Windows
Old Oak
Suppose you’ve received a Festool KS 60 and you’re unpacking it.
What do you think happens when you cut through the cable tie (2)?
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Suppose you’ve received a Festool KS 60 and you’re unpacking it.
What do you think happens when you cut through the cable tie (2)?
AJB Temple
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Nothing....unless you are bending right over it.
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Nothing as I would expect there to be a mechanical release to allow the cutting head to rise.
There is such a thing on my makita.
Bob
There is such a thing on my makita.
Bob
Malc2098
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ON my Kapex 60, the Transport Locking device is shown as illustration 1-6.
Push the handle to the fully down position, operate the Transport Locking Lever (1-6) and let go.
I always engage that and the Slide Locking Device (1-5) when I'm not using the machine.
Push the handle to the fully down position, operate the Transport Locking Lever (1-6) and let go.
I always engage that and the Slide Locking Device (1-5) when I'm not using the machine.
Windows
Old Oak
What I expected to happen was “nothing” because I expected the transport locking device to be engaged on this new machine, and surely if there was any risk to cutting the cable tie, Festool - reknowned for their safety features - would include a few words of advice in their documentation.
What actually happened was that the handle of the saw shot up at great speed and almost cracked me right in the kisser. If I had been directly over it, it could have been nasty. As it is, I was untouched, but I’ve got to say I wasn’t super impressed by this unboxing experience.
What actually happened was that the handle of the saw shot up at great speed and almost cracked me right in the kisser. If I had been directly over it, it could have been nasty. As it is, I was untouched, but I’ve got to say I wasn’t super impressed by this unboxing experience.
canoemoose
Seedling
Devil's advocate - I read that step of the instructions "Push the saw unit down, thus breaking through the cable ties that are securing it in place" as a poorly-worded (badly-translated?) version of "Push the saw unit down to remove the tension from the cable ties before you cut through them" as any other interpretation doesn't seem to make sense, unless pushing the saw head down does in fact snap the cable ties. Either way, if one is doing the pushing down then the saw head can't spring up.