USER GUIDE FOR TPG SYSTEM
Publication 699-009 RevI
©2022 TSO Products LLC
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CALIBRATION: FOR FINISHED PARTS WIDER THAN
GUIDE RAIL (CONTINUED)
If you have a combination square…
8. Set your combination square to 10 inches (254mm) and place
the 90° face of the combination square flat against the guide
rail splinter guard.
9. Extend or retract the Calibration Rod to touch the tip of the
combination square blade. Ensuring the combination square is
still flat against the guide rail splinter guard, secure the Calibra
-
tion Rod with the 3mm hex driver provided.
USE: FOR FINISHED PARTS WIDER THAN GUIDE RAIL
1.
Confirm that finished part will be wider than the guide rail.
2. Set the cursor on the TPG Parallel Guide to the required width
of cut.
3. Set the saw to the required depth of cut.
4. Position the reference edge of the GRS-16 Guide Rail Square
against the edge of the workpiece perpendicular to the cuT.
5. Move the Parallel Guide + Guide Rail so that the head of the
Calibration Rod rests against the edge of the workpiece which
will be parallel to the cut.
6. It may be helpful to raise the guide rail slightly to ease the fric-
tion caused by its anti-slip strips and make it easier to reposi-
tion.
CALIBRATION: FOR FINISHED PARTS NARROWER
THAN GUIDE RAIL
This calibration process requires use of the supplied
Narrow Part
Rod
. It is the longer of the two calibration rods included in your
TPG Set.
Although the TPG System, as with all parallel guide devices, can be used
to cut narrow parts (narrower than the guide rail), the preferred method
of making narrow part cuts is with a table saw. Extra care must be used
to make a stable setup. We recommend practicing with scrap material to
perfect your technique.
Cutting narrow parts requires using both the left- and right-hand
parallel guides. Additionally, the workpiece must be supported
with pieces of material under the guide rail of the same thickness
as the workpiece to stabilize the
Guide Rail + GRS-16
Parallel Guide
assembly and prevent the workpiece from moving
while being cut. This is even more important when the workpiece
is shorter than the guide rail being used.
1. Mount the TPG Parallel Guide T-Track to the GRS-16 Guide
Rail Square or TPG Adapter using the (2) M6 x 10 mm knobs
provided.
2. Slide the FlipStop onto the TPG Parallel Guide T-Track, cursor
end first.
3. Attach the GRS-16 Parallel Guide assembly to the right
end of the Festool, or Makita guide rail.
4. Remove the Standard Calibration Rod (used for wide parts) and
insert the Narrow Part Rod.
5. Place the assembled Guide Rail + GRS-16 Parallel
Guide on the workpiece with the Narrow Part Rod under the
Guide Rail and set the cursor to the 10” (254 mm) mark.
6. Place a piece of material against the Guide Rail splinter guard.
Loosen the screw securing the Narrow Part Rod and slide the
rod so that it contacts the edge of the material in contact with
the splinter guard. Then tighten the screw securely with the 3
mm hex driver provided.
7. With this calibration method, zero-width corresponds to the
10” (254 mm) mark. As an example, to cut material 3” wide, the
cursor would be set to the 13” (330 mm) mark.
8. This calibration should be complete for this saw and guide
rail combination, but cuts should be
checked occasionally to confirm noth
-
ing has changed.
For a video walkthrough of calibrating the
TPG System, visit the TPG System product
page at
tsoproducts.com
.
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