Last cut of the day today, and I cut right through my fence on my kapex

[PA floor guy]

The title says it all, I'm so upset.  My blade has maybe 3 installs on it, now it's shot, can anyone tell me, did I possibly do any other damage,.

 

[Brice Burrell]

I doubt you did any damage to the saw itself.  I'm surprised you trashed the blade, the magnesium alloy of the fence is pretty soft stuff.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I doubt the blade is trashed.

 

[mcooley]

Ditto that.

 

[PA floor guy]

Well I only say that because the saw made hundreds of crisp cuts on hickory, then after I screwed it up, it looked frayed and bad.  Well, can someone recommend a good blade, or do we all stick with festool blades.

 

[Birdhunter]

Do you mind sharing how it happened?

 

[PA floor guy]

Sure,
  Well I always keep the adjustable fence in tight for transport.  And doing this floor, I didn't have to make any mitres to this point.  So I just installed a piece of hickory up to a wall, and felt it needed a shim.  So I grabbed a piece of scrap hikory, turned the saw to 60 degrees and proceeded to be a moron.  I didn't realize till I smelled metal.  And seen shards on the floor.  Well the shim I made worked perfect at least.  Lol.  I quickly grabbed a piece of scrap to test cut it.  It looked like I cut it with a butter knife.  Yep, the blade is done.  So----- do we all stick with festool blades or possibly that tenyru

 

[tbellemare]

The blades are too good. Please get it resharpened.

Tom

 

[Rob Z]

PA Floor Guy,

I bet the blade is ok. The same thing happened  a few years ago  on our 10" Hitachi, and the fence on that saw is similar to the fence on the Kapex. 

Given the price of the blade, I would send it to the sharpener and ask them to inspect it and sharpen it.

And even if it's trashed, I would console myself with thought that no one got hurt.

 

[MrToolJunkie]

I would get it sharpened too...doubt it is finished. Are you getting a new fence that was cut or is it not that bad and a character cut?

 

[sancho57]

Dont feel bad, I wont talk about the kerf cut into my MFT fence and MFT profile .

Pus you wont believe how easy the TS 55 blades can cut trough a guide rail.

I dont know how it happened, it wasnt me, they just magically appeared one day

 

[AlexThePalex]

I'm with Tom, bring your blade to a good sharpening service and see what they can do. As said, the fence material is soft, an occasional cut into it shouldn't do too much harm to a blade.

I've cut aluminium on occasion with my wood blades, on purpose, it never went bad.

 

[wow]

I cut aluminum all the time on my table saw using my Forrest WoodWorker II blade. Yes, it dulls it faster than wood does...but it is still good to use even after several cuts in Aluminum.

I believe that the worst thing you did is probably to damage your fence. The blade needs - at most - to be resharpened.

I'll bet you felt sick when this happened? I know I would have. Fortunately it's all fixable or replaceable and, as mentioned by Rob, no one got hurt.

Congratulations on being human! Life goes on...

 

[xtrememtnbiker]

I cut into the fence on my Dewalt 12" miter saw on a compound 45°. Chunk of metal went flying, the blade was stuck on the fence and  had teeth bent, and now my saw has blade wobble from stuff being bent up.

Kinda surprising everybody says that the saw and blade are fine...  [blink]

 

[peter halle]

I cut into the fence on my Dewalt 12" miter saw on a compound 45°. Chunk of metal went flying, the blade was stuck on the fence and  had teeth bent, and now my saw has blade wobble from stuff being bent up.

Kinda surprising everybody says that the saw and blade are fine...  [blink]

Guess that the Festool parts are made of different metals than your Dewalt?

Peter

 

[xtrememtnbiker]

I cut into the fence on my Dewalt 12" miter saw on a compound 45°. Chunk of metal went flying, the blade was stuck on the fence and  had teeth bent, and now my saw has blade wobble from stuff being bent up.

Kinda surprising everybody says that the saw and blade are fine...  [blink]

Guess that the Festool parts are made of different metals than your Dewalt?

Peter

I guess so. It was nothing I wish to recreate on my Kapex (when I get it) to find out though.  [smile]