bevel action to the right

[pgurnee]

Had the Kapex for 2 years. Love it. Very smooth. Until yesterday.

With the green bevel selection knob in the first setting when I bevel to the right a scraping noise has developed.
(The black lock lever on my saw seems to be up past 90* a smidgen when fully open.)

There has always been 'little extra effort' required to bevel right to get past the 90* detent.

If I move the green selector knob to either the middle or far right setting there is no fixed 90* detent from the left and also no noise to the right.

I dont swing the motor head when I bevel. I use the rotation control on the right hand control arm.
FWIW the spring counter balance works perfectly. When I get to the angle I want I let go of the saw and it stays put until I lock it.

I found a post about the scraping from 2008. Several folks mention the noise but there is no solution mentioned.
Any one know of an at home adjustment?

Thanks, Paul

 

[FestitaMakool]

I don’t know if this helps, but there could be just a small issue of something making the scraping noise. When I saw you post I came to think of this review of the Kapex 120 that I came over from Building Guru. He does seemingly good technique videos and reviews.
There’s a section there were he pulls off the back panel - see if this is something you can do yourself.
=share

 

[Gregor]

Sorry for having to put it like this, but: you might be doing it wrong.

From the Kapex-KS120-Supplemental-Manual, page 13:

Setting the Bevel Angle
A beveled cut is where the saw head is tilted to the left or right from vertical. The Kapex saw is capable of beveling up to 47° to the left and right.
The bevel range selector engages a series of angle stops. The selector has three settings. The first setting, (0-45°) limits the bevel travel between 0 degrees and 45 degrees to the left. The second setting (±45°) limits the beveltravel between 45 degrees to the left and 45 degrees to the right. The last setting (±47°) limits the bevel travel to the full extent of the saw, which is 47 degrees to the left and to the right.

NOTICE: These settings are not hard-limits, and turning the bevel adjustment knob into one of the limit settings will cause the spring loaded limit to be bypassed. However, it should be noted that doing so can cause premature wear to the bevellimits.

Emphasis mine.

According to this you should keep the head tilt within the limits selected by the bevel range selector.
But I'm no native speaker, so my internal translation might be off.

 

[Vondawg]

Nice video, hadn’t seen this before....good find.
OP: maybe some debris in those greats??

 

[ChuckM]

I've seen that review video before, and it is done well, unlike some three hours long -- super long-winded --reviews (exaggeration, of course). [tongue]

Luckily, my Kapex does not have the fence problem that he fixed.

I do agree with his sentiment that as the most expensive mitre saw in the planet, it should come out of the box "perfect." That's, the saw shouldn't come with the fence problem seen in his video. For the half a dozen of premium hand planes I own, other than sharpening, I did nothing to the planes out of the box, and they work perfectly. And they aren't close to being the most expensive planes under the sky.

 

[pgurnee]

Gregor you may very well be right. I was not turning the knob to 45+ to bevel to the right. My very bad.  My much embarrassment.

I agree with you guys that out of the box a 1400.00 miter box should work perfectly. While I have not watched video yet I have not noticed any other problems with this tool.

When my 15 yo Bosch got to tired to use regularly and parts wore out I looked to replace it with another Bosch.The new saw was too heavy move from truck to job site to truck every day. And I did not like the way the saw worked for me.
I then tried the Milwaukee 10" cordless, a Makita and 2 Dewalts.

I loved that Milwaukee...light...easy to use...nimble (if that makes any sense)...BUT only good for 8" stock. There was simply too much run out on wider stock. Mil. Tech dept said no way and sent me replacement even before I returned the one I had.
Oops. Exact same problem. But I also had turn the vac on every time I used the saw or listen to it all day. No.
Likewise the Makita. Both Dewalts had issues, unusable fences and warped tables.

I bought the kapex. It is a pound heavier then the Mil. I can live with that. And it works. I dont need to list all the benefits on this site. I gather from the reviews on the video that other people have problems with theirs. I am happy to say I do not. (yes the moter issue is the elephant in the room)

Thanks for the responses
Paul

 

[Gregor]

Gregor you may very well be right. I was not turning the knob to 45+ to bevel to the right.

I'm confident that remembering to twist that particular knob will return you to being a happy Kapex user in no time.

My very bad.  My much embarrassment.

Don't worry and don't be.
We're all humans... good decisions stem from experience, which is gained through learning from bad decisions 

 

[pgurnee]

Thanks Gregor. I even have the supplement. I obviously overlooked that very important information. Guess I better go back and reread the whole thing.

 

[FestitaMakool]

I've seen that review video before, and it is done well, unlike some three hours long -- super long-winded --reviews (exaggeration, of course). [tongue]

Luckily, my Kapex does not have the fence problem that he fixed.

I do agree with his sentiment that as the most expensive mitre saw in the planet, it should come out of the box "perfect." That's, the saw shouldn't come with the fence problem seen in his video. For the half a dozen of premium hand planes I own, other than sharpening, I did nothing to the planes out of the box, and they work perfectly. And they aren't close to being the most expensive planes under the sky.

I agree with you [member=57948]ChuckM[/member] - Disclaimer: Only referring to my purchases of FT gear.
My Precisio saw had to undergo adjusting beyond what I expected, not too much, but it should be better from the plant. My KS 120 is fairly ok, the base is flat, but the moving fence could be better - for the price of this thing.. One of my FSK rails for the HK(C) has the ruler tape stretched, the two others are ok. Festool makes very nice tools, with quality components, but it seems that quality control could be better.