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Post by 7 on Jul 17, 2013 22:38:30 GMT -5
Char- One pointer about the saw (which requires a slightly embarrassing admission). You will love that the rails have a second slot for clamps close to the cutting edge of the track which allows you to still clamp to very small pieces. So the pointer...don't use this slot for cutting when the saw is beveled. I actually looked and thought that if the depth was set exact then the clamp would be far enough away that the blade wouldn't make contact with it on a 45 degree cut. I only cut through the red plastic cap on the clamp and didn't touch the metal, so no real damage done, but very close to a bad error. I would write it off as just me being unobservant and wouldn't feel the need to pass it on to you guys on the forum but my lead employee, who thinks through things really well also did the exact same thing.
You can still use the channel close to the edge for 45 bevels but put a really small piece of 1/4' / 5mm waste material between the clamp and the bottom of the material being cut so the blade can cut into it instead of your expensive clamp with your expensive blade.
If I'm not mistaken the makita you had uses the same rail pattern as the festool which only has the one channel.
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Post by jalvis on Jul 18, 2013 9:14:09 GMT -5
Good point about the second slot on the rails. That feature has come in handy quite often. In fact last week I was building 10 foot mitered columns to cover some metal beams and used that feature to trim the sides to fit after partial assembly......you cant do that with other rails.
When it comes to the MT55 its an accumulation of little well thought out things that separate it from the competition.
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Post by char on Jul 19, 2013 15:21:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the pointer 7! I didn't notice that extra slot since is covered by the end cap. Overall I'm really happy with this saw for me a tool has to have power and this saw has that! the Makita was good cutting on a 90 but it bogged down a little when cutting on a 45 but not this saw it plows right thru like it was on 90 degrees, also it feels like you're holding a quality tool the Makita is a little lighter but it feels like a toy compared to the Mafell ( Sorry Makita) and the other great option is the 1 knob in the front to adjust the angles, on the Makita I had to loosen and tighten both front and back knobs.Also the blade is great, I had to cut a few fillers that were already attached to a few kitchen cabinets and I didn't even used the scoring option and it just made a smooth splinter free cut what else can I say but you get what you pay for and I agree with GhostFist well worth it.
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Post by 7 on Jul 20, 2013 0:11:29 GMT -5
You will definitely be happy about that track channel close to the blade.
I have only used the scoring function on melamine. That has been the only material that I can see a single flaw on without the scoring function, perfect with scoring feature.
I have heard a lot of people reference the power difference of the mafell and comment that the other brands are at least slightly underpowered for certain applications.
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