Rockler is so far from being the cool kid with wood working it's not even funny. Where do I go to find reconditioned tools? After all, I'm going to own a reconditioned t55REQ pretty soon.
So I just got the carvex about a week ago and have used if a couple times. I'm really not so pleased with the amount of play there is in the blade. I have the Bosch with precision control and it has way less play. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this or if I'm doing something wrong. Also I might add that I followed the Festool video on getting started with the carvex and how to adjust the blade supports.
What blade and what are you cutting? How thick? I have noticed the festool blades perform better then other t shank blades. I tighten the guide down until it won't move then back it off a touch.
I was cutting osb today and last week I was cutting some 4" thick white pine. I was using a Bosch clean wood blade, today I was using one of the blades that comes with the saw.
it the forward and back motion in the holder. It just doesn't seem to hold the blade into the lower jaws. I'm gonna play around with it some more this weekend.
Just throwing it out there, from the chart on the festool website, a fair amount of their blades are rebranded bosch blades. It's seemingly most of their "simpler" blades. Food for thought if you're ever looking between the two.
I've been gobbling up some deals on the old style systainers, I don't have any T-locs, so they work well for me. Got the 6" sandpaper storage, sys 1 small parts organizer and the sys 3 with the wood insert (hopefully to replace my bucket boss). I'll take the +50% discount for the old style latches.
Let us know what you think of the sys3 with the wood insert. Show some pics. I sometimes wonder if I could use that or my own version to replace my Veto and be happy with it.
Bought the Sys3 with the insert, and now it sits on a shelf.
Too tool specific IMO (which was the point, I guess) but worse..... just a PItA to get in and out of all day.
I much prefer my setup with a couple open tops, locked on top of my guns.
I don't own the Carvex, but I would sat that you have too much play in the blade holder. Contact Festool and let them know what's going on. There shouldn't be any play in the blade holder. The shaft itself moving back and forth is normal with orbital jigsaws.
Just checked mine and it does the same. No issues with performance though. Was cutting 6x6pt posts with it the other day and it was making more square cuts than my hypoid was making.
Yeah. About one week turn around. Can't remember what they actually replaced. Left it at my house (where I'm currently working). I'll take a look at it when I go back to work tonight
I still find myself wishing i would have bought the kapex over the bosch. The bosch does a nice job, but it's so damned heavy and the dust collection is a joke.
That's the two I was going in between. Having run almost every dewalt model there is, loving the capacity and the worklight, I grew very tired of having to compensate 1/2 degree here and there to make big miters work. Not to mention the flex in the saws. Didn't bother me all the time, just when it mattered it frustrated me.
I noticed festool upgraded the warranty to 3 full years from the 1+2 one they had. That's pretty sweet.
Your gonna love that kapex. Take a little while getting used to it but once you do there's no comparison to any other saw.
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