Kapex miter issue...
- Thread starter Lou in DE
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Hi Lou
Are you supporting both sides of the piece whilst it is being cut? It looks like the smaller piece is flying off just before the end of the cut as the small nib is not strong enough to resist the friction of the blade.
Peter
Are you supporting both sides of the piece whilst it is being cut? It looks like the smaller piece is flying off just before the end of the cut as the small nib is not strong enough to resist the friction of the blade.
Peter
it's possible that the blade depth screw is not adjusted for the cut you're making. it's been addressed at various times on the forum--that's how I know about it, because it's not in the festool manual or the supplemental manual. I'll try to put a pic up of the screw I'm talking about.
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Thanks - I think Peter nailed it. I made some more cuts with various degrees of support.
The original cuts were just trimming an inch or so, so there was no support on the small
off cuts - they just broke off but the keeper piece was a nice clean cut all the way through.
I went a bit further and did the same cut but used a longer piece so that I could clamp
the off cut - problem solved. If you were doing some trim with "returns" like chair rail then
you might want that little off cut - I suppose you would just cut off the nub with a utility knife
or something.
Teocaf - that's a great tip - Thanks!
Here are a couple pics of new test cuts:
This gives a better look at what was happening - this nub would be at the bottom, fence side of course:
Here's another cut with more support (more wood against the fence) on the cut-ff side, but still not clamped:
Here is a cut with the off cut side clamped - sorry, I have the pieces upside down but the nub is gone!
Thanks everyone!
Lou
The original cuts were just trimming an inch or so, so there was no support on the small
off cuts - they just broke off but the keeper piece was a nice clean cut all the way through.
I went a bit further and did the same cut but used a longer piece so that I could clamp
the off cut - problem solved. If you were doing some trim with "returns" like chair rail then
you might want that little off cut - I suppose you would just cut off the nub with a utility knife
or something.
Teocaf - that's a great tip - Thanks!
Here are a couple pics of new test cuts:
This gives a better look at what was happening - this nub would be at the bottom, fence side of course:
Here's another cut with more support (more wood against the fence) on the cut-ff side, but still not clamped:
Here is a cut with the off cut side clamped - sorry, I have the pieces upside down but the nub is gone!
Thanks everyone!
Lou
I would adjust your depth of cut via the screw a little bit anyway.
Peter
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