MFTs as Outfeeds

[skids]

Anyone using their MFTs as outfeeds for the Kapex? Curious to see some pictures if so. I have an Mft Kapex and considering adding two MFTs to the shops to be used for various tasks (set up, general use, cross cutting, table saw outfeed, etc). Just want to see if anyone has them set up this way.

 

[sancho57]

I have 3 of them. yes I use them as out feeds when necessary for my CMS and Kapex. plus when using connectors I set them up so it makes it easy to rip ply and a support for cross cutting long pieces when using the MFT.

I ready to buy another one .

 

[skids]

I have 3 of them. yes I use them as out feeds when necessary for my CMS and Kapex. plus when using connectors I set them up so it makes it easy to rip ply and a support for cross cutting long pieces when using the MFT.

I ready to buy another one .

Thanks...so does everything line up nicely with the Kapex table? You don't happen to have any pictures do you?

 

[GarryMartin]

I have two MFT KAPEX either side of my KAPEX KS 120 that are used as outfeed support for various tasks. My MFT/3 is to the left of the left hand side MFT KAPEX at the same 900mm height too so I have quite a large area of support. Works very well.

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[Mortiser]

Garry, that's a nice looking set-up. Can you tell me the dimensions of the cabinet on which your Kapex is mounted?
Thanks.
Rich

 

[GarryMartin]

It's on adjustable legs and the KAPEX itself is on an adjustable platform on top of the cabinet, so I doubt it would help you much.

If you're trying to level it to an MFT/3 at 900mm, then there are two critical measurements. The KAPEX bed is at 112mm *when placed on a flat surface* - this is also the height of a SYS1 which is why you sometimes see them used as outfeeds.

But if you have the KAPEX on a MFT KAPEX table, then it registers into holes on the table which lowers the overall height to 110mm.

So if you want to build a cabinet for the KAPEX KS 120 that puts the bed level at 900mm, and you don't drill holes for the KAPEX feet, you need to make the height 788mm. If you drill the holes, you want 790mm.

Hope this helps.

 

[skids]

I have two MFT KAPEX either side of my KAPEX KS 120 that are used as outfeed support for various tasks. My MFT/3 is to the left of the left hand side MFT KAPEX at the same 900mm height too so I have quite a large area of support. Works very well.

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Oh now this is sexy...I like how you made this work, particular those MDF extensions from the Kapex base to the table edge. Do you have any closer up shots of how you fabbed those?

My application would literally be two MFTs to the left and right of the Kapex which will continue to sit on my MFT Kapex table. I believe the base extensions from Festool (total rip off at $250 US) extend and cover most of any gap between Mft/3 and Kapex base but not as nicely as what you did here.

 

[grobkuschelig]

...The KAPEX bed is at 112mm *when placed on a flat surface* - this is also the height of a SYS1 which is why you sometimes see them used as outfeeds....

Just a reminder on what I remember from another thread:
- Kapex 120/88: Classic Systainer
- Kapex 60: T-Loc Systainer

There are subtle differences. I hope I don’t have anything wrong.

 

[GarryMartin]

Just a reminder on what I remember from another thread:
- Kapex 120/88: Classic Systainer
- Kapex 60: T-Loc Systainer

There are subtle differences. I hope I don’t have anything wrong.

I'm not sure where that comes from, but to the best of my knowledge, it's not at all correct. The height of a Classic Systainer 1 and of a T-Loc Systainer 1 are the same at 112mm including the "feet" and this is the height of the Kapex KS 120 bed when sat on a flat surface, and of the KS 60 bed when used with the additional plastic feet.

 

[GarryMartin]

Oh now this is sexy...I like how you made this work, particular those MDF extensions from the Kapex base to the table edge. Do you have any closer up shots of how you fabbed those?

Nothing special. A lot of trial and error and mock-ups to get the angles and offsets correct, but then reproduced finally in 22mm MDF. The sides that sit on the Kapex are slightly shimmed to bring them level, and the sides on the MFT tables have a slight rabbet so that they sit on the aluminium profiles and are flush with the tables.

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[grobkuschelig]

Good to know!
I stand corrected.

It was something that was discussed in longer form somewhere else and somehow I thought it might be worth remembering.

I only have a KS-60 and T-Locs so I can only test half of the theory.

 

[grobkuschelig]

This really is a nice setup! [emoji1303]

 

[NL-mikkla]

This really is a nice setup! [emoji1303]

It sure is! And so clean to  [smile]

 

[Doug S]

Just a reminder on what I remember from another thread:
- Kapex 120/88: Classic Systainer
- Kapex 60: T-Loc Systainer

There are subtle differences. I hope I don’t have anything wrong.

I'm not sure where that comes from, but to the best of my knowledge, it's not at all correct. The height of a Classic Systainer 1 and of a T-Loc Systainer 1 are the same at 112mm including the "feet" and this is the height of the Kapex KS 120 bed when sat on a flat surface, and of the KS 60 bed when used with the additional plastic feet.

[member=11629]GarryMartin[/member] the t locs are about 3mm higher than classics when on a flat surface because of the feet but the stack height is the same.

 

[GarryMartin]

[the t locs are about 3mm higher than classics when on a flat surface because of the feet but the stack height is the same.

Thanks Doug. Definitely the T-Loc height matches the Kapex KS 120 bed height then.

 

[skids]

thanks..great set up...in your third picture where you show a close up of the Kapex base and your extension. what is it you used to connect the MDG to the v groove on the Kapex?

 

[GarryMartin]

thanks..great set up...in your third picture where you show a close up of the Kapex base and your extension. what is it you used to connect the MDG to the v groove on the Kapex?

Nothing. It just rests on the Kapex and sort of "friction fits" between the Kapex and the MFT KAPEX tables. I haven't found a need for it to be "attached" in any way yet although I originally planned to use something similar to the Kapex extensions with a clip underneath and a v-shaped profile on top.