Makita 194367-7 118" 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!!!

I was worried because of the other reviews, but mine came fully packaged and the box was undamaged. The track itself is as straight as I can tell. I used an 8ft level and a laser from one end and then again from the middle out. As far as I can tell it is perfectly straight. After I make a test cut I can use calipers to see if the strip I cut is the same width along the length, but I think it should be fine. Better than having to join my festool tracks, they never go together straight no matter what and I mostly do lot of ripping of sheet goods so this will save so much time. And I can dedicate my festool tracks to cross cuts.

This Makita guide rail is very well made and is perfectly straight. Mine was shipped in a wood frame and fiber board box weighing 39.5 lbs. total weight.

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.

Straight and true.

It has a little bow toward the middle about 1/16" +, Going too much hassel to return it, so I will keep it. Update: I called Amazon for this, as I couldn't use it this way, and they were very nice and very quickly went through the return process. All the stars going to Amazon for the best service. None going to Makita rail.

I had 2x 55 rails using the extension bar... things... This was fine, mostly. There was a lot of tweaking and wiggling and more tweaking to ensure my line was straight across the two. After a bunch of use and moving it around, I would find more black dust (indicative of the saw eating into the splinter guard) so I would have to re-adjust and get another rubber guard. This singular 118" rail has solved that for me. I am still cautious moving it around as it is just an aluminum extrusion so not SUPER robust. It may be stronger than I think it is, but I am not willing to chance it. My lines are straight and I am able to more quickly breakdown sheet goods without the endless measuring and tweaking and re-securing of an independent straight edge. Make sure you have room for it though, and download the free guide rail mounting STLs so you can get it on the wall and out of the way.

I love and use my Makita track saw a lot professionally, cutting panels and anything else that is wide enough. I didn't want to join two 55" tracks for 8 ft cuts anymore so I ordered a 118" track (directly from Amazon). (It can't be shipped by UPS, only by truck freight). The first one was damaged in shipping, bummer. The second one was bowed, uniformly, over the entire length, doubly bummed. I really wanted it to be right. The extrusion seems not to be straight - it was about 1/32" out over the entire length. That means if you join two cut panels there will be 1/16" gap at one end - not acceptable. I can't walk in and check one here in SF, CA but I can, and will, walk in and check a German one for the same price. I have a short German track; the Makita saw works on German tracks.