Makita194367-7 118" Guide Rail

After using the Makita Track Saw and the included short guide, I went ahead and purchased the 118" guide. I am glad that I spent the money. The guide works excellent for the long side of 4' x 8' plywood sheets. The cuts are just as excellent as the short guide. No splinters, no clamps, no dust!The only con with the 118" guide is storing it when it is not in use. I created a rack near the ceiling of my workshop that holds all my long straight edges. The Makita 118" fits right in with the rest of them. I don't know if I would take this to a job site without some protective casing to keep it straight, but it works great in my workshop.I can't say enough about the dust port on the Makita Track Saw. If you need to be dustless, when you cut sheet goods, the Makita Track Saw used with the 118" guide, hooked up to a dust collection system works great for me. The combination just takes my wood shop environment to a higher level of "dust free".I am always amazed these days when the sales hype actually turns into reality. The Makita Track Saw and accessories are truly amazing. They have met and exceeded my expectations.Thank you Makita!!!

This track along with the track saw itself is a great time saver. I'm a semi professional making all kinds of things from furniture to custom signs and everything in between. I have used this probably every week since I purchased it quite a few months ago. It's great for breaking down plywood. It allows the track to go on a clean,straight line without messing up the surface. It does what it's supposed to do. I haven't made any table tops just yet, but when I do I'll revise this review to comment on the straightness of it. If it's straight enough, you should be able to go around the jointer and do glue ups straight from the track saw cut. I'll see in the next few months. As an additional note. The seller shipped it quite fast as I needed it fast because of a last minute job. So that was a pleasant surprise.Edit: it’s been over three years now. I’ve made quite a few tables and misc things that need to be “glue line” straight, and this guy has been a champ for those types of jobs. Would definitely recommend.

I have a Grizzly Track Saw with a 55 inch guide rail, but wanted a longer length guide to rip 8 foot sheets. After reading several reviews of people joining the shorter guide rails together to get a long rail and the problems they've had keeping them straight, I finally pulled the trigger and bought the Makita 118 inch guide. Because of it's length, I was worried that it might be damaged during shipment, but it came extremely well packed with literally a wooden crate built around it. It arrived in perfect condition. In other reviews, a few people mentioned problems with the straightness of this guide, but mine was absolutely straight. Overall, I'm very pleased with the Makita 118" rail and would definitely buy it again. By the way, it works perfectly with the Grizzly Track Saw.

I think I've convinced several other folks to get these. It really makes it easy to reduce full sheets of plywood accurately. The extra length makes it possible to slice sheets of plywood at various angles. The Makita track saw that goes with it has great dust control through the vacuum port on it.I lay a sheet of 3/8" flake board on the floor and then sheet of plywood on top of that. Set the depth of cut to just barely reach through the plywood and I can keep reusing my flake board. Now if only my garage floor was more even. *sigh*The chip shield strip seems to have slipped some which is making it a little harder to align. I can get a new one and start over but money's a little tight right now.

Currently waiting for my 3rd attempt to deliver an undamaged makita track. The first arrived partially unpackaged, bent, and the aluminum shredded on the exposed side. Shipped directly from Makita warehouse and Makita customer service was defensive and unfriendly. Second shipment was scheduled, never arrived, and when I contacted fedex they sent me photos of the track destroyed in their warehouse. This track was also not fully packaged. I was never contacted in either case, or updated, on if a new track would ever be sent. I'd love to blame fedex, but makita is apparently terrible at making boxes, not even attempting to protect their 400 dollar tracks for freight shipment. Just a heads up if you, like me, were hoping to use this track for professional work. Dont expect it to arrive usable.

I've had the Makita plunge saw for about 3 months prior to purchasing the 118 inch guide rail. The rail allows me to safely break down full sheets of plywood with ease and accuracy. I will never use my table saw again for 4 X 8 sheets. The guide rail from Makita is equally accurate and the saw cut is cabinet quality. Having the full 118 inch length also takes away the aggravation of connecting two 55 inch rails. Additionally the shipping was on time and the rail was well packed. I'm just hoping Makita continues to offer high quality accessories for the SP6000.

It's worked great! I really prefer this as opposed to wrestling sheet goods through my table saw by myself. This is more accurate and much safer. The makita track saw has been awesome. I've sliced up 20 sheets of underlayment so far in addition to other small projects. Couldn't be happier. The high friction foam on the back side reduces the need to clamp the guide in place. The guild is very straight and reduces chip out on face veneers.