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**Braingeyser** · 28th June 2007, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Pete 42

Hi All,
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The price that was clearly quoted to me was $1600 PLUS GST, so the $1758 mentioned by Anthony would be correct.

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I just got home from putting a pre-order deposit on a Kapex. Launch price is $1599 INCLUDING GST. No more to pay, drive away.

August 1 is Kapex day (in Melbourne at least). If you KNOW you're gonna get one and are holding off until launch, then you'd best put in your order ASAP. I got the goss straight from a Festool rep that the initial order for the whole of Oz is...wait for it... 60 machines.

Those 60 go to the larger Festool distibutors.

200 more are due 2 weeks after launch which get distributed to the smaller dealers, and who knows how long after that before any kind of sizeable order arrives.

SWMBO barely even blinked when I told her I'd just spent 1600 on a new saw. After a brief pause, she replied casually "Well you'll have to be my slave for a week for this."

"Of course my beloved" I replied with a perfectly straight face "but I'm a little perplexed as to how this will differ from any other week"

When she finally pulled herself together and stopped laughing, I happily agreed. One weeks labour for a Kapex? Sounds like a fair swap to me

*whistles a happy tune, doing the happy dance while vacuuming the floor...*

**riri** · 5th July 2007, 01:16 AM

Hi,

It is now confirmed that the Basis extensions do fit on the machine. All you need is the connecting plate.

riri

**Frank-Jan** · 5th July 2007, 07:56 AM

What about the difference in height of the legs?

**nt900** · 5th July 2007, 09:09 AM

Hi Riri,

Which extensions do you mean exactly? This one http://www.idealtools.com.au/prod817.htm or something else? If it's this one, you cold always use a space Sys 1 to pick up the height difference. Although the KAPEX when sitting on the floor can use a Sys 1 as material support because the Sys 1 is the same height as the KAPEX working surface, on the MFT the KAPEX's rubber feet lock into the MFT table top holes I expect it drops a few millimeters. So you might need to adjust the height of the BASIS extension table accordingly, which should be no problem.

**riri** · 5th July 2007, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by nt900

Hi Riri,

Which extensions do you mean exactly? This one http://www.idealtools.com.au/prod817.htm or something else? If it's this one, you cold always use a space Sys 1 to pick up the height difference. Although the KAPEX when sitting on the floor can use a Sys 1 as material support because the Sys 1 is the same height as the KAPEX working surface, on the MFT the KAPEX's rubber feet lock into the MFT table top holes I expect it drops a few millimeters. So you might need to adjust the height of the BASIS extension table accordingly, which should be no problem.

Hi Anthony,

No the one i refer to is the extension arm ( up to 2 meters ) with the tape measure and the 2 legs. As i have adjustable legs, the height is not an issue and i was glad ( after the sales rep came over ) to see that it connects to tha Kapex ( via the plate ) without any problem.

Otherwise Kapex is perfect, easy to use and full of capabilities. In my opinion, it deserves a proper stand. The MFT is not stiff enough.

riri

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