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Post by fidelfs on Sept 17, 2013 7:51:37 GMT -5
Continue with my review. I have been maliciously trying to make the MT kick back. Well, it finally happen, it was very mild. It just moved back without lifting like the TS55.
I don't condone this practice, but I had to test it to see how safe the saw was. I rather lost a piece of wood that injured myself.
There was a lot of talk about the riving knife, that is safer to have it, People couldn't understand why Mafell didn't happen etc. That was my reasoning to test it to the extreme.
LIke they said, kids don't try this at home. It is not safe, even the saw behaved well, anything can happen.
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Post by kalas on Sept 17, 2013 8:03:03 GMT -5
Hope you're ok fidelfs. Try not to sacrifice any limbs for this experiment.
I agree about the usefulness of FOG even though it is annoying that the thread was shut down. The MUF shouldn't be about discrediting Festool. This forum is too promising for that. These tool-brands complement each other well and perhaps if more Festool users realized the quality Mafell options offered the discussions wouldn't be so off topic at times (who offers better service etc..). The more options the better.
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Post by GhostFist on Sept 17, 2013 8:16:59 GMT -5
Dude what did you do?
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Sept 17, 2013 11:46:00 GMT -5
There's no prizes for losing a digit the mafell Mt was designed to be used without a riving knife where the festool simply is designed to be used with a riving knife. My attitude towards it is if it is designed to be used with a riving knife use it on your festool and mafell ksp they all have sprung loaded riving knifes so there is no need to take off. I know people do on cheaper saws that don't have, but if something happened I can't see an insurance company paying out if the riving knife that is designed to be there is removed
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Post by jalvis on Sept 17, 2013 11:50:11 GMT -5
The MT55 was specifically designed for cabinet makers. One thing a cabinet maker doesn't want is a riving knife marking expensive veneered plywood. Another benefit for cabinet makers is the ability to quickly and easily change the blade and not adjust a riving knife for alignment or change over for blade thickness. This is important since plywood is expensive and a cabinet maker needs to change blades depending on material such as melamine or wood veneer.
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Post by GhostFist on Sept 17, 2013 11:50:28 GMT -5
I have removed the riving knife (simple operation) on my kss 300 or plunge cuts. No risk of binding when using a rail. The reason being, the kss is a really light saw and the added resistance of the spring when making a plunge I found can throw me off. It's immediately replaced when not doing plunge operations.
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Post by fidelfs on Sept 17, 2013 12:59:13 GMT -5
Just to clarify, I didn't removed the riven knife on the TS55 festool. That saw lift every time is kicking back.
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