kapex UG stand video

[vwdave]

That will be hard to find.  Its hard to bash products that work extremely well..  Get the card out, its only going to hurt once.  [tongue]

Dave

 

[Julian Tracy]

For a review to be truly helpful, it's nice to have the reviewer's opinion as to whether he'd buy it again at the full price.  Kreg got his for free, Dave got his cheap.

At those prices, I'd probably love it too.

Question is - at $800 +++ is it worth the dough and would you buy it at that?

I've got tons of Festool - most bought used and I love just about all of them.  There are a few though, that at full retail, I wouldn't buy again, but there are also a few that, no question they're worth the huge stinkin price they cost.

Bought the Domino new - it was worth it.  TS55, bought used - would buy again new at full price (though I'd also look at the Makita as most reviewers saw it's as good if not a little more powerful than the TS.)

The "value for the tool's cost" is an important part of any review imo..

JT

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Ok, so one of the criticisms that Dave made of the Kapex UG was it's lack of crown stops. Granted there are some options, like he demonstrated. Here's another option that you have if you've got the UG stand and cut crown moulding. Simply flip the left and right extensions and connect them on the opposite sides. You can then use the fence on the back of the extensions to nest your crown. The extensions can be adjusted front to back to the correct spacing needed depending on the size of the crown.

See the photo below for an example.

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This was the tip I wanted to share with you that was presented by a dealer attending AWFS.

 

[jmbfestool]

DAM IT why didnt I think of that! 

Nice tip though!    Shame I never cut large crown! I could show the little trick of to people I work with!

JMB

 

[Steve R]

Ok, so one of the criticisms that Dave made of the Kapex UG was it's lack of crown stops. Granted there are some options, like he demonstrated. Here's another option that you have if you've got the UG stand and cut crown moulding. Simply flip the left and right extensions and connect them on the opposite sides. You can then use the fence on the back of the extensions to nest your crown. The extensions can be adjusted front to back to the correct spacing needed depending on the size of the crown.

See the photo below for an example.

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This was the tip I wanted to share with you that was presented by a dealer attending AWFS.

Shane nice tip,

Now... what I want and don't understand is why isn't us why don't the crown molding extensions also have the grove on the ends to accept the wings? Seems like a no brainier to me, for a system.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Now... what I want and don't understand is why 't the crown molding extensions  do not also have the grove on the ends to accept the wings? Seems like a no brainier to me, for a system.

Steve, there's a simple reason. The Kapex UG and it's associated extensions were not developed until well after the introduction of the crown stops. The original extensions made for the Kapex did not require a V-groove to connect to the saw. I'm not denying that there should have been more consideration given to the design. I believe that crown is just not common in Europe and because of that it was given adequate consideration in the design process unfortunately.

Shane

 

[honeydoman]

Shane nice tip. !! 

 

[vwdave]

I think its brilliant.  As long as you don't have to cut short pieces that require a stop across the entire saw bed, this should work amazing.  Thanks for showing us this.

Dave

 

[Steve R]

Now... what I want and don't understand is why 't the crown molding extensions  do not also have the grove on the ends to accept the wings? Seems like a no brainier to me, for a system.

Steve, there's a simple reason. The Kapex UG and it's associated extensions were not developed until well after the introduction of the crown stops. The original extensions made for the Kapex did not require a V-groove to connect to the saw. I'm not denying that there should have been more consideration given to the design. I believe that crown is just not common in Europe and because of that it was given adequate consideration in the design process unfortunately.

Shane

Shane,

And so the crown stops can't be changed?  ...to be even a more sellable or more featured product to improvei it?  Remember the saying "“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?

I ask why not.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Steve,

I'm not "in the loop" enough with the product development team in Germany to say whether there may be a future update to the crown stops or not. I know that customers' feedback regarding the lack of a crown stop option has been provided. I suspect there will be a solution at some point but I have no details or time frame to share.

Shane

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I think its brilliant.  As long as you don't have to cut short pieces that require a stop across the entire saw bed, this should work amazing.  Thanks for showing us this.

Dave

I was thinking the same thing Dave, and also what a 16' piece of crown would do set up like that.

 

[Jay Brewer]

Are the mounting plates on the extensions long enough to slide out enough to create a gap between them and the saw base? My first thought when I saw these wings were to add a piece of T-track between them and the saw base. This would provide the attachment point for the plastic crown stops.