Customer Reviews

Kreg KMS8000 Precision Trak and Stops Kit

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I've been using this product on my custom-made mobile miter saw stand which supports my Ridgid 12" sliding miter saw. After building a few major projects with the Kreg precision fence and stop kit I can report that it works great and gives 1/32" accuracy without any problems. The flip-up stop is a bit too flexible to stand up to hard lateral pushes without some "give"--especially when you are handling big heavy pieces of wood. For those cuts I prefer the "production stop" which is much more resistant to lateral forces.

I'd buy this product again and highly recommend it.

While I agree with the minor concerns noted by the other reviewers, they are minor and don't really get in the way of this being a excellent product and a big time-saver. Solid contruction, straight-forward installation, reasonable price, and it works!! Can't ask for more than that.

I used this to make a fence for my miter saw. The installation of this was easy. The only problem is that you need to have the fence 2 1/4". It would have been nicer if it could have been a little bigger. Overall it works great.

I recently built a set of extensions for my Dewalt 12" sliding mitre saw and i purchased this kit so i wouldn't have to use my tape measure at the saw station. The extensions are made from marine ply and give me eight foot to the left of the saw and six to the right. The track and stop kit arrived undamaged and i set about installing the kit on my extensions, the instruction were clear and easy to understand. Once i had the tracks mounted i zeroed in the cursors on the stops and after a few test cuts everything was as it should be.
Just a few pointers for anyone thinking about buying this kit,

(1) If you build your extensions from 3/4" ply as i did, you'll have to put a 16th of an inch shim behind the fence on your extensions because the rebate on the track is a full 3/4 of an inch. This is because 3/4 inch ply is actually 11/16" of an inch in thickness. This is something i only spotted when the tracks were mounted. If you don't shim the track back the track will stick out a 16th of an inch from the fence and any piece of stock higher than 2-1/4 inches will be 1/16" of an inch from the fence. This is a safety issue because the blade will pinch on the back of the cut and could cause kickback. Shimming the track is one way around this, using thicker ply and running it through a thicknesser until you have it 3/4" of an inch thick is another or use solid wood for the fences on your extensions.

(2) The flip stop is prone to lateral movement when heavy stock is pushed against it, i either use the production stop for heavy stock or i hold the flip stop as i push the heavy stock against it.

(3) The kit comes with four 2' pieces of track, i had to purchase another three pieces of 2' track for the right hand side of my saw. With hindsight i would have purchased at least one length of 4' track because no matter how carefully the individual pieces of track are mounted there will always be a slight offset from the end of one piece of track and the start of another. This can be overcome to some extent by placing the mounting screws as near as possible to the end of the track. The two foot pieces of track are better suited to short fences like on a drill pres table.

I purchased this system a few months ago. It works exactly as advertised. This is a very accurate and precise system if set up properly. I set mine up with about 11 foot to the left of the saw and 10 foot to the right.
One complaint. The rails are not predrilled, they have little marks where you have to predrill them. I feel they could have already done that for the price of the aluminum tracks.

Timely delivery. This is a totally awesome piece of equiptment. I have a small work area, and built a compact miter center. This was suggested in an article on efficiency, and it works very well.

instructions are detailed, simple to build frame, easily adaptable to your table, very accurate cuts, simple to make fine adjustments, I would recommend to anyone needing accurate measurements

Kreg KMS8000 Precision Trak and Stops Kitthis kit is great. i made my own fence for my miter saw bench and have 4 feet on each side. went together easy, great instructions. got a good price at amazon and free delivery made it a better deal.

This item works well. There is some fuss when setting up the tape measure; but, obviously that is expected. Once set up, it makes your chop station easy to use with accurate results. The only drawback that I notice is when you butt the tracks together; the flip stops will catch a little bit so you have to exercise a little care to get them to pass. Overall, a solid addition to any workshop.

Set up was easy,the pieces butted together beautifully,the stops slide smoothly (even over the joints) and lock tight, the flip stop has a little movement, so avoid pushing heavy pieces into it, I use it only when absolutely essential. I've had an $800 system that works just a little better, I think for the price this is a great product. I wish the tape supplied had metric dimensions too.