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RE: storing Festool track - Stwood_ - 04-10-2018

(04-10-2018, 02:07 PM)ez-duzit Wrote: This just isn't that hard to figure out.
I stand mine up against the wall, resting on the floor. Have 4-1/2', 6' and 10' tracks.

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RE: storing Festool track - Gregory of Sherwood Forest - 04-11-2018

Interesting. That pic does show them hanging on the garage overhead door. I wonder how'd you do that with foam core doors, sheet metal screws? As light as the tracks are, they probably wouldn't deform the doors at all.

RE: storing Festool track - WaterlooMarc - 04-12-2018

Mine hang from simple trim head screws. The head is small enough to fit through the existing hole in the rail yet big enough to stop the rail from falling off. I have the 9’ rail and a simple screw is plenty.

RE: storing Festool track - jussi - 04-13-2018

I store mine horizontally on the ceiling

RE: storing Festool track - mkitchen - 01-25-2019

I don't have a festool track saw but store my Dewalt tracks on my garage door using toggle clamps. Keeps them out of the way and in a location that they will not get damaged. The are easy enough to take down or put back. The set of toggles cost me $11 for 4 on Amazon. I think two was plenty even for the 102" tack but added a 3rd in the middle just incase one slips.
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RE: storing Festool track - Cooler - 01-25-2019

(04-10-2018, 02:07 PM)ez-duzit Wrote: This just isn't that hard to figure out.
I stand mine up against the wall, resting on the floor. Have 4-1/2', 6' and 10' tracks.

I have a concrete floor. If I bugger up the edges it won't mate to the second track correctly.

RE: storing Festool track - Cooler - 01-25-2019

(04-10-2018, 11:30 AM)fredhargis Wrote: I hang mine from screws, and I had to drill those holes just slightly larger to fit. When my shop had an 8' ceiling, the long one (106"?) was kept in the shipping crate, in turn that crate was screwed to the ceiling. My new shop has taller ceilings so now the long hangs on a screw.

I thought that the screw threads would mess up the aluminum hole. The lag screw idea would have had the smooth section only extended.

I finally drilled a hole in a stud and inserted a 1/4" diameter fiberglass pultrusion. It is working fine. I have two tracks hanging.

Thanks for the input guys.

RE: storing Festool track - mdhills - 01-25-2019

My shortish tracks hang from a dowel that is (very) slightly angled up.
I haven't had a problem with anything slipping off.

I've seen this thread a couple of times before, but just noticed Giradman's level collection.
More to think about!

RE: storing Festool track - lift mechanic - 01-25-2019

I use the Easy-Smart tracks. Hanging from a hole the plastic edge works it's way out. I bought a cheap hard rifle case the tracks and other parts go in. Saw on a rollie cart shelf.

RE: storing Festool track - JohnnyEgo - 01-27-2019

My longest one, the 8 footer, rests in one of the legs of my 30' extension ladder. You can see it in the upper right corner of this picture:
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The shorter ones I keep on a little caddy that pops up on a cleat mounted to some slatwall.
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