Valleywood
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- Apr 30, 2013
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- 24
I'm an advanced hobbyist who finally got to retire and work only in a shop. For dust control purposes I have begun migration to Festool. Now have the CT26 with snorkel and two sanders.
For years I have used the 7" Hitachi sliding mitre saw and still consider it one of the most accurate pieces of equipment I have ever owned. Dust control is nonexistent and I now need a tougher machine. She Who Must be Obeyed has decided she wants her vegetable garden bed raised for a million and one reasons. Pressure treated wood is unacceptable, so I had 2 x 6 white oak cut at our local saw mill. There was simply no way that little saw could handle that project. So . . . .
Called Bob Marino with a weird request, " Bob, I have to be out of town next week, so don't send me the Kapex yet. Would you please charge my credit card now and delay shipping for three days?" Seems Bob has heard goofy stuff like this before, so he said it would be fine. The saw showed up this past Tuesday (two days ago) and I mounted it on the Makita "mobile" mitre saw stand. It's "mobile" if you're a Green Bay Packer lineman, otherwise No. But it's perfect for my shop. I can move it twenty feet to cut outside and then bring it back in. It's a beast and a perfect match (with a few alterations) for my Kapex. Just don't like the Festool stand for worksite transport.
Yesterday I loaded up many of those new newly rough-cut 2 x 6 boards and cut them to size on the Kapex. That saw cut through that oak with hardly a moan. And the thing is so quiet I remain stunned. Nothing at all like the little Hitachi Howler. Yesterday I cut-to-size 200 Bd Ft of that white oak. Shoonta dunnit, but I was having so much fun! I barely know how to make the thing work, but since every cut was a 90 well. . . . . . Oh yeah. Before I forget. I have the saw connected to my Fein Turbo II. It works great. This way I can leave my CT26 where it belongs.
Let me cut to the Reader's Digest version. I, like many others have waited, and waited, and waited. Big ticket and all, don'tchaknow. What in the world was I thinking? What a machine! I now resent every moment I have put off this purchase. So, if you're fence-sitting, stop it! Pay the man your money and buy the saw. I've tried it in the store, etc. blah..blah..blah. It is worlds better in your own shop.
Now the other part. Bob Marino. Execution to perfection and not a single ruffled feather. Honest. I recommend his operation.
I'm trying very very hard to come up with something negative, or even sub-optimum about this entire experience. Got nuthin. How about this? I'll buy a better blade for furniture work. The one provided is dandy, especially for what I'm doing. I'll buy a smoother cut this winter. Is that statement critical enough to qualify as a "review"?
There are many tools I won't change over. I love my DeWalt track saw and will not change to green. I love my Makita impact drills. No change coming there. But the Kapex has no rival. It's the bomb. BTW, I'm a former finance guy, so it's cap-exx. Not like Superman, cape-ex. And I don't care what they call it in Germany. Do not confuse the issue with facts.
Domino next. :>)
For years I have used the 7" Hitachi sliding mitre saw and still consider it one of the most accurate pieces of equipment I have ever owned. Dust control is nonexistent and I now need a tougher machine. She Who Must be Obeyed has decided she wants her vegetable garden bed raised for a million and one reasons. Pressure treated wood is unacceptable, so I had 2 x 6 white oak cut at our local saw mill. There was simply no way that little saw could handle that project. So . . . .
Called Bob Marino with a weird request, " Bob, I have to be out of town next week, so don't send me the Kapex yet. Would you please charge my credit card now and delay shipping for three days?" Seems Bob has heard goofy stuff like this before, so he said it would be fine. The saw showed up this past Tuesday (two days ago) and I mounted it on the Makita "mobile" mitre saw stand. It's "mobile" if you're a Green Bay Packer lineman, otherwise No. But it's perfect for my shop. I can move it twenty feet to cut outside and then bring it back in. It's a beast and a perfect match (with a few alterations) for my Kapex. Just don't like the Festool stand for worksite transport.
Yesterday I loaded up many of those new newly rough-cut 2 x 6 boards and cut them to size on the Kapex. That saw cut through that oak with hardly a moan. And the thing is so quiet I remain stunned. Nothing at all like the little Hitachi Howler. Yesterday I cut-to-size 200 Bd Ft of that white oak. Shoonta dunnit, but I was having so much fun! I barely know how to make the thing work, but since every cut was a 90 well. . . . . . Oh yeah. Before I forget. I have the saw connected to my Fein Turbo II. It works great. This way I can leave my CT26 where it belongs.
Let me cut to the Reader's Digest version. I, like many others have waited, and waited, and waited. Big ticket and all, don'tchaknow. What in the world was I thinking? What a machine! I now resent every moment I have put off this purchase. So, if you're fence-sitting, stop it! Pay the man your money and buy the saw. I've tried it in the store, etc. blah..blah..blah. It is worlds better in your own shop.
Now the other part. Bob Marino. Execution to perfection and not a single ruffled feather. Honest. I recommend his operation.
I'm trying very very hard to come up with something negative, or even sub-optimum about this entire experience. Got nuthin. How about this? I'll buy a better blade for furniture work. The one provided is dandy, especially for what I'm doing. I'll buy a smoother cut this winter. Is that statement critical enough to qualify as a "review"?
There are many tools I won't change over. I love my DeWalt track saw and will not change to green. I love my Makita impact drills. No change coming there. But the Kapex has no rival. It's the bomb. BTW, I'm a former finance guy, so it's cap-exx. Not like Superman, cape-ex. And I don't care what they call it in Germany. Do not confuse the issue with facts.
Domino next. :>)
