What's a Kapex?

**Honorary Bloke** · 22nd February 2007, 12:00 AM

Like many another Festool product, I predict this one will not see the light of day in the States.

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Like many another Festool product, I predict this one will not see the light of day in the States.

That's because it's German and they still got the 5hit5 on you buggers.

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 12:13 AM

BLOODY ENGLISH FOR CHRIST SAKE. Can someone translate the gobledegook so we can read about the damn thing. There must be someone here who can speak Deutsch.

**riri** · 22nd February 2007, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by Shedhand

BLOODY ENGLISH FOR CHRIST SAKE. Can someone translate the gobledegook so we can read about the damn thing. There must be someone here who can speak Deutsch.

Euh right, except... this is either in German or in French!!! ( it alternates ). It comes from Festool Switzerland. When it comes into french i can help you. what you want to know? if it's nice

if a nice girl comes with it?

riri

**riri** · 22nd February 2007, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Like many another Festool product, I predict this one will not see the light of day in the States.

Why would that be i wonder? Surely, you guys must be entitled to quality tools as well

.

riri

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by riri

Euh right, except... this is either in German or in French!!! ( it alternates ). It comes from Festool Switzerland. When it comes into french i can help you. what you want to know? if it's nice

if a nice girl comes with it?

riri

I want to know all about it. Want to read it myself. Can you translate into ENGLISH to most spoken language in the damn UNIVERSE. They even speak a trashy form of ENGLISH in the USA!!! (which is not in our universe admittedly..).
Cheers to our friends in Belgique

**riri** · 22nd February 2007, 01:03 AM

Hi,

I got it in french and in fact there is very little to translate:

1- Photographs of the tool

2- Accessories available

3- Examples of use

riri

**Honorary Bloke** · 22nd February 2007, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by riri

Why would that be i wonder? Surely, you guys must be entitled to quality tools as well

.

riri

As a serious answer, Festool have so far not exported any but hand-held portable power tools to the States. No mobile table saw, no fixed-based mitre saw, and no doubt no Kapex. If you look on the Festool USA site, you will see that the available tools are quite limited. I assume it is a combination of the prediction of low market share, higher freight charges, and the need for additional warehouse space.

Or it may be that they just don't want to.

**Honorary Bloke** · 22nd February 2007, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by Shedhand

I want to know all about it. Want to read it myself. Can you translate into ENGLISH to most spoken language in the damn UNIVERSE. They even speak a trashy form of ENGLISH in the USA!!! (which is not in our universe admittedly..).
Cheers to our friends in Belgique

Sheddy, go have a quiet lie down. You're beginning to sound, um, um, well . . . you know.

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Sheddy, go have a quiet lie down. You're beginning to sound, um, um, well . . . you know.

No. I don't know mate!

My tongue is firmly in cheek.

**RVER** · 22nd February 2007, 01:32 AM

New to the forum ...

The Kapex fascinates me ... I ordered mine last monday.

Will arrive next week ! I am counting the days !

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by RVER

New to the forum ...

The Kapex fascinates me ... I ordered mine last monday.

Will arrive next week ! I am counting the days !

Lucky Devil.

**Frank-Jan** · 22nd February 2007, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

As a serious answer, Festool have so far not exported any but hand-held portable power tools to the States. No mobile table saw, no fixed-based mitre saw, and no doubt no Kapex. If you look on the Festool USA site, you will see that the available tools are quite limited. I assume it is a combination of the prediction of low market share, higher freight charges, and the need for additional warehouse space.

Or it may be that they just don't want to.

They haven't brought out the table saw in the US because they can't get it approved. For some reason they consider combination rip/chopsaws a safetyhazerd or something. The ones from makita, dewalt, metabo etc aren't available over there either. I think the scms will surely be exported to the US, even if they have a low market share, the market is huge.

**Frank-Jan** · 22nd February 2007, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by RVER

New to the forum ...

The Kapex fascinates me ... I ordered mine last monday.

Will arrive next week ! I am counting the days !

Next week, I guess they're ahead of schedule then, nice. I was hoping to be able to get one when we're finishing the project we start in april, so may wouldn't have been a problem for me.

BTW where are you from, Antwerp or Brussels? (Just wondering, I'm from Limburg myself)

**Shedhand** · 22nd February 2007, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Frank-Jan

They haven't brought out the table saw in the US because they can't get it approved. For some reason they consider combination rip/chopsaws a safetyhazerd or something. The ones from makita, dewalt, metabo etc aren't available over there either. I think the scms will surely be exported to the US, even if they have a low market share, the market is huge.

Will the european model work in Australia? 220-240v 50Hz

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