kapex miter calibration problems

[norwegian wood]

hey there

          the kapex saw i have in my shop now for a couple years was mainly used as a cut off saw. never did too much accurate trim work with it in my shop because i mostly used a miter gauge on my table saw.  But the other day i noticed it was off on the 90 degree cut. So i adjusted it in according to the manuel and even tested it using the 5 cut method. and got it pretty much dead on. but then when i tested a 45 degree cut i noticed it was cutting more like 45.5. so i figure okay it must be off and check again the 90 and is dead on. then i try 45 right and left and both my 45 cuts seem to be cutting more like 45.5 which makes no sense since the saw is dead on the 90 cuts and cutting to wide both directions on the 45 cuts.. if it was 45.5 one way and 44.5 the other way it would make more sense but this is not the case. hope i am explaining this clear enough.

any ideas? 

thanks, Jan

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Jan,

The gauge can be moved toward and away from the direction of the fence to adjust this. Check out the Kapex supplemental manual on our website.

http://www.festoolusa.com/media/pdf/kapex-ks120-supplemental-manual.pdf

Of course, if the error is the same on both side, do not make any adjustments laterally. In your case, it would need to be moved in very slightly to correct for this since your +0.5.

 

[norwegian wood]

shane

    thanks you are 100 percent correct. before i had time to check here for a response i spent sometime yesterday finally doing this and it hit me. pulling the entire gauge out lessons the degree angle and pushing it in widens the angle. trick was not to move it laterally when doing so. so once i got my 90 where i was happy with it before i loosened the screws i would put a clamp on the saw locking it to the table it was sitting on so that it could not move side to side while i adjusted the gauge plate in or out. still made for a good day of rubbing my eye balls. and since i did not have the proper size torx screw driver the screws for the gauge plate have seen there better days  ; )

can i call the service department and order a set of those screws? or do you have the specs on them and i can see if i can find them locally?

Thanks, Jan