chucklesuk
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- May 27, 2017
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Hi all
First I'm quite new to all this Festool thing and for that matter woodworking. [unsure]
I have just purchased the above saw table module and installed everything ok. But the riving knife/extension has a little lateral play in it I would like to ask if this is normal? It is not a huge amount of movement but it has a tendency to lean slightly to one side enough to have stopped the timber feed a couple of times. I ended up clipping the vacuum hose in such a way to hold the knife vertically.
When I fitted the knife the bolt that goes through the saw body and joins the knife extension to the saw knife stopped suddenly as if the end had hit an obstruction at the far end. So although the bolt is very tight (to whatever it is pressing on inside the saw) and the knives are joined the bolt head is not in contact with the saw body and moves with the knives. To be fair Festool are sending a replacement knife and bolt to try but nobody I have spoken to seems to know if the knife and bolt movement is normal.
The extension knife is not bent in any way and seems to be joined tightly to the saw knife. I guess the movement comes from the saw end and this slight sideways movement is amplified by the extension.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal? If it is the norm I would not expect that of such expensive tools.
First I'm quite new to all this Festool thing and for that matter woodworking. [unsure]
I have just purchased the above saw table module and installed everything ok. But the riving knife/extension has a little lateral play in it I would like to ask if this is normal? It is not a huge amount of movement but it has a tendency to lean slightly to one side enough to have stopped the timber feed a couple of times. I ended up clipping the vacuum hose in such a way to hold the knife vertically.
When I fitted the knife the bolt that goes through the saw body and joins the knife extension to the saw knife stopped suddenly as if the end had hit an obstruction at the far end. So although the bolt is very tight (to whatever it is pressing on inside the saw) and the knives are joined the bolt head is not in contact with the saw body and moves with the knives. To be fair Festool are sending a replacement knife and bolt to try but nobody I have spoken to seems to know if the knife and bolt movement is normal.
The extension knife is not bent in any way and seems to be joined tightly to the saw knife. I guess the movement comes from the saw end and this slight sideways movement is amplified by the extension.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal? If it is the norm I would not expect that of such expensive tools.
