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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 7, 2014 14:03:06 GMT -5
Got a phone call today to say my cordless kss400 36v has come into the shop along with the fence extras for the Erika. Will go to pick up on Saturday. Also as people who work on uk sites the likes of Taylor wimpey, Barret, will know that getting power is impossible. The only way is either generator which have to be in drip a tray. Then you run cables which can become a trip hazard. Which leads you to cordless hence the reason I've went for the cordless kss. It may be the mist expensive cordless saw on the market, but after using the kss saws and know how advantages they are. I'm willing to pay the cost as it will be used for far more work tasks. Which in my way of thinking makes it better value. As I can use for flooring, cutting I joists, forming roofs, valley lay boards, facia and soffit boards, doing internal finishings facings and skirtings, window cills and no doubt many other things in between, which make it an extremely universal system. Also now these sites have it in there policy that dust control needs to be used especially when working inside. Outside as far as I know they let dust control go. So when working inside you obviously need a dust extraction. I've been looking into if cordless dust extractors are available for site use. The only one I've managed to find is by hilti it is a universal system which can run on either electric or a 36v battery. Which then gets around the problem of having to specially have a generator just for a vac. It is another thing I'm going to look into
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Post by mick on May 7, 2014 15:30:42 GMT -5
You lucky man I work in supermarket a lot and use cordless a lot only makita lxt 18v saw drill plainer jigsaw sds reciprocal All on the same type battery not a patch on mafell but it dose make life so much easer running leads is so hard in a open shop I would Love the cordless kss 400 but wont be happening Can't wait to see some video and your taught's on it I am sure you will be delighted with it
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Post by GhostFist on May 7, 2014 18:17:00 GMT -5
Ya I really want to see how battery and performance hold up on this thing cant wait till you get to fire it up and give us the skinny
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 10, 2014 12:48:56 GMT -5
Picked up the cordless kss400/36 very impressed on first impressions here is some pics will do a review and comparison vid
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 10, 2014 12:54:15 GMT -5
Pics aren't post will re do later
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 10, 2014 18:03:24 GMT -5
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Post by GhostFist on May 10, 2014 19:49:06 GMT -5
Cool beans. Are the standard 400 accessories still compatible?
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Post by mick on May 11, 2014 2:37:37 GMT -5
Looks fantastic look forward to a video I am sure it will be great and make your life easer on them sites with no power or when you just need to do a small job and don't want the hassle of setting everything up Hope you love it
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 11, 2014 3:06:49 GMT -5
Yeah all the standard accesories for the kss400 work so I am able to use the same blades, they also do a 16 tooth blade which is specially made for cordless saws. Which I might get later on. The 770 track for cross cuts is able to be used along with the F rails. The plunge action is still the same. The only difference in machines is the motor is narrower. The difference in specs saw blade speed is 3500 while idling compared to 5200, then under normal load is 3000rpm compared to 3100rpm
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 11, 2014 3:15:36 GMT -5
Looks fantastic look forward to a video I am sure it will be great and make your life easer on them sites with no power or when you just need to do a small job and don't want the hassle of setting everything up Hope you love it. Yeah be perfect for the small jobs when trimming a single door I am wondering how effective using the single dust bags for the sanders would work on it be handy to save getting out the vac
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Post by mick on May 11, 2014 4:59:17 GMT -5
I would say the bag would work pretty good I am amazed how much dust comes out the dust port on the 400 compared to my other saws
I use a bag on a cordless planer and it gets about 80% but you do need to make sure the bag is the right way round and not folding back on itself not always easy
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Post by MrToolJunkie on May 11, 2014 13:35:39 GMT -5
Awesome!! Looking forward to videos of this in action, Aaron. Super cool!
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Post by woodie on May 11, 2014 17:40:54 GMT -5
Ooh I'd like to see a video on this too! No pressure.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 11, 2014 18:27:18 GMT -5
Done a couple today here is the first giving an overview of the saw and the features and how it operates. The second vid I have put it through its paces cutting up 50mm treated timber doing cross cuts, angle cuts, compound bevel cuts housing cuts and ripping it up for ripping I got approx 7m using the 32 tooth blade after doing the other cuts. There is a 16 tooth blade for ripping which has a thinner kerf that I will think about getting
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Post by GhostFist on May 11, 2014 19:25:51 GMT -5
You truly are a god, Aaron. Thanks for this
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