Kapex work center tutorial

Building a Festool Kapex work center for your shop or studioThe Festool Kapex compound miter saw has been extremely well received in every market in which it has been available. In this brief tutorial we will take a look at just how easy it is to build a work center for the Kapex saw that is convenient when you want to use it, yet tucked out of the way when you don!t. This compound miter saw (CMS) is different from all the others in that it glides on bars that project out only to the front of the saw allowing it to be placed right up against a wall. All other currently available CMSs are guided by rods that stick out as far behind the saw as they do in front of the saw so it cannot be used against a wall and must project out into the room or work space too far to be convenient. But, that is just where the story begins.This shot shows a lot of the reason for all the excitement. Note that I have placed my Kapex work center right in front of and against an outside window. That provides nice natural light and the saw projects away from the wall and into my studio only the 20.5” width of the base unit upon which it sits. The fences are 14” away from the wall so the work piece can slide past the 12” deep wall shelves on the out-feed side and through the open door way on the in-feed side. That allows me to work on even very long pieces without taking up much work space or loosing the valuable shelf space on the green the wall unit.Here is a view that ...