at 1:09 pm

    Once you have routered your groove from the composite. A Stanley knife will cut the thin skin that’s left of aluminium. better with tin snips as mention by others though.

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