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Post by mick on Jan 3, 2015 2:41:15 GMT -5
You will enjoy using them The Dowler will be great for your presses
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jan 3, 2015 2:56:29 GMT -5
Congrats on the new tools. So far my two Mafell's have exceeded expectations. I hope they perform well for you.
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Post by noeyedear on Jan 26, 2015 5:10:16 GMT -5
Just been using my KS300 for my first spot of DIY. I have replaced a wooden roof beam with a steel structure (Structural engineer designed), quite a bit of steel it took 3 people to lift it into place. It creates an walk in wardrobe in the main bedroom. The first job for the ks300 was to help build the stud wall. My plasterer wanted it in 50 x 100, I began thinking I wish I had bought the 400. Really though no problem with the 300, I just flipped the wood, aligned the blade with the cut and did a second cut. It takes longer to type it than do it. Not something you would want to do if absolute accuracy is a must, more often than not it looked like it had been done with one cut, sometimes a lip would be left. When the plasterer turned up he wanted some extra noggins, he remarked that I do not have a chop saw, he wasn't convinced when I produced the KS300, not at first, he changed his mind when I cut at the work place, dead straight and bang on his pencil mark. He was impressed that if we needed to take half the blade width off it was no problem. It took less time to cut it in situ than walking over to mitre saw, aligning it and cutting. One thing that bugs me about tools and forums, is people complaining about tool price. Are you all nuts, this stuff looks dead cheap to me for top line pro equipment. I wish I could get top line equipment for a few hundred quid in my day job ( kevinallen.photodeck.com ), I have too constantly update camera bodies and computers and software just to keep in the game, £5k a body, £3k a computer then software etc its an expensive merry-go-round. Be thankful tool manufactures don't require you to have the latest software to make a tool work. Still got a ton of work for the 300, flooring, skirting, cupboards etc. At least now I know I can cut a dead straight line in seconds, brilliant piece of kit.
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Post by GhostFist on Jan 26, 2015 8:55:50 GMT -5
Ya we know the value of some of this stuff, no regrets in my purchases. Tbh I don't know what standard framing timber is dressed to in 5 he uk. Here, a 24 is actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2. So my 300 Will just chop through In one go. Welcome to the forums though and keep us posted on your continuing adventures.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jan 26, 2015 9:03:39 GMT -5
Nice review thier. The thickness of 2x in the uk depends on if you get sawn or cls sawn is around 48mm and cls is 38mm
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Post by GhostFist on Jan 26, 2015 9:18:18 GMT -5
Should be able to juuust do the 38 mm
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Post by noeyedear on Jan 26, 2015 9:32:48 GMT -5
Just to add, I got a good deal on a Mafell Vac 25s. Anyone thinking of working in a house being habited should have a Vac the difference is amazing. A few pictures, I know to you pros its not a big deal, to me cutting through a beam that has held the roof of your house up perfectly well for the last 200+ years is a buttock clenching moment. One other thing regarding the 300, I used it for the first cut in the beam, it made an excellent guide for then sawing it by hand, lovely and smooth and very straight. The section of beam I have cut out I will try and make a couple of windows out of it.
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Post by 7 on Jan 27, 2015 3:04:32 GMT -5
I hope your name "noeyedear" is a clever slurred way of saying "no idea" and not that you are a really nice guy with one eye. Welcome to the forum either way.
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Post by noeyedear on Jan 27, 2015 4:42:46 GMT -5
I hope your name "noeyedear" is a clever slurred way of saying "no idea" and not that you are a really nice guy with one eye. Welcome to the forum either way. Yup I have no idea what I am doing, seriously you guys have forgotten more than I will ever know. I find it fun finding out all the same. Thanks for the welcome.
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Post by noeyedear on Jan 27, 2015 8:47:55 GMT -5
Still excited using the 300. I just had to cut a thin strip off a floor board. I used the flexi for the first time. To be honest I had my doubts about it, I had lined up other straight edges and clamps. It turned out they were not needed The only problem I had at the start was the work and rail moving along the baseboard board. I forgot for a moment the saw only needs 13mm, so clamping the work at one end was not a problem, leaving plenty of space for the saw to pass. I can see times where I could do with longer than the flexi guide, is there a guide it will fit that gives more than the flexi? I don't think it fits on the Mafell/Bosch system does it?
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Post by GhostFist on Jan 27, 2015 8:50:41 GMT -5
Don't cut yourself short. Construction is constant problem solving. There is always a new problem, you're always making a judgment call as to the right approach. Experience adds confidence but it's more a determination to do things as best as you can that makes someone a great carpenter. Everybody screws up. Everyone!
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jan 27, 2015 20:54:11 GMT -5
I mess up lots on every project. Try to learn from each thing, but still make my share of mistakes - try to not let it bother me too much.
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Post by 7 on Jan 27, 2015 23:22:43 GMT -5
Still excited using the 300. I just had to cut a thin strip off a floor board. I used the flexi for the first time. To be honest I had my doubts about it, I had lined up other straight edges and clamps. It turned out they were not needed The only problem I had at the start was the work and rail moving along the baseboard board. I forgot for a moment the saw only needs 13mm, so clamping the work at one end was not a problem, leaving plenty of space for the saw to pass. I can see times where I could do with longer than the flexi guide, is there a guide it will fit that gives more than the flexi? I don't think it fits on the Mafell/Bosch system does it?The KSS 300 does work on the standard Mafell/ Bosch F- rails but you can't lean the saw in a bevel because the F-rails are thicker than the KSS track and the Flexi guide. Most of my cuts are standard non beveled cuts anyway so the KSS 300 works great on the F rails for me.
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Post by noeyedear on Jan 28, 2015 4:22:38 GMT -5
Thanks I can see a need for that in the future.
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Post by jalvis on Feb 13, 2015 11:45:26 GMT -5
I mess up lots on every project. Try to learn from each thing, but still make my share of mistakes - try to not let it bother me too much. I've always said "A professional makes less mistakes and knows how to fix them." Theres no perfect scenario or project. You adjust as things go along and experience just takes determination and time.
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