Router on Rail: Festool OF 1400

Sedge walks us through using the Festool OF 1400 router on a guide rail utilizing the guide stop and the support bracket. There are a few ways to do this, but this is the way that has worked best for Sedge and allows for the most amount of accuracy and control.

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[bjarner]

I love your videos Seth. 👍🏻 I keep coming back to them to refresh best-practice when I’m about to use a tool I haven’t used for a while.

[moderntouchfurniture]

I was doing this all wrong, these videos are so invaluable, thank you guys, and right on time for my next project!!!

[AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Just bought the 1400 after watching two of your Festool Lives. I can’t wait for it to come in.

[stefa]

I love how simple although deep your explainations are on how to set up the tools correctly (domino, router, track saw). You have a unique way to get rid of the unnecessary info and focus on the pure essence of the tool's function. I discovered your channel recently and I became big fan since then. Keep up the good work.

[texasbelliott]

While I really enjoy watching these videos and absorbing the GREAT information, the impact to my pocket book and corresponding increase to my Festool collection creates friction with the finance department (wife). ;-) Stay Shaahp.

[w.robbgraham]

The only bad experience I’ve ever had with a Festool product was when I was routing on a guide rail with my OF 1400 and the collet and bit came out. Looking at the way that you support the guide rail adapter leads me to believe that I was not adequately supporting the router on to the guide rail.

Big D reminds me of myself and most amateurs who go weeks or months between using a tool again. “We are not slow learners. We are quick forgetters.”

[TitanFlyer]

I’m not the only one that thinks that was a miss right? It’s off by several millimeters towards the track side. Mistakes happen, but ignoring it and not explaining why that happened is missing a great opportunity to help people not do that again. Great tool, great instruction, but a huge miss on explaining why it was a failure.

[josegaut]

Awesome video, I have an OF1010 but use it very rarely with the rail and other accessories ... how stupid I am 🙄😁.
I have learnt very useful things here, a big thank you ! 👍🏼

[BW-cwlq]

Professor Sedge, BIG “D”, What a fantastic video! Some many takeaways..pencil an darken the center mark, how to use the center gage and where it goes. I love the idea of the Renaissance Wax was a great idea to help with the friction. The start and stop block. The list goes on. Thank You Gentlemen! “Be Sharp, Stay Positive”. This is a MUST WATCH VIDEO!

[warrensmith]

Nice warm up for tomorrow and Festool Live.

[ThisTall]

Great set up!
Curious if the track might have moved a bit cause the hole was a bit off the lines after you aligned it perfectly.

[Filmchippy]

Just ordered this attachment for my 1400. Had one for my 2200 but found if trimming and edge where you cant use the support foot there was a bit of wobble. Hoping to use my 1400 with the chip catcher to trim the edge of some 20mm solid surface material. Hopefully the lighter 1400 wont wobble . Only other thing i can think of doing is building a support batten away from the edge to rest the support foot on, eliminating any wobble, but still allowing the chip catcher to be used.

Thinking out loud 😂

[ronmartens]

I didn't do too bad the times I was using the guide rail for routing.
I always held the attachment to the guide rail like shown in this video.
I did some satisfactory work in doing so.
The off1400 is quite a good machine and the first festool I bought.

[nickpinder]

This is such a helpful video - thank you!

[juliet]

This is great! Now I need a new router 😊Also thanks for the reply on my CT questions re kapex miter station

[MattLitkeRacing]

I used this setup to cut a beadboard look into MDF. It was for the back of a mud room locker where I didn’t want a thin panel

[kevinc]

Sledg I went thru the video and it came in handy. So what does Renaissance Wax provide over butchers wax or others that are on the market.

[pavlos]

Can you use this application to cut a mortice on an edge? For example to make a face frame or a table apron?

[chippychippy]

These videos are awesome. Would you do a rabbit the same way? Thinking about
a 8’ cabinet for the back panel… thoughts?

[mrmajestic]

isn't there a stepped base for that router, that puts the reference mark on the work piece, so
you don't have so much parallax error? That was off towards the track.