Post by nucone on Nov 16, 2014 16:23:06 GMT -5
I have just finished putting new flooring in what will become my wife's sewing room. The flooring material was 1/2" strand woven bamboo which is very hard and tends to splinter big time. This was my first time using the KSS 300 and the bamboo flooring. The following summarizes my experiences with the KSS 300;
1) The KSS 300 is the perfect tool for flooring, it is powerful, lightweight, easy to handle, easy to adjust and flat out accurate.
2) The dust collection when set on the full depth of cut is about the same as the Festool Kapex. Not perfect, but certainly not clouds of dust either. Initially, the cut was set only slightly deeper than the thickness of the material and I did experience less than optimal dust collection. This is apparently related to the angle the blade teeth leave the material.
3) The standard blade cut through the bamboo effortlessly. I did experience a slight amount of splintering so I began cutting from the bottom of the flooring to get a better quality cut.
4) IMO, the KSS 300 really needs a brake. The coast down time for the blade to come to a stop is excessive.
5) The parallel guide is a nice feature that works very well.
6) Mafell needs to include instructions in their manual for removing the saw from the crosscut rail. The release tab is obvious but, if you don't know to reduce the depth of cut, you won't get it off the rail.
7) I haven't had the need to use the Flex Rail yet but I do like its roll-up storage and compact nature of the entire kit.
1) The KSS 300 is the perfect tool for flooring, it is powerful, lightweight, easy to handle, easy to adjust and flat out accurate.
2) The dust collection when set on the full depth of cut is about the same as the Festool Kapex. Not perfect, but certainly not clouds of dust either. Initially, the cut was set only slightly deeper than the thickness of the material and I did experience less than optimal dust collection. This is apparently related to the angle the blade teeth leave the material.
3) The standard blade cut through the bamboo effortlessly. I did experience a slight amount of splintering so I began cutting from the bottom of the flooring to get a better quality cut.
4) IMO, the KSS 300 really needs a brake. The coast down time for the blade to come to a stop is excessive.
5) The parallel guide is a nice feature that works very well.
6) Mafell needs to include instructions in their manual for removing the saw from the crosscut rail. The release tab is obvious but, if you don't know to reduce the depth of cut, you won't get it off the rail.
7) I haven't had the need to use the Flex Rail yet but I do like its roll-up storage and compact nature of the entire kit.
