My new Kapex and some other stuff

[Rob-GB]

Good morning Nigel,
early starter too eh!
Your reference to the "There's a 'wedge cutter' on the mitre gauge of my other tablesaw.It's just a notch cut into the side of the gauge." gave me an idea..
I may be able to cobble something up using the mitre fence and a couple of flag stops. Hopefully the next stair job won't be such a rush job.
Rob.

 

[jmbfestool]

JMB,

One question, I understand that the kapex and stand have a smaller footprint when standing up, but couldn't you alleviate any undue forces on the kapex by storing/transporting it laying flat?

Dan

Very true but! It takes up alot more room in my van where I store in my can so much so that it stops being having other things there. I did store the kapex the other way but found it was in the way alot.  But really its not different when your pulling it along going up curbs and stones and things like that on site. So I would still recommend doing this even if you was just pulling the kapex along it doesnt take long to just pull the leaver and lock it again just to take that bit of strain of the bevel compound.(what ever its called) 

I have two pictures showing you how its stored in my van and how the other way get in the way.

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

Some pictures!  Hey if you have the room then have it lying flat but with the amount of tools I put into my van I dont have the space.  Also as you can see in the pictures I have modified my bulk head so I can carry 8x4 sheets inside my van on edge! well the kapex gets in the way of that if its lying down. Thats why I transports mine upright but like I said I think you should still do it just for when your pulling it along on its wheels.

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[Nigel]

Good morning Nigel,
early starter too eh!
Your reference to the "There's a 'wedge cutter' on the mitre gauge of my other tablesaw.It's just a notch cut into the side of the gauge." gave me an idea..
I may be able to cobble something up using the mitre fence and a couple of flag stops. Hopefully the next stair job won't be such a rush job.
Rob.

    Yep,early bird and all that.Nice to know someone else is about....

   Here's a couple of pics of that fence I was on about:

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  Shouldn't be too difficult to make up a jig to work on the cms in a similar way.

  Incidentally I used the mft fence and flag stop on the cms slider to cut 90 odd spindles square and to length recently,worked perfectly.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

How do you guys work out of those little vans?

What about long material?  I normally get 16'+ lengths of trim all the way up to 20' for some exterior trim and decking.

Yes some of it gets delivered but, I like to be able to store it on site in my trailer as well.

 

[Rob-GB]

How do you guys work out of those little vans?

What about long material?  I normally get 16'+ lengths of trim all the way up to 20' for some exterior trim and decking.

Yes some of it gets delivered but, I like to be able to store it on site in my trailer as well.

Roof racks! ;D

I have also delivered a staircase, in kit form, in my motorhome with the strings poking out the back window! [eek] [laughing]
Needs must when the devil banker calls. ;D
Rob.

 

[Guy Ashley]

Warner, it is a case of having to!

In the towns and city's and villages on this side of the pond most roads were designed for a pair of horse drawn carts to pass by each other and so road width is a major, major, issue.

From my few visits to the US your residential streets are as wide as our Motorways!

Also on road parking when working on a domestic job tends to be very tight and sometimes parking a van is almost impossible, so your monster trucks and trailers just couldn't work here.

That's why most European vans have sliding side doors so you can gain access to your tools and materials because when you park it is not unusual to not be able to gain access via the rear doors.

If you are lucky your client has enough off street parking, if not then you had best be good at reversing!!

 

[woodguy7]

Rob, stairs look good, what thickness treads are you using on that ?
JMB, what is the material that your van is lined with.  The white stuff that goes over the wheel arch & up to the roof.  I just got my new van 3 days ago & i need to line it.

Cheers, Woodguy.

 

[Rob-GB]

Rob, stairs look good, what thickness treads are you using on that ?
JMB, what is the material that your van is lined with.  The white stuff that goes over the wheel arch & up to the roof.  I just got my new van 3 days ago & i need to line it.

Cheers, Woodguy.

25mm, it's the minimum I'd use for MDF treads, the architect wanted to go with solid timber (as I would have prefered) but the clients budget was the deciding factor, it's a complicated refurb of a listed property.

Rob.

 

[jmbfestool]

Rob, stairs look good, what thickness treads are you using on that ?
JMB, what is the material that your van is lined with.  The white stuff that goes over the wheel arch & up to the roof.  I just got my new van 3 days ago & i need to line it.

Cheers, Woodguy.

Its shiny white plastic I think its about 4 mm thick as I can remember! One side fell off on the sliding door as they had only stuck it on with silicon around the edge and not screwed it like they did on the rest lol Thats all I can tell you lol I bought the Van from Fiat 5 months old and they had already fitted it with this platic.  Im not sure what type of plastic it is! acrylic?!?!?  Its pretty flexible and strong and light in weight. Looks alot nicer than ply lining but its not as usefull for fitting things to which works fine for me as I dont want to have anything fixing to it.

When I didnt rack left side of the van it looked good with all the white sides.

What van have you bought?!?!?

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

How do you guys work out of those little vans?

What about long material?  I normally get 16'+ lengths of trim all the way up to 20' for some exterior trim and decking.

Yes some of it gets delivered but, I like to be able to store it on site in my trailer as well.

Like every one mentioned above!  Its not practical to have a large Van in the UK as your main van.  If you had a company you would have all your blokes in small to medium size vans and then have one or two very large vans for dropping things off.

I was thinking of getting a slightly larger van but thought I really only want it for carrying tools because I was working for a company who supplied all materials so all I had to do was get my self to the job and my tools.   Then I left the company and thought Dam I now have to get 8x4 sheets to the job.
So I thought ill buy a Rhino Roof rack but if it rains I might not want my material wet so I thought I some how need to get 8x4 in my van so I decided to get my Sthil Saw out and cut the Bulk head out. Then got this local metal company to bend me some metal I could then fix in my van.  Also a Roof rack increases the height of my van ofcorse and would restrict me from going certain places which have height restrictions like a car park.

I would like a Large van I could stand up in and I would fit a generator and compressor in permanently drill hole in the van for the exhaust be like a portable work shop always have power. This guy I use to work with did that with his large Van was really handy he could easily pump his own tyres up lol

JMB

 

[woodguy7]

JMB

Just got a Renault traffic sport.  Will post pics in a separate thread.

Woodguy.

 

[Texastutt]

First off, I'm really liking this thread, as I too just bought a Kapex and CT26 in the last four weeks and have been using them everyday, I sure wish we could get that rolling stand and wings you have. I've got wings made (prototypes or v 1.0), the stand? well I may have my welding shop copy the sawhelper and do it in aluminum... The tool just makes the trim carpenters job so much easier... I took one house trim job for me to get over the sticker shock.

As far as vans go, North America has an obsession with big Pick ups... I got a trailer used paid cash and pulled it with what I had, I have an older PU, but I think that that Sprinter is nice, though no mechanic over here likes it... so I saw a used 350 ford extended van diesel, big van big engine and not as nice on fuel as the sprinter but mechanic's know Ford... 4x8's, 16' trim, small projects that a trailer or rented cube van's not need for.