Looking to start cutting dibond and really interested in the Festool option?

[Kevin Mahoney]

Just get a Festool plunge saw & rail, simple 90 degree cuts would be a doddle

[Russell Huffer]

Thank you for quick response, what length of rail would be best.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Kevin Mahoney]

I’d recommend the 3mtr one, with a piece of sacrificial acm at either end & you’ll get a decent cut. Dreadful mess unless you buy the extractor as well though

[Russell Huffer]

Thanks for your help, will have a look tomorrow.

Kind regards
Russell.

[David Wilde]

Can ask what the appeal of the Festool is over other brands? I have no real knowledge of these. Is the festool simply better quality or is it set up differently with ACM in mind?

[Kevin Mahoney]

Not many v groove saws on the market & I won’t slate any of them as I only saw the Festool model on a demo at our place, haven’t seen any others working. Even the demo guy hadn’t used Or even seen one before. He set it up & showed it’s capabilities. I placed an oder inside of 30 minutes, it really was that good. German built, works like a dream pretty much out of the box. We can make a tray faster than a cnc start to finish, & we’re still on the original blade

[David Wilde]

Thanks Kevin.

Can I ask which model you have?

[Kevin Mahoney]

This is the one I bought, had a vacuum, the 3m rail & the 1.2 rail at the same time. Not cheap but I ‘ve had my money back in what bought in trays used to cost me

[David Wilde]

Thanks Kevin

[RobertLambie]

We have the festool also, takes a little getting used to the offset of the blade but does a good job.

[Kevin Mahoney]

I made these spacers for it Rob, just lay them on the edge of the acm, butt the rail up against them & have our spacing sorted without messing around with that silly sliding guage. Never really needed to adjust the blade in 3 years

[RobertLambie]

could you do me a favour Kev, next time you are using your Festool, could you take a picture of the jig in position and I will show our lads and they can make one up? we have had ait a few years and I’m not the one using it, so I am probably missing the obvious looking at these guides.

[Erdy Cem]

There is also Makita CA5000XJ for the same purpose. Much cheaper than Festool, but not sure if anyone has used and happy with it?

[Mike D]

Hi Kevin ref still on the first blade , we have 2 of these and the company that comes round and resharpens our circular saw blade has re-sharpened these a couple of times before we have had to replace them .Obvs have to reset the cutting depth when re-installed but saves a lot of money .

[Kevin Mahoney]

Very interesting Mike, the Festool demo guy gave us a new blade for free when we ordered the machine by way off apology for their dealers being so unhelpful. But at £500 a pop, these things are expensive when new blades are needed. Who does the resharpening for you?

[Colin Crabb]

We have the Makita V groover with a 3m fence, plus a Evolution saw blade to fit – great piece of kit, can’t fault it.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by  Colin Crabb.

[Erdy Cem]

Colin, could you share some photos or video please..