I screwed up my new Kapex

[Tinker]

Quote>>> So I would like to avoid damaging the guard again when I get round to attaching it

 

[griffs]

Consider it baptized now, that first mark takes the stress away of trying to keep it pristine, which is a lost cause anyway.
I did it on my kapex as well, but the worst was cutting into my 1 week old Felder slider. A piece of wood jammed between the fence and blade and pushed the blade against the slider and made a notch. I guess it was bound to happen, i think it's worse if it happened after managing to keep it pristine for several years. that would have been a bigger bummer.

  Without turning this thread in to a felder thread I have nicked the sliding table on my felder, I have seen an  older felder with the complete sliding table damaged,

  Oh yes I have also been down the kapex route!

 

[Brandon]

Easy way to avoid is to not use the fence at all. I've had my Kapex for a few years and I'd guess I've used the sliding fence things twice, they just get in the way for most applications.

 

[b_montgo]

Considering the fence stayed attached to the saw tells you how well done the fence/base connection is on the Kapex. There aren't a whole lot of 10" hitachi sliders out there with their flip fence still in tact lol.