Thread: What's a Kapex?

Gee you must have got one of those Kapex's early then.

Yes, you are in a different league. A true master by all accounts. I'll go and wallow in my mediocraty and leave the expert machining to you.

Originally Posted by boban

Gee you must have got one of those Kapex's early then.

Yes, you are in a different league. A true master by all accounts. I'll go and wallow in my mediocraty and leave the expert machining to you.

What a pathetic thing to say. Why dont you go wallow in your mediocraty and leave this thread to those who are interested in the product

Is it wrong to want to machine up a top and have the join perfect?

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A few posts back you described yourself into finish carpentry... Maybe you should have explained it clearer. 
  
 And when have i ever said im the only one classified as a cabinetmaker here??? I would love to see the quote

I think most people know what I do and the second part of the statement was obviously a backhander.

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Well we obviously use them in an entirly different mannor on different types and styles of product. Chalk and cheese in what i do. Biscuit joiner very limited in what it can do and the accuracy bit is beond compare. Again its probbably the different work we both do.And if they are so similar for you, why did you get one then? and why not sell it back or put it on ebay and get your money back.

You obviously dont read well. The Domino is a different tool to the biscuit joiner, that is why I bought it. Now here is the important part - THEY OPERATE ALMOST IDENTICALLY AND BOTH CUT AS ACCURATELY AS ONE ANOTHER. SET THE DEPTH ON EITHER AND BOTH WITH CUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SETTINGS. Now to be clear, the Domino is a better tool with so many more options than the BJ but the accuracy of the cuts is the same.

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Look back at the post carefully. I said it was my opinion it will sell for $1500 for the base model NOT $3000

That seems unlikely but we'll see.

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Again why would i want a panel saw? Apart from a minimun of 4grand secondhand and a huge footprint that i dont have The Jet + TS75 will do everything and more than a panell saw. Throw into that the Kapex and a panel saw would be a waste of money and space. You forget i make solid furniture NOT melamine or veneered sheet goods.

Get your head out of the sand. Go to AWISA and see how well a 7.5Hp panel saw rips/joins a 120x120m piece of solid timber. None of the tools you mention above will do it with the speed of the panel saw.

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 Is their anything wrong with having Festool fever? You dont seem to because your few posts in the Festool thread are generaly negative. I dont see why you even bother viewing little own replying

Of course, only over the top, biased drivel need be posted about the virtues of an overpriced tool that you haven't used. IMHO, my statements are generally not driven by emotion or loyalty to a particular brand.

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 That is very debatable. Actualy i doubt it.

Not even worth debating this point. Sounds like a wank in hindsight, but my point was that I am not talking without experience.

Why do you persist on talking down anyone who dare's question the value of Festool products? How does that add to discussion?

As per usual, you are an aggressive bugger when an opposing opinion is presented.

Originally Posted by Lignum

What a pathetic thing to say. Why dont you go wallow in your mediocraty and leave this thread to those who are interested in the product

Is it wrong to want to machine up a top and have the join perfect?

Nothing wrong with wanting perfection, but Festool is obviously not the only option.

Well as to what's pathetic, perhaps you should read what you have written

Oh boy how quick this thread is becoming saur. Sure Festool is not the only choice, sure Festool is not always the best option, sure Festool is expensive but so are other substances

Face it: in this Festool forum we 're mostly all completely Festool junkies. I know there are more addictions far more worse than this one.

I'm for one far beyond argueing festool is better or not, I simply do not care, I'm a lost (fest)soul .

So now I go back on drooling on this magnificent Kapex tool and leave you boys to yours, whatever, you're doing.

Frank-Jan thanks for these scans! If digital files could get soggy from drooling, they now are.

Originally Posted by Carpenter

Here's some more to get the juices flowing. They're not the greatest images, but it fills in some more detail.

Hey these pages are Dutch, great! Where did you get those?

Zuma, they're scans of the folder from the fair. A few toolstores that sell festool stuff put it on their website. I think they were requested to remove them, since I cannot find them anymore with google (or else I would have given you the link) (They now have the teaser thingy, which only shows the top half and "more info 1st of March"

Ta for the pics FJ - certainly more useful than most of the other posts .

Be calm, gentlemen.

Hey these pages are Dutch, great! Where did you get those?

From here! http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=158.25

I emailed Festool HO in the fatherland about the Kapex & they've passed it on to HO in Oz. I got this email from Stefan Felix of Festool Australia;

Hi Matt,

Thank you for your enquiry about the KAPEX KS 120 saw.

The current situation of the planning is as follows:

The German version is available in Germany from May and they will be available in AUS in the 2nd half of the year but no date has been confirmed as yet.

Sorry, we can't give you any more accurate details at this stage.

However, don't hesitate to contact us in a few months time for an update.

Thanks and kind regards
Stefan Felix

Boy Am I happy that I live next doors of the fatherland. I bet the Kapex will be launched the same time as in Germany. The only problem I'll have will be the money and ofcourse the right argument for buying ist. I do have a pulling saw in my basis.... The only real difference is the saw height 120mm to a lousy 50mm. Even with turning the wood I won't reach 120mm

Originally Posted by Carpenter

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The current situation of the planning is as follows:

The German version is available in Germany from May

Thanks for the info, straight from the horses mouth
I saw an online store that announced the end of March, guess they changed the schedule,I did ask the guy giving the demonstration, but I was drooling over the machine, and only remembered the price.

I don't mind, I don't like facing the temptation of taking the thing home everytime I go to the hardwarestore (which is usually every other day).

Made a few more scans from the folder, at a bit higher resolution then the previously posted.





edit/ Sorry Groggy, don't mean to saddle people up with malware on their system, any suggestions of another free picturehosting? (I chose this by looking at pictures posted by others at a computerhardware forum I visit, because I haven't uploaded pics in a while, and the ones I used to use don't exist anymore) BTW I use nod32 myself, and it doesn't say anything (but I do have the silent blocking thing from Spybot Search and Destroy running)

Originally Posted by Frank-Jan

edit/ Sorry Groggy, don't mean to saddle people up with malware on their system, any suggestions of another free picturehosting? (I chose this by looking at pictures posted by others at a computerhardware forum I visit, because I haven't uploaded pics in a while, and the ones I used to use don't exist anymore) BTW I use nod32 myself, and it doesn't say anything (but I do have the silent blocking thing from Spybot Search and Destroy running)

Not sure why my PC-Cillin kicked up such a fuss, anyone else get warnings from their systems?

Hi

Here is a link that gives all accesssories available for the Kapex. click on picture to enlarge.

riri