Festool491469 Parallel Edge Guide For TS 55 Plunge Cut Saw

I use guide edge for ripping down on 2x6, 2x8. Also its good on plywood for quick repeat cuts. Only downside is the guide bar should be wider for more stable tracking.

it's actually a better guide than the one used on most other saws. It attaches solidly at both front and rear, so it doesn't flex, and it can be easily positioned/adjusted.Downside is that for 'just' a guide, it's pretty costly.

I wanted to rip some strips off sheets of plywood that were longer than I could do on my MFT. So I bought this, thinking that I could establish a straight edge with a guide rail, then use this parallel edge guide to follow that edge. It doesn't work that great though, it's hard to get the guide parallel to the saw blade, so you end up with something that pinches the wood against the blade, causing burning, and you don't get an edge as parallel as I would like.It is also very difficult to get an exact width with this guide.In the end, a better way to do it if you have the guide rail anyway is to establish your initial edge, then align the guide rail to the edge using a length reference, like an adjustable square. Get the rail the correct distance on one end, then use the length reference to get the other end of the rail to the correct distance. You have to go back and forth a few times, unless you have two length references which would make super easy. Doing it this way you get the exact width you want and it is more parallel too. The downside is that it takes longer. It would be much easier to do it on a table saw, if you were able to manipulate the sheet good, that is.

This product works but could be more thought out.the fence should be designed to slide under the foot of the saw. That would make the product more useful..

Good and sturdy.

Works great

This is a great addition to my TS 55 it worked very well.

There is a plastic/nylon stop on one of the rail bars and you will quickly find out this prevents you from making cuts in a certain range... Honestly, I think this piece of crap is overpriced and is a poorly thought out response to the UEG guide released by a competitor. Don't even bother. Just use your tracks and forget about thinking this thing is worth the asking price... It should be included FREE with the saw at the time of purchase.As others have already indicated you can't be sure that you tighten this down truly parallel to the saw blade which is not at all something you would associate with Festool and their claims to accuracy.

Very disappointed with the clamping knobs I had to remove pressure springs because these were jamming the locking knobs so you can't clamp the guide bars fully causing slippage not what I expect from Festool and at that price

This is a simple fence and it does exactly what it's supposed to do. It could and would benefit from a scale so you don't have to fiddle with a tape or rule when you set it. The clamps are solid, reliable but could do with more. Don't get me wrong I use this every couple of days and it's very good, but it could be better.

Habe den Parallelanschlag für den Fall gekauft das ich schmalere Stück sägen muss, ohne die Führungsschine benutzen zu können.Beim auspacken gefällt die Qualität und das Gewicht.Schön auch das man den Anschlag an beiden Seiten der Säge anbringen kann und er - um 180° gedreht - als Tischauflage zu benutzen ist.Zu bemängeln habe ich1) das der PA alles andere als parallel ist wenn man "nur die Schrauben anzieht" (wie es in einer Antwort von GDP weiter oben heisst). Nein, man muss sich mühsam zur Parallelität hinmessen, anders funtioniert es nicht. Es gibt keine Skala oder dergleichen. Man muss schon den Abstand des Anschlags zum Gehäuse messen.2) für meinen Geschmack könnten die beiden Befestigungsstangen 3 cm länger sein, also 130mm Schnittbreite ermöglich, und nicht 100mm.Leider stosse ich bei den von mir zu erledigenden Arbeiten stets genau in diese Grauzone bei welcher der PA auf den allerletzen Millimetern der Befestigungsstangen befestigt werden müsste - andererseits jedoch die Führungsschine nicht wirklich gut aufliegt.Über den Preis kann man streiten.Festool ist einfach fürchterlich teuer, das weiß man ja.Das diese 5 oder 6 Einzelnen Teile beinahe 40 €uro kosten ist schon krass, würde mich aber nicht stören wenn ich mit Qualität & Ausführung (sprich Funktion) total zufrieden wäre (wie bei meinem 18 Jahre alten Festool-Akkuschrauber, der damals ca. 600 DM gekostet hat, aber Top-Zuverlässig ist).Bin ich aber aus genannten Gründen nicht, daher 3 Sterne für dieses Produkt.

Lo compre porque me hacia falta realizar una serie de cortes de menos de 10 cms y queria evitar montar todo el tinglado con guia, sargentos etc. en definitiva hacerlo mas rápido y sin tantos preparativos.Muy bien construido.Funciona bien, realizas el corte perfectamente, hay que tener cuidado cuando se empieza y cuando se va a terminar que es cuando nos vamos quedando sin material de apoyo, y por supuesto hacerlo sobre un canto perfectamente cortado.merece la pena, pero no sustituye a una guia, es mas bien un complemento para determinados cortes (inferiores a 10 cms) y que sean paralelos al canto que nos sirve de guia.

Zum Parallelanschlag gibt es nicht viel zu schreiben: er erfüllt seinen Zweck einwandfrei.Weil aber in vorherigen Rezensionen widersprüchliches zu lesen war:er wird definitiv mit ALLEN zu seiner Befestigung notwendigen Schrauben und sonstigem Zubehör geliefert.An meiner TS 55 REBQ waren nämlich auch keine entsprechenden Schrauben.