Peter Halle said:
bobfog said:
Peter Halle said:
[member=60286]bobfog[/member],
That wasn't the case. Festool has to return it with the OEM parts for their insurance protection just like they will not return a tool that was sent in for service out of warranty and then the customer declines, assembled. It is not a warranty issue.
Peter
[member=1674]Peter Halle[/member]
Thanks for the clarification, I understand the distinction - it's not specifically warranty.
Does that mean though, by extension, that there might be potential implications for Festool being liable/not being liable if someone had an accident with their saw that had OEM inserts vs their own zero clearance inserts? Would the customer be in a lesser position to make a claim against Festool, if all other things being equal, that the non OEM inserts could possibly have played a part in the cause of the accident?
You are asking legal questions that certainly I am not able to answer. Whereas the legal situation is certainly different in every country of the world if you are really interested or concerned you should seek legal advice from those experienced in the country you are concerned about.
Whereas the supplemental manual for the Kapex - commissioned and distributed on a Festool website has instructions for the construction of sacrificial fences...
In other words,
[member=1674]Peter Halle[/member] - fully appreciate you're not qualified to answer it, however it should be a question Festool can answer without the need for an end user/consumer/member of the public to commission legal advice. Maybe [member=57769]TylerC[/member] or [member=41214]Phil Beckley[/member] can approach the relevant people for an answer.
To expand on your point, that's interesting; Festool removed the inserts in the thread previously mentioned for insurance purposes, yet a Festool commissioned supplemental manual advises on the instruction of sacrificial fences.
Is that to say there is a contradiction here, or is it just the fence, not the bed - as such my original point stands? I wonder if the addition of a zero clearance insert for the bed/channel to accomodate the slide action of the blade is in fact an unauthorised modification that could potentially lead to liability issues.