Brace for Festool MFT

For those who don't want to pay over $100USD for a brace that should be included with the table, here is an alternative.  You will need fasteners and two pieces of 1/2 inch x 23 1/2 inches long metal electrical conduit, and you have the brace you need.  Models include

2 x Cube fixtures for drilling holes for the rod ends.  

2 x bottom rods ends, combine with saddle clamps for bottom of brace.

2 x rod tops,

2 x top attachment, you'll need two through pins 1/4" x 2"' to hold top rod ends to the top attachment. 

2 x storage clips to hold the braces to the horizontal support for storage in the folded position.

The drill fixtures are meant to be installed on the rod ends with the holes 90 degrees offset.  With the rod resting on the fixtures, drill one end and then insert a rod or fastener on the drilled end and rotate the rod 90 degrees and drill the opposite end.  One should end up with two holes at the 12 and 6 o'clock position and on the other, holes at the 3 and 9 o'clock position.  See the pictures.  

I assembled the initial pair I made with socket head bolts requiring 5 mm hex wrenches keeping with the Festool, everything is 5 mm.  Future ones will use button head bolts to reduce the clearance required for the brace rod in the folded position.

The Festool Track uses 8 mm Square nuts to secure the topping mount to the underside of the MFT rail.