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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 20, 2014 11:22:58 GMT -5
Yep its bosch who make batteries for mafell. I think it was the old you do me a job and I'll do you a job in return.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 28, 2014 11:36:17 GMT -5
At the site the other day there was a couple of the bosch 36v compact 1.3 amp batteries kicking about I tried them in the saw they do fit but when you try to use them they work the first time you pull the trigger, then on the second time they don't have the power or the electronics somewhere won't let the saw restart properly as they don't don't have the power to start the saw. So I guess only the 2.6 or 4 amp batteries work in the saw. Also today I needed to rip up some 225x50 into 90x50 as there was none on site. Using the 24 tooth mafell blade I was able to cut 16.4m on newly charged battery cutting at full depth. I plan to get the 16 tooth cordless blade for tasks like this. The ironic thi g is after I had done it and needed one more piece went up to the wood rack and some 90x45 had just come in sods law. Still it was good to see how much could be ripped up
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Post by mick on May 28, 2014 14:06:03 GMT -5
Glad you are getting the use of it takes the sting out of the cost I would say it is making your life easy on site
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 28, 2014 15:24:51 GMT -5
Yeah I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of the cordless and the saw horses it's like having a chop saw , circular saw panel saw. It's a lot easier to take on site than having 3 separate saws for each task plus a generator. With the one saw I'm able to do everything from 1st fix 2nd fix, roofs ,pipe boxes in the kitchen, ripping plastic trim for cover plates. Here is the saw in action
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Post by garch on May 28, 2014 21:21:49 GMT -5
Awesome saw!
Do you still use your corded version for some tasks? And do you find the cordless KSS to have an equal amount of power as compared to the corded version?
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 29, 2014 0:44:06 GMT -5
At the moment I'm not using the corded version simply as there is no power on site and I don't have a generator so there is no point in taking it with me. If I was doing a task like lots of ripping then I would choose the corded version if power is available but at the moment that choice isn't there its either the cordless or hand saw. For power I find it equal to the corded version apart from the last meter when the battery is getting flat. Which is to expected as we all know from using our cordless drills with li batteries compared to the old nicad which seem to have more gradual loss in power. At work there There was someone using a festool ts55 to trim a door and he took 3/4 passes to trim a 35mm door which was a hollow core door. Where I would do it in one shot
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Post by MrToolJunkie on May 29, 2014 22:39:28 GMT -5
The parallel guide looks like it works pretty well. Can you use it with the guide rail too? Just curious for helping position things.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 30, 2014 10:14:04 GMT -5
The parallel guides are really solid I use mine all the time if I'm cutting strips of ply or mdf and the size can be achieved with them then I will use the parallel guide first before the guide rails as once I've set the size that's it. So if I'm laying flooring and the last row of rips averages 225mm then I would just mark 225mm on the material set the saw to the mark and move the guide in or out to suit the mark. That's it, I then don't need to worry about marking the next sizes. It's not the only function they have if you turn them upside down the bottom is in line with the base of the saw making the saw more stable especially if you are doing bevel cuts. They can also work with guide rails not the F type. The old type more aimed at the carpentry machines. I think garch might be able to explain better than I can as to how they work in relation to them style guide rails
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Post by garch on May 30, 2014 21:18:02 GMT -5
If you want to use the parallel guide in conjunction with a guide rail you need the heavy duty Mafell rail ref.no.: 200672 (not the f tracks) and you also need a pair of adapters ref.no.: 037195 that attach to the parallel guide and slip over the lip on the guide rail. I use this setup often with my KSP85, MKS 130, Z5ec, and ZSX Ec. Works great.
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Post by MrToolJunkie on May 30, 2014 23:19:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Garch. any pics of the setup?
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jun 20, 2014 11:27:30 GMT -5
Really glad I had the cordless kss today. Making up the timber load bearing studs. It would have being a nightmare to cut 46 studs, 20 cripple studs 10 timber lintels, 7 sole and pieces to size with my other cordless saw a hand saw. Used up the two batteries to do it. Had all the cuts and marked out just a little over an hour. Makes the job far easier and pleasurable to do not having to hump a generator about. Today the saw well and truly justified it's price. As far as power goes compared to the corded version there is 0 difference as far as I can tell apart from the last cut when I've drained the battery
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Post by GhostFist on Jun 20, 2014 14:26:06 GMT -5
Would love a cordless 300
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jun 20, 2014 17:53:59 GMT -5
That is a great update, wrightwoodwork. Sounds like it lives up to the Mafell name and its quality. Good engineering and efficient.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jun 25, 2014 12:04:19 GMT -5
Used the saw for the first time to do tji joists and the floor, approximately 70m2. One battery for the joists with all the dwangs and the other battery for the flooring itself
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Post by mick on Jun 27, 2014 11:43:23 GMT -5
Good bit of cutting the track on the 400 makes cutting tji easy
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