I’ve used other saw tracks and TrueTrac by far exceeds them. It is heavier thus it holds steady while using it. Attaching the base to the saw was a little nerve racking but after I pulled the trigger and proceeded with that, it all worked out. Great tool for cutting straight edges on rough cut lumber.
This is a great product for my usage (general carpentry tasks). The only issue I have had is the anti-chip strip is a little on the brittle side. I have chipped out a new strip trying to cut it to the saw. I'm thinking the temperature had something to do with that. It was mid 60 degrees in my shop at the time. Super happy with the product!
I purchased a TruTrack for my son, who is an independent contractor specializing in interior trim finishing and general carpentry. He uses his TruTrack daily and says it saves him time. He especially appreciates its ease of use and accuracy and is very satisfied with it.
Wow. This is the best track for cutting straight lines with a circular saw. Bought the track and extension about 5 years ago and never used it. Sold my bass boat and made my garage into w woodshop. Now that I am using the trac, it is very easy to cut straight lines. The support is fantastic and easy to converse with. Watch the videos and decide for yourself.
Dave
St. Albans, wv.
I upgraded my set-up from a smaller scale mill to the TrueTrac gantry system. It has made a significant improvement in quality of the finished product. I work with large slabs and in addition to quality improvement, I also have time reduction vs my old methods. This system was an investment in the business, and it is quickly paying off. Get the dust collection adder too.
We got the slab mill in and put it to use flatting a 39x96" table. The mounting holes with our Dewalt router (on the list) aligned very well with a 90-degree turn of the handles to make pulling easy. Having the threaded cross feed was very valuable and the job would have been much more difficult without it. It does take time to turn it enough to get it from one side to the other and a quick release would be a nice feature. We are very happy with it and would purchase it again.
The sled I ordered was everything I wanted. Well packaged, easy instructions and great service. I would recommend getting the vacuum system as the dust from walnut is terrible.
Bought these at ShopSmith’s Woodworking Extravaganza in May 2024. Great product… Love them. They work excellently in my small shop. I use them on my Rockler work table with a slight customization — we drilled through the slides and use Rockler‘s Bench Cookie Plus T-Track Connectors in the dog holes on my table.
I could not have finished my project without it. I was a little aggressive in making a 42 x 40“ cutting board for my bar downstairs. It was so easy to use. Assembly was straightforward. The results were highly accurate and professional. I’m trying to find other uses to have it up permanently in my small shop. I am very glad that I saved up to make a higher quality investment. There are certainly cheaper solutions around. But if I have no regrets for what I have spent to get these results.
The gentry mill works great. We have completed 2 large projects. The vacumn attachments works but we had to remove them to work on a very wide piece. Set up was not hard to do and we dialed it in very quickly. The secret is to not try to take off more that the bit can handle. We are spinning a 2.25 inch bit with the large Milwaukee router. Our projects so far has been in Live Oak which is very hard.
I purchased the 4’x 96” RGS and 2 55” extensions for a total of 17’ of sled length. The instruction manual is flawless, and the RGS is absolutely amazing!! Does everything it promised and more! The dust collection shroud does wonders to keep the saw dust minimal. Topped with the built in levels on the router drop to ensure you’re level at all times! This was the best purchase I made to help bring my shop to the next level. Currently planing 2 16ft slabs with ease!
What a time saver. I’ve had a chance to put the TrueTrac system through its paces and love it. It makes short work of ripping full size boards down to size. Like that it works with most circular saws. I purchased a second adapter plate for an alternate saw for different projects.
I've had a clamp guide I've used before but it was a pain measuring the distance from the blade to the edge of the base of the saw. With this it really is mark where you want cut lay the track on the marks and cut. Made quick and easy work of ripping and cutting plywood for the wall of my barn. I've had to use the Toggle Clamps because the plywood had a slight bow and the track wouldn't lay flat. My next purchase will probably be the Simple Square attachment for the tracks.
Had to come up with a way to store the tracks so I bought and modified some Fastcap track racks(they are too long for these tracks) and mounted them on the back of my mobile miter saw table.
Customer service is great had a few questions that were answered promptly and when I called Jacob himself answered. Great product, made in USA, right in Ohio.
Those toggle clamps are so quick and easy to use. What a good way to make sure your long cuts stay true. Love 'em. Well worth the money.
My first use of the RGS was to flatten a section of bowling alley which is the last piece of 50’ of work surface that I have been working on. The piece must have been sanded in place in the bowling alley at sometime and had a big dip in the middle. The RGS worked very well and I am installing the piece this week. And for me the dust shroud worked really good.
Thanks!!
Finally got my slabs back from the kiln. What an awesome tool! I'm very impressed with the design and the efficient. I would strongly recommend this jig for anyone looking to flatten big slabs. I also appreciate how concerned the company is about customer satisfaction!
Over the past few years I have purchased items from TrueTrac, one of my purchases was the router slab flattening system. I don’t use it very often, but, I noticed that the last few times of using it that it was very difficult to use the sled on the opposing rails. I cleaned, I waxed, I used different lubricants hoping that it was just sawdust causing the issue, but to no avail. I reached out to Jacob Rhodes and he responded back and after looking into the time frame of my purchase, he told me that they had a bad batch of rails, and to do field checks on my rails, in which I did, and it was determined that my rails were defective. He sent me out new rails at no charge, now mind you this was well past 2 years of original purchase. TrueTrac and Jacob Rhodes are honest people who stand behind their made in America products!
I bought the clamps to help keep thin ply stable. I wish the clamping screws were a tiny bit longer, but they work well. Being able to slide the clamp under the material (not over the edge) means I can use them all the time. The TrueTrac stays in-place by itself, but the clamps enhance my confidence. They slide easily under the long track.