Cheese
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Kodi Crescent said:
That's hilarious...no...I've never heard that quote, but I will be quoting it from here on out...
Kapex is DEAD
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That's hilarious...no...I've never heard that quote, but I will be quoting it from here on out...
Cheese said:
i had heard that, but once loaned my chainsaw to one of my builders. After six months or so with no return, i went looking for my saw which was in excellent condition >>> when i loaned it. When he handed it back to me, the teeth on the chain were all rounded and blue. The bar was bent and the motor was burned out from not adding 2-cycle oil to the gas. Needless to say, I never loaned anything to that guy again.
The other end of the spectrum was when a good friend was going to buy a small bandsaw, but did not know if such a small size would handle his needs. I had a 9 or 10 " bench model that I had inherited from my dad that i loaned my friend so he could test it. I told him to use as long as he needed to as i did not, at the time, have space in my own shop. The saw was not in great condition when I loaned it, but my friend completely stripped it down, determined what parts were needed, went directly to the manufacturer, had a long discussion (or several)with engineers and found out the saw was at the time, 43 years old (that was about 30 years ago). Diston (it was a Rockwell-DeWalt-Diston) still had enough parts to completely build a new saw if needed. My friend not only replaced all parts needed, but he built a beautiful oak stand for the saw with a brass plaque with my name on it. When my friend passed away, his youngest son brought the saw back to me in far better condition than when i had loaned it to his dad.
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Hi my kapex went for repair after 1 year and 3 months of use I'm site carpenter I'm always use high power constant use 5kv transformer I was weary disappointed. Festool fix it for free as have 3 years warranty. But let's get to the point! I bought my festool kit because I was thinking they are best quality simply they isn't the new milewaukiee chop saw eats kapex. Kapex it's too week on power, stiupidly designet Frances that you have to remove every single time if you would like to use both bevels, after a time of use its hard to turn the angle table from side to side. And yes I'm a festool daily user 
my wasted money sits in kapex for sure. I'm positive that when it break again it will be when warranty gone and I will go for milewaukie.
my wasted money sits in kapex for sure. I'm positive that when it break again it will be when warranty gone and I will go for milewaukie.Interesting bunch of posts. I am having to send mine in for the armature to be replaced now too because the motor does not spin up nearly as fast as it used to. I noticed it when someone at the Festool Road show in Toronto ran one and it was running way faster than what I know mine does (Just from the sound)
Pretty awesome saw though- And the service is top notch. The dude with the northern ontario/french accent is a pro and put a new armature on my TS-55 saw and it runs like a top now. Tres bien monsieur.
Pretty awesome saw though- And the service is top notch. The dude with the northern ontario/french accent is a pro and put a new armature on my TS-55 saw and it runs like a top now. Tres bien monsieur.
