Festool FS 800/2 Guide Rail

After using a festool tracksaw and rail there's no comparison. Super precise and easy to use! Make sure to cut the guide strip away first.

Very good quality as you would expect

It’s a guide rail, it’s fits the saw, it means you can do straight cuts up to 800mm. I’ve not tried frying eggs on it yet and I think I could probably also use it to play badminton but again not tried that yet. Your flys are undone Benedict.

It’s FESTOOL what do expect? Expensive and accurate

Product is exactly what is says on the box, arrived undamaged, works well with the rest of the kit

Excellent

A little more expensive than other providers but it is the ideal size for the job I needed it for. I only have the Festool insulation cutter and this spans a 2.4 x 1.2 insulation board to cut down to fit between joists. The cutter does not fit my Makita rail very well so I bought this one.

I'm using this with a TS55 saw. Construction and finish quality is what you would expect from Festool, although I did think it felt a bit light at first for something designed to not move... in use however the rubber grip strips on the base of the rail work very effectively, and obviously the weight of the saw helps as well. The green strips on top of the rail are a slippy plastic which lets the saw slide over them very easily. Initially you have to attach the replaceable rubbery guide strip and make a cut through it, which then gives you an extremely accurate edge to line up with your mark. I've made a couple of hundred cuts with it and this rubber guide doesn't look any the worse for wear. This works so well, If your cuts not right, you've probably marked it wrong. I haven't felt the need to use clamps with the rail; I'm primarily cutting MDF and ply and the rail doesn't move at all on either material, as long as the piece is large enough. If you're cutting smaller pieces, it may be useful to have an offcut of the same thickness in front of and behind the piece to keep the rail flat, and give it a bit more surface to grip. So why only four stars? Joining the rails. I've got a couple of 1400mm rails, which are perfect for cutting an eight foot length (2440mm). Joining them uses a pair of aluminium bars, one on top, one underneath the rail. Each has four holes, with four little (10mm ish) grub screws. Now, it does work, it's just a bit tedious. It's a most un-Festool experience, and I always feel it slowing me down. Aligning the rails seems a little hit or miss as well, it's possible to join them slightly out, and I have had a couple of slightly bowed cuts due to this. I only work in a workshop, rather than on site, so the obvious answer for me is to spend £200 on a 2700mm single rail. If I did any site work, this would be annoying. If you have no need to join rails, they're perfect.

The pic is incorrect it definitely is the FS 800/2. Top price too. Saved heaps buying it here. Amazon please update the picture. This pic has to be 10+ years old and only has room for one guide connector. Fs800,

Si tienes una sierra de incisión es indispensable que tengas tres reglas de corte: la larga de 3m, la mediana de 1.4m y la pequeña de 80cm. Lo anterior en virtud de que los cortes que se requieren son muy variados, a veces a lo largo de todo un panel, en otras ocasiones la mitad del panel y en otras sólo una pequeña pieza. De ahí que decidí comprar la regla de 80cm de Festool porque facilita demasiado el corte sobre todo cuando estás fuera del taller y no cuentas con tu mesa de trabajo, ya que con la regla mediana hacer cortes pequeños siempre implica estar balanceando correctamente la regla y, en ocasiones, afecta un poco la precisión del corte. La regla de Festool es compatible con otras sierras de incisión como Makita, Dewalt y Triton que son las que he podido probar. Asimismo, es compatible con prácticamente cualquier marca de prensas para sujetarla. Esto es importante porque generalmente una prensa Dewalt cuesta la mitad que una Festool. El único "pero" que le pongo a la regla es que no trae las perforaciones a un costado que sirven para trabajar con el sistema Hole Drilling de Festool, que las reglas más grandes sí traen.

Ok

Festool tools are without a doubt, just plain really nice. However, really nice has a price, and that is OK, but when you start to nickel and dime the user, well, I might put up a bit of a stink about that. So, $120 for this product, oh you want to join two together? Another $50 for that, And Oh, you really should have a splinter guard, another $40 please. Another supplier of fine tool accessories has a similar product that is $99 and comes with the connectors and splinter guard. But if you require Festool compatibility, well, there you go. Despite the fact I feel Festool goes out of their way to make their tools really expensive, I don't mind (too much) purchasing them. They are very high quality products, and I only bumped them down one star for being cash grabby. EDIT: OK, I am chastened. I just got the connectors for these rails, and, OK, the connectors are probably worth the $50 and Festool is not quite as cash grabby as I accused them. So, I would say that not only is the Festool System is very good, it is also worth what they are charging.

55” track for Festool. Pkg came quickly and was not bent or scratched. Good guys.