Thread: What's a Kapex?

I've seen it today, but didn't get as much time to play with it as I'd liked. The main surprise about it is, it doesn't have a 12 Inch blade as many suspected, but just over 10 " (260mm). But it can cut stock upright upto 120mm, the saw is locked a few cm more forward and it sinks a bit further into the slot in the table so it will still cut the entire depth at the fence, but the material is behind the centre of the blade. (this might sound a bit confusing but I hope it's clear to some) The angle divisor looked pretty cool to, it can be used for inside aswell as for outside corners, and thanks to the laser and a white surface with lines on the central leg, the angle is easily transferrable to the saw. In Holland it will cost 999€ excl. sales tax (for comparison: a domino in Holland costs 589€ excl. sales tax).

Thanks for the info Jan 10" sounds more like from the pics. And the price sounds good as it should be more like $1500 here

And Emile, where on that site is the Kapex I cant see it.

This is a scan of the overview of the maximum saw-capacity from the folder (it's also in the link Emiel gave, but it's a bit more visual this way I think)

edit: li. is the Dutch abreviation of Left, re. of Right.

Not sure what the reason for cutting 60x120 behind the blade when you can flip it over and do a normal cut Im i missing something?

The hold-down clamps where a joy to use (as oposed to the irritating thing on my makita). The stand consists of a basic mft (without the guiderail stuff etc) extension wings that can hold crown molding stops and a rails with flip-stops. (according to the link Emiel gave it comes as a set with the stand for 1600€ ex.)

The link to the Kapex is in Emiel's earlier post, on the previous page.

I made a few pictures with my cellphone, but somehow I've misplaced my bluetooth dongle so I can't post them now. (And I've had a few to many beers at the fair (and after) so I think I call it a night now

That way you can make a mitre cut instead of a bevel cut, usefull when you're installing trim for example.

Frank, the link Emile gave i carnt find the Kapex? can you repost the actual page link

Here you go: http://www.gewema.de/adr.php?id_kunden=85&id=656

But it's the same link he gave on page two, it takes me straight to the page with the Kapex folder.

Hi Lignum,

The link given by Emile in his first post, where the entire site is underlined and blue (as you'd expect) will take you directly to the overview of the Kipax. It also lists prices. The base unit is approx 950 Euros and the all singing, all dancing is 1600. If this link fails, Google on Festool Kapex and the site should be about 1/3 of the way down the first page after all the Ubeaut stuff.

Regards

Rob

Ooh boy that Kapex thing is sooooo cool The wife isn't going to like this one...

The wife:
"What! another trimmerguide? You already have one for your basis! Hey hasn't that basis thing also a saw? Are you out of you'r...."

Me:
"Yeah but ... 12cm's cutting height, that's nothing compared to my now very pathetic basis setup."

See if I'm getting away with this one....

So thats $1600~2700 au?

Hi Harry,

On a straight A$-Euro, that would be correct on yesterdays exchange. I had a look at Festool Germany, got the prices for three tools in Euro, then converted them using E1.00=A$1.667, then checked the prices on Festool Australia. Here's what I got
1. Domino: E680.68, xchange:A$1135.37, Festool Aus:A$1243.00
2. TS75 Plunge Saw: E646.18, xchange:A$1078.05, Festool Aus:A$1188.00
3. OF2000 Plunge Router: E748.51, xchange: A$1248.76, Festool Aus:A$1190.00.

Obviously ToolTechnics have to cover freight and variations in exchange rate over a set period. There's also the issue of whether Festool collect profit in Europe or in Australia and this will depend on tax rates in each country. But I think you can take the exchange and add about 10% and you'll be close, in general, to the selling price here.
I'd like to see what you will need to make the basic saw work like the whizz bang demos as this will translate into deciding whether you are better to be the all singing, all dancing version, or pay for the add ons as you discover, (usually at the most inconvenient moments) you need them.

Regards,

Rob

i went to the site and all i could see was german gobbledegook and no pictures. Don't the fools know that 90 percent of the western world speaks bloody english (except the seppos).

Originally Posted by Shedhand

i went to the site and all i could see was german gobbledegook and no pictures. Don't the fools know that 90 percent of the western world speaks bloody english (except the seppos).

Dont you learn or understand gobbledegook down their in Tas? If you have questions, dont be shy