Sometimes packages just don't make it. This is one of those times. Thankfully, the
manufacturer supported the product with heavy foam blocks so that no damage was
caused.
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This pic
was shot about 5 years ago and it shows dear friend Sal bringing in the 85# box with a
Festool MFT or Multi Function Table. I have two of them in my shop now, and they can be
very useful.
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It is
Sal again and thank goodness. The 85# box isn't getting lighter. But you can see how
it is packed and how the dented carton didn't get to the [product.
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Not
waiting to read the instructions, he swings the two leg sets down and locks them.
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Having
unpacked two boxes of miscellaneous parts, he decides that reading the instructions might
help.
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Actually, this one product picture off of Festool's website helps setting up the MFT3
immensely.
Here are the steps that Sal took to make sure the table will always cut
square.
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Sal
installed the angle unit so that the fence could be furthest back and allow the longest
cross cut. As you can see in the product shot, it can be moved forward by a simple turn of
one knob.
He started by assuming that the notched zero position of the angle unit
is at zero and therefore the fence is at 0°.
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He attaches the fence lock to secure it on the table at the 0°
position. He doesn't know it will be zero until he completes the next
few steps.
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With that locked in place, Sal sets the large engineer's square against
the fence and sets the guide rail so that it is "kissing" the square.
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This knob
allows the fence to slide left and right. Sal has set it so that it just misses the guide
rail.
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With the
guide rail still firmly aganst the engineers' square and resting on this front
"nib" (arrow), the guide rail should be at an exact 90° to the fence.
Next week, we will move it into the Festool side of the shop and show a brand
new working station approach.
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