I hesitated having my first post be on this topic but having decided to I'll say this up front. I have done a bunch of reading here and elsewhere on this topic and it seams to divide folks into several camps and that is not my intention. I'm looking less for a discussion of the problem and more for the best solution.
Oh and thanks in advance for any helpful opinions and shared experience.
Just received Kapex (first festool along with ct26). I don't normally get out precision tools and check things like MS bases when I get them but I was setting up the Kapex on a saw helper and I usually throw a nice long straight edge on the saw to plane out the wings.
Turns out I've got a ~1/16" height discrepancy in the base (not between the center table and wings but from edge to edge on just the left side). I read some threads here and figured if it ain't broke don't fix it and started cutting some wood. End result is I'm getting some minor burn from binding when cutting from the left. I have other miters, including an ancient Hitachi C8FB2 from 91' that is still cutting beautifully (way too much dust) but I've never spent much time micro tuning them except for the occasional tweak of the fences, So I'm no saw guru outside of using them all my life and changing a brush or two.
Called Festool for advise and then came the dilemma. Someone pointed out that if the saw goes to the service dept they go over it with the proverbial comb and it gets tuned better than out of the factory. So if you were in my shoes would you just return the saw and get a new one, or is there an advantage to just getting it "fixed"?
As an aside, a totally different lesson learned was instead of being cheap and avoiding the sales tax buy local, especially with a large heavy item, (comes with the price tag I guess). Just wondering what the chances of getting another one that needs replacing are if I just use the 30 day return policy.
Oh and thanks in advance for any helpful opinions and shared experience.
Just received Kapex (first festool along with ct26). I don't normally get out precision tools and check things like MS bases when I get them but I was setting up the Kapex on a saw helper and I usually throw a nice long straight edge on the saw to plane out the wings.
Turns out I've got a ~1/16" height discrepancy in the base (not between the center table and wings but from edge to edge on just the left side). I read some threads here and figured if it ain't broke don't fix it and started cutting some wood. End result is I'm getting some minor burn from binding when cutting from the left. I have other miters, including an ancient Hitachi C8FB2 from 91' that is still cutting beautifully (way too much dust) but I've never spent much time micro tuning them except for the occasional tweak of the fences, So I'm no saw guru outside of using them all my life and changing a brush or two.
Called Festool for advise and then came the dilemma. Someone pointed out that if the saw goes to the service dept they go over it with the proverbial comb and it gets tuned better than out of the factory. So if you were in my shoes would you just return the saw and get a new one, or is there an advantage to just getting it "fixed"?
As an aside, a totally different lesson learned was instead of being cheap and avoiding the sales tax buy local, especially with a large heavy item, (comes with the price tag I guess). Just wondering what the chances of getting another one that needs replacing are if I just use the 30 day return policy.
