On 12/8/2017 7:41 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 9:43:06 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
On 12/7/2017 7:41 PM, wrote:
I took a day off work today (have more days left than there are
working days left in the year) to go to the Festool Roadshow at
Highland Woodworking. Well worth the time spent, particularly the
free battery and charger ($145 list). Nice swag!
It is a great display, we get it this coming Monday. I got a battery
last year hoping for another or a discount on something. Ha. Ha.
Looking closely and seriously at the Kapex... ;~) Nope, I don't need
one, cant justify one, but there times that it might be very helpful.
Seems I always need to make a good clean cut when my TS is set up with a
stacked dado set.
IIRC you have the Bosch glide CMS. 10" or 12"? Anything to share about
that saw? I love the smoothness of the glide and up front controls but
for only 2.5 times the money, LOL, the Kapex offers a lot of perks. In
particular the ease of dialing in the bevel aided with counter balance
so that you don't have a lot of weight to hang on to when adjusting the
bevel. Dial laser indicating the wood that will disappear, small and
relatively lite weight, pretty good dust collection, the angle
finder/setup thingey, and lot's of good reviews. I saw a video of a 7
year old Kapex with dents and dings that gets carried to the jobsite
every day, the carpenter/owner still swears by it. Apparently it fell
out of his truck with no issues resulting.
Tis I that has the Bosch 10" Glide. You may recall that the first one I
received was faulty, leaving teeth marks as the blade spun down.
I stand corrected, and you have a tooth blade problem with several of
your blades. :!) One day you will venture out and get a Forrest WWII.
I switched to that blade in 1999 and have not looked back. If the stock
is flat and straight I get no tooth marks, often burnished. BUT you
have to have a robust saw also.
https://i.imgur.com/sGJYoVf.jpg
The replacement unit (easily accomplished through Amazon) is fine.
I wish I could offer an in-depth review, but I don't have much to compare it
to. My previous CMS was a 20+ YO low-end Delta. I haven't had the need to
do much (if any) in the way of compound cuts, mainly crosscuts with some 45°
every now and then. Works just fine for that. I mainly needed the glide
feature because of space limitations.
Ahh the Delta, I have one that is about that age, maybe older. It is a
12 CMS. Freaky loud and cranky. When I got my first cabinet saw and
Forrest WWII I immediately retired the Delta. I have used it a time or
two since. I miss having a miter saw when I need to make a good clean
cut and the TS is set up for something else.
At 67 lbs, I wouldn't exactly call it portable.
No, and an advantage to the Kapex is it's 47 lbs. PLUS it's compact
size and nothing slides past the back of the saw, much like the Bosch Glide.
Dust collection? Again, the only thing I can compare it to is the old Delta.
Compared to that, it's operating room ready. ;-) I did a test just for you
guys. I vacuumed all around the saw and then crosscut a piece of 1 x 8 poplar.
On the left is with the vacuum off. There's noticeably less sawdust on the
right, but the biggest difference is the cleanliness of my lungs. No spray
of sawdust in my face.
https://i.imgur.com/YhJv0wW.jpg
Thanks for reposting.
One of the first things I did was make a zero clearance insert. The two
piece insert that came with the saw was a joke. The gap was at least 1/2"
wide.
Based on my limited opportunity to compare it to anything other than my old
Delta, I'm satisfied with the Bosch. I used a 12" Dewalt slider a few months
ago in the workshop of the farm SWMBO works at, but that didn't count.
Someone used it to cut live branches, so all it did was burn it's way
through the wood I was trying to cut. (There was a sheep shearing exhibition
in the barn that the workshop is attached to. I convinced them not to
evacuate when the saw set off the smoke detectors in the workshop. Seriously.)