MFT/3 from Festool? How the hell can this be used for woodworking?

It's not a matter of it flexing, rather there is no guarantee which side of the line it'll come down on. It can be off ~1/16" from cut to cut. That may not be much of an angle but it's not great for cabinets, or whatever.

If you buy the table, of course. It would be silly not to. I've even seen YouTubes where people bought two of the full sets instead of one of the basic and one full. There was an explanation for it but I didn't spent time watching. I may be wrong, but an 8' MFT doesn't thrill me much. I already have a table that works for lengthwise cuts.

That's cheating. I used 30" because that's the width of the table.

Sure, there is no question it's the better deal. One without the other makes no sense to me. The track/hinge/angle unit are the whole purpose of the table. At least for me, the table alone isn't worth anything.

I'm surprised since the tape goes from edge to edge. I guess I can see it if all you do is clamped vertically. In any case, I buried the threaded inserts in my bench top. I had some question here about cutting slots in the knurled brass screws so I could get them out of the bench. It all worked better than I'd expected.

I put a set on each side of the bench so I can pull it away from the wall and face the TV to watch the demos as I follow along. The TV was intended to show my Sketchup models as I made cuts and pieced things together. It works for demos and training videos, too.

I intend to do that. I'd been debating whether to use 3/4" or 20mm holes in my bench. I'm leaning strongly towards 20mm now.

It also doesn't get in the way of a router base. I've run into that more than once.

I did some playing tonight, thinking about this some more. Miter gauges have some slop in them but, at least the one I was playing with is steel (Incra 1000HD). OTOH, my TS fence doesn't flex at all. I would have thought the track would be similar but there isn't pressure on it that there is a TS fence.

The other question I answered for myself was the position of the track indexing support. I just realized that there is no reason to move this, or the track. In fact, I remember the Festool rep saying that many people route a slot and embed a strip of HDPE. When it gets too cut up, just replace the strip. It's obvious that the rail would have to be fixed for this to work.

LOL. We do tend to over think things, don't we. ;~) If the fence was changing angles that would be one thing but it is simply adjusting up and down for the thickness of the stock and pivoting up and down to ease insertion and removal of the stock to be cut. And properly adjusted for the thickness of the stock. The track rubber bottom strips are plenty to keep it from flexing or shifting when cutting, but you do have the added hinge side and indexing side to help realign after lifting and lowering the track.

I will warn you again however..... Unless I am working on a project my MFT/3 is folded up and sitting on its side. You have to remove the track and replace it. That is a bit if a PIA. BUT if you leave the MFT/3 up all of the time, this is not an issue. I have a Paulk style work bench with a foot print. set up, of about

I do not do glues up on the MFT/3. I want the top to stay flat and smooth. Mine is about 11 years old and the top is still in great shape. IIRC if the top needs to be replaced you can simply flip top to bottom.