Thanks so much for posting this. I was wasting ages taking test cuts, adjusting by a turn this way or that. And the manual is a joke, it just says a representative can help you out.
Thanks for the tips, Steve. I will be checking my saw before using it again! I just checked and that little spring is Part No. 466084 and costs $2.67AUD.
Found this really useful thanks as wasn’t sure where the adjuster was. I used your video and did mine without an angle gauge (couldn’t find the one I had) and just cut a piece of MDF at an indicated 90 and then flipped it over and matched the two cut edges. If it’s out you get at gap at top or bottom. If at top rotate grub screw clockwise if at bottom anti-clockwise. Bit trial and error to match up exactly.
Hi, in an older model there use to be 2 screws one, back and front, I am surprised this is still not the case it is this that might be the reason why it goes out by the 0.01 degree. Glad I found your video just received mine and it something I have to do (surprised it was not set100% at the factory)
Thank you so much,, I just got a brand new TS55 track saw a few days ago, still havent cut the track plastic yet. I checked mine right out of the box and it read 89.5 degrees, checked with a engineering square and a drafting square - both show the blade quite far off from 90 degrees. I made the necessary adjustments to get it to 90 degrees. Still have not cut the strip yet. What is going on at the festool factory. Anyone that gets this saw must check for 90 degrees before using for the first time and cutting thr sacrificial strip on the rail. Good video.
I tried to adjust as you showed and I cannot get my same Wixey gauge under 90.7 no matter how far left I turn that little black knob. If I go right then the gauge will go up, but if I go left it will not fall below 90.7. Your instructions were very simple to follow. When I dropped the blade down to the maximum depth I got a better reading more around 90.1 or so, but not sitting on the counter in the same manner you showed. My saw is new so I don't understand why it is off, but my edges are not perfect when I am trying to assemble a panel with 3 boards. It is ever so slight, but there is a tiny gap between boards so I thought I would test the degrees.
Excellent review on a topic sparsely if at all covered by Festool. My saws are routinely needing adjustment and not much in the way of resources on this topic. Hate to send in for service what should be a routine matter of maintenance! Thanks
I've got both, thinking about selling my Festool. Festool doesn't have the scoring knob like the makita does. When doing many cuts with material with the same thickness once the depth is set you don't ever have to adjust it. With makita I set the depth, push in the scoring knob, do a backwards scoring cut then pull out the scoring knob and do a full depth cut. Super quick.
Great advice mate,maybe worth rotating the blade a few times and putting the wixey on different spots. Bound to get slight discrepancies like I did. Keep up the good work mate 👍
To fully calibrate the saw at all angles you need to also adjust the arrow that shows your actual reading of degrees and more IMPORTANTLY also adjust thet 45° angle, which is done on the other side of the saw. You need to unscrew 2 torx screws and move the back of the bevel adjustment rails.
Cool videos on the TS 55! I am looking to buy a panther blade for my TS 55. Do you know if switching back and forth betweent the factory blade that came with the TS 55 and the panther blade impacts the splinter guard on the tracks at all? I think all Festool blades are 2.2 mm kerf, so I am assuming it would not be an issue. Do you have any experience with that?
@@sicdsteve1 Thank you. Would you have a recommendation for a blade to trim down interior doors with? Usually the hollow core masonite doors that have the 1" or so wood blocks in them to enable them to be trimmed.
I know this is an old thread, but for anyone searching this issue, this is inaccurate. The TS55 is 2.2mm and the TS75 is 2.4mm. I have a TS75, got a new track, cut the strip on it. Just got the TS55, and started squaring up around a table and kept being off a little. I soon realized the blade was smaller, with a thinner kerf on the TS55. Which is a bummer.
Now, when you adjusted the blade to be accurate, how to adjust the scale to show zero degree? Look onto it on 6:20, it shows non-zero angle. Not perfect. Needs further work)
Nice one Steve 👍. Coincidentally I watched this today ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dwsfhqgQDfM.html which probably explains why you were having a little trouble.
