Woodwork Wizard
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The Kapex mitre saw is a very very wonderful saw and I absolutely adore mine, but I use the Festool SYM-70 far more often. It will easily cut 70x80mm so plenty more capacity than I would usually require in most circumstances, I think the dust extraction is equal to the Kapex if not better and I think the cut quality is certainly just as good as the Kapex. The SYM-70 is certainly much easier to transport as it's both small and very light at under 10 kg in weight. With 2 x 18mm boards underneath the saw on top of a Systainer stack the table of the saw is exactly 900mm so that's my saw-stand, along with a roller stand for material support.
Most of my income is from making built-in furniture and I use the SYM-70 to construct solid wood frames, a lot of this work is frequently in upstairs rooms and taking the Kapex with the UG cart up and down stairs can be awkward.
Most of my income is from making built-in furniture and I use the SYM-70 to construct solid wood frames, a lot of this work is frequently in upstairs rooms and taking the Kapex with the UG cart up and down stairs can be awkward.