Not sure if this should be posted here or in the tool problems area and not sure if I even have a problem. I took the plunge and bought the kapex. My old dewalt stopped working and thus started the qwest for a new saw. After reading numerous reviews and trying out a hitachi whose miter was very much out of square with no way to adjust, I finally decided on the kapex because I want to be able to count on precision and reliability.
So, the saw just arrived earlier in the week and I just today got the time to unbox and use it. I was very anxious to check it out and see what kind of precision it had right out of the box with no adjustment. Here's what I found:
-the inner edges of the fixed table "wings" are about 0.002-3 lower than the outer edges. That is, if I lay a straight edge across the whole table, both fixed portions of the table have a slight angle towards the inner rotating part of the table. I don't think this will be a problem beacause the material will always extend onto the center table which is level with the outer edge of the fixed tables.
- the fence has 0.003-4 gap as you move inwards towards the blade. This seems like it could be a problem when cutting material that doesn't span both sides if the fence.
-cut 2 pieces of straight MDF standing up with bevel at locked 0 and 90 bevel is dead on.
-do the same laying flat and miter 90 is dead on
-checking 45 miter buy cutting two sides of short stock. Angles are dead on checked against my woodpecker square
- left bevel checked same way and 45 is dead on
-right bevel checked and about 1/32 gap at outside corner. I might be doing something wrong.
Would the above mentioned out of straight measurements be within expected tolerance? I was hoping there would be no measurable gaps (was just using a feeler gauge). Also, for the bevel, should I take the time to run the 4 cut method explained in the supplemental manual, or should I assume I was doing something wrong on the right bevel since all the others were good?
So, the saw just arrived earlier in the week and I just today got the time to unbox and use it. I was very anxious to check it out and see what kind of precision it had right out of the box with no adjustment. Here's what I found:
-the inner edges of the fixed table "wings" are about 0.002-3 lower than the outer edges. That is, if I lay a straight edge across the whole table, both fixed portions of the table have a slight angle towards the inner rotating part of the table. I don't think this will be a problem beacause the material will always extend onto the center table which is level with the outer edge of the fixed tables.
- the fence has 0.003-4 gap as you move inwards towards the blade. This seems like it could be a problem when cutting material that doesn't span both sides if the fence.
-cut 2 pieces of straight MDF standing up with bevel at locked 0 and 90 bevel is dead on.
-do the same laying flat and miter 90 is dead on
-checking 45 miter buy cutting two sides of short stock. Angles are dead on checked against my woodpecker square
- left bevel checked same way and 45 is dead on
-right bevel checked and about 1/32 gap at outside corner. I might be doing something wrong.
Would the above mentioned out of straight measurements be within expected tolerance? I was hoping there would be no measurable gaps (was just using a feeler gauge). Also, for the bevel, should I take the time to run the 4 cut method explained in the supplemental manual, or should I assume I was doing something wrong on the right bevel since all the others were good?
