kapex - table

[Sean]

is there a set factory tolerance level for the kapex table's surface as far as how level it should be?  this is a pic of my friends kapex, using stabila level, the ends on each side flush, but as you will see in the pic, the middle of the table has a gap of about 1/16"  - sean

 

[MiterMaster]

I have had some issues with my Kapex, and I've been through several - but I have not had a problem with the actual table being out of level like that.  If it were me, I would send that pic off to your dealer and request a replacement.  Of course it is hard to determine the actual gap, but from the pic it appears pretty substantial, not something I would tolerate.

Mike

 

[Brice Burrell]

Well, what did Festool have to say about this?

 

[Eli]

I think there's a bit of a gap so you can rotate the table with a piece of stock clamped in there?

 

[Sean]

Well, what did Festool have to say about this?

after seeing the picture in the email my friend sent to his dealer, the saw will be replaced with another unit - sean

 

[Sean]

I think there's a bit of a gap so you can rotate the table with a piece of stock clamped in there?

not exactly sure what you are suggesting, a $1300 saw should not need me to come up with ideas on how to correct the problem of an unlevel table surface  - sean

 

[Eli]

Mine's at the job and I'm off today, so it's not in front of me. I was suggesting that the level of the miter table itself might actually be lower than the sides, to allow swiveling while a piece of stock is clamped for cutting. Phew! Don't get your back up. 

 

[rnt80]

Eli, I knew what you were suggesting but wouldn't that compromise the squareness of the cut?  If you were trimming off the edge of a board and it didn't extend all the way across the swivel portion of the table then, theoretically, the stock wouldn't be at a true 90 to the blade.  Isn't that right or am I misreading something?

 

[Eli]

Nope not misreading. Maybe? I didn't say I had the answer, I was just trying to help look for the answer!  ;D

Sometimes I feel like we expect the Germans are working on how many angels to fit on the head of a pin. I mean the rubber does actually touch the road sometimes, and every material transaction in the universe has measurable error at some level right?

 

[Tony M]

Nope not misreading. Maybe? I didn't say I had the answer, I was just trying to help look for the answer!  ;D

Sometimes I feel like we expect the Germans are working on how many angels to fit on the head of a pin. I mean the rubber does actually touch the road sometimes, and every material transaction in the universe has measurable error at some level right?

I would have to agree with you, BUT the company did make tall claims for the product and big endorsements from the reviewers i.e. accurate cuts and zero deflection etc.,along with a tall price tag.