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Old 05-02-2009, 10:06 PM   #21
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Nice.....I think I need to buy 3 of those!

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Old 05-02-2009, 11:40 PM   #22
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For anyone wondering about the blades.

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I'm the guy who wrote the tracks saw review in JLC. I looked at the blades but there wasn't space to cover them in the article.

The Makita and Dewalt take 20 mm x 165 mm blades. They are completely interchangeable. I know because I swapped them to see if they'd fit. The Festool takes 20 mm x 160 mm blades - that will fit on the Makita and Dewalt. The 160 mm blade will give you slightly less depth of cut (on the Dewalt and Makita).

This might matter if you are cutting a 2 1/4-inch door but shouldn't matter with sheet goods - unless, you want to use the end-of-cut indicator marks. These marks are on the side of the blade housing and indicate the front and back end of the cut at maximum plunge. Switching to a smaller diameter blade will throw them off.

The marks on the Festool and Makita align pretty well with the ends of the cut when the saw is on the rail. Makita has a second set of marks for when the saw is off the rail (though I can't think of a circumstance where I'd want to make stopped plunge cuts without using a rail). The marks on the Dewalt are not mentioned in the manual. I think this is because they put them in the wrong place. They only work when the saw is NOT on the rail.

Someone already mentioned the thickness of the blades. The ones that come on the Dewalt and Makita have 2.2 mm kerfs. I can't remember what the Festool has - but know they make multiple thicknesses. If you use a thick blade and then switch to a thinner one - the splinter guard will no longer come all the way up to the blade.

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Actually, Festool just changed their blades so that all of them have the same kerf. Enough people complained about different kerf's and the splinter strip so Festool changed.
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It looks like Tool Plus is now out of the saws ... Maybe they are planing a quick price increase also.
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I'll let you know................
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WOW, that was fast!
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Jason, I want to see Makita's Systainer. It's variable speed right? You are going to let the field guys use it right? Let me know how it holds up to the grunts abuse!!
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Dude, I'm no grunt. I am the "field guy" that will be using it though. Yes it's a variable speed saw.
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Re: Makita Plunge Cut Saw

I am taking the plunge and getting the makita...however, how is the accuracy when you couple two 55" tracks together? I don't have room for the long track, but could store the shorter ones much easier. Do they couple nice? Do the Festool couplers work with the Makita rails?
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Found it cheaper here:

http://www.wholesalepowertools.com/m...uide-rail.html
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I am taking the plunge and getting the makita...however, how is the accuracy when you couple two 55" tracks together? I don't have room for the long track, but could store the shorter ones much easier. Do they couple nice? Do the Festool couplers work with the Makita rails?

I would just get the TS-55, tried and proven and you don't have to mix and match parts and accessories.

I join rails all the time without issue.
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Re: Makita Plunge Cut Saw

Havent heard alot about the makita plunge. The TS-55 is obviously great. I use the Dewalt but am thinking of getting the TS-55 soon. The makita might be a bit cheaper but the others are proven. Or atleast that is what I think.
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Havent heard alot about the makita plunge. The TS-55 is obviously great. I use the Dewalt but am thinking of getting the TS-55 soon. The makita might be a bit cheaper but the others are proven. Or atleast that is what I think.
yeah kind of, Festool came out with the first rail guided saw in the 60's.
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does the makita have a riving knife?
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I see no advantages to going Green on this tool. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, and it also leads to better products. The Makita has some nice features that the Festool does not and a nice price too.
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does the makita have a riving knife?
No it does not. Which I think is the best feature of this type of saw.
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yeah kind of, Festool came out with the first rail guided saw in the 60's.
Hey Warner, Can you recommend a supplier for the green stuff. No one in my neck of the woods has them and few have even heard of them.
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Hey Warner, Can you recommend a supplier for the green stuff. No one in my neck of the woods has them and few have even heard of them.
Here you go. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Festool+dealers+in+California
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