Totally unbelievable that after all these opinions and comments (from mild to strong, and from spot-on to totally incorrect), including many that discouraged you from getting a Kapex, you would still go ahead and get a Kapex!Originally Posted by Brian Antic
But you did one thing right: you tried before you bought!
No one here and in the festool forum can tell us how bad the motor issue really is. Do those 1 dozen or 2 dozen incidents mean anything? Nothing, until we know how many Kapexes Festool has sold. 1 dozen out of 100 is disaster, but not if out of 1,000. So far Festool has kept that secret.
After checking your saw for bed flatness and fence squareness, check the miter cuts first, then use the four-cut method to dial in your square cuts. The bevel cuts are usually dead on from factory. Kapex has the best hold down, dust collection, bevel control; second to none dual laser (read the manual if you attempt to adjust it), and second to none trench cuts.
Unless you are talking about 0.00001" precision, Kapex delivers precision results meeting any fine woodworking demands. Don't trust me? Download the supplementary manual (free) and follow its instructions on how to cut a three way miter joint. Cut one with the Kapex, and cut one with any SCMS named in this thread or outside this thread. Come back and we can discuss if the Kapex is a good choice or not for fine woodworking tasks.
Yes, you can complain about its price...and yes HF offers better miter saws (price wise).
Simon
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