POWERTEC Guide Rail Adapter for Fixed Base Trim Routers. Fits Fixed Base DeWalt, Makita & Milwaukee. Connects to WEN, Makita & Milwaukee Guide Rails & 71550, 71153, 71387 (71921)

Works well with Festool track saw
I had a long edge to trim for a deck project, and my original Festool rail had seen better days. These two rails cost less than one replacement OEM rail would cost. Manufacturing quality is pretty good, not as good as Festool, but it still works fine. The adhesive used for the slick parts of the top peeled up a bit, but again, still did not affect the cut. The zero clearance edge sticks out pretty far, but is trimmed off after the first cut. It comes with two bars to join the tracks together, those work fine. Only negative was a slight bend on one end, probably due to shipping.Update: I have used these rails on and off for about 2 years and I have been really happy with them. I bought one of the storage bags for the rails which helps immensely to keep them from getting damaged and I store the two Powertec and the original festool rail together. I’m not a pro, but I do enough work around the house where this saw and these rails make the difference. A recent boat restoration project was helped along by using the rails to cut new pieces of plywood in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The zero clearance strip is still a bit loose but it hasnt fallen off and doesnt seem to affect the cut quality at all.

Great but not so great
These tracks are good enough for the price that I bought three of them. They are every bit as good as fess tool but not out of the box. Do yourself a big favor and order the fess tool clear plastic edge strip refill kit along with these when purchase. The installed black soft rubber strips on the blades cut edge has horrible adhesion. Not just a fluke. Within just a few times of moving the tracks around on a flat cut table all of cut edge strips began to peal off at the ends. The adhesive sticks well to the track but not the rubber strip.I purchased three so I could maintain an 8ft and separate cross cut 4ft track for breaking down sheet goods. Plus an overall 12ft for making rips on sheets of Corian n other solid surface products. Fess tool joint connectors I highly recommend as an upgrade for a more solid connection. They have more squared edges and a tighter fit overall to gain a more ridgid fit to maintain a straight cut line. Even though the ones from and/or included do work effectively.Overall track quality build as in the aluminum itself is very very good. I’ve previously worked for a company that solely used fess tool products and these are quite comparable in quality. Just do yourself the favor and rerplace the edge cut strips immediately or you will be left with down time with shipping on new strips. Once they become unattached you can try to reglue but ultimately cut accuracy is out the window unless 1/16 off is good enough for what you got goin.Yes I do recommendBut I do recommend the two product upgrades as well for better accuracy

Tried everything to get them to stay on
Until they sell these uncoiled or with the adhesive on the inside of the coil, they’re never going to stick. I’m on my 4th go around with replacing these on my powertec dewalt track. The first time I did these, I did it by the book (removed all adhesive without chemicals, clamped for 48 hours afterward- even used a J-roller). I unclamped them and cut to zero-clearance… they held for about 2 weeks before the edges started peeling/curling. So then I bought these again, this time I made sure the surface was absolutely virgin. Rough cut the splinter guards and then laid them out on the ground with weights on them to remove some of the coiling. I used a heat gun, super sharp razor with light pressure and mineral spirits to get the track absolutely spotless (package says not to use stuff like mineral spirits, but so long as you wipe it dry and give it at least several hours to dry you should be fine). I let it sit for 1 full week to let the splinter guards settle and the mineral spirits to fully dry. Applied the guard… used a rolller and clamped up for a solid 5 days. This time I got 2 weeks out of them before they (again) started curling off the track. I peeled them off, removed all the adhesive from the track and the guards and reversed the guard so that the coil was facing down (to prevent the edge curls), used some cheap double-sided tape I use for woodworking… so far it seemed to do the trick. But it’s only been a day. There won’t be a next time- I’ll spend $40 on the Festool splinter guards

Gives perfectly straight cuts with zero play, very useful.The one think to be aware of is that the overall geometry of the block is tripod like, there’s only one contact in the middle of the block that rides on the material. This means it’s not quite as stable as I would like and slightly prone to tipping over if you don’t hold it just right but overall is much bore consistent and easy to both setup and use compared to a regular straight edge.

This item will not be repurchased. Doesn’t stay stuck to the adhesive on either end. Poor quality, guess I should have tried better quality.