Greetings All,

The width dimension listed for a Kapex KS 120 is 28".  Is this with the blade centered (0°), or is this with the miter angle swung fully to one side?  If centered, what would be the maximum width of the saw at 50/60° (and is the width different at full left vs right)?

I do not currently own a Kapex, but planning for a future addition to the shop.  I'm currently building the Miter Station project from The Wood Whisperer Guild and would like to build in enough space to utilize the full left/right 50/60° capability of the saw.  The original plan was designed for a Dewalt DSW716, utilizing a 26" support shelf.  When Marc switched back to a Kapex, he noted it fit on the platform (? - 28" width listed) but he was not able to utilize the full swing of the saw.

Depending on how wide I need to go few extra inches would impact how I lay out my shop.  Trying to be as economical with space as and materials as possible.  If anyone has completed this build and you have a Kapex installed, I would love to hear your experiences, helpful hints, lessons learned, etc.

TIA!

Thank you!  This helps tremendously. 

I believe Marc left the space at 26" when he installed a Kapex. 

It seems that you would want to not only check the clearance when the saw is rotated through its full travel in both the right and left extreme "horizontal" positions, but you would also want to fully tilt the saw blade left and right through its full "vertical" positions to check its clearance as well. And then do both of the above again at the same time. In other words, if you needed to make a compound angle cut using both horizontal and vertical miter angles at the same time, you would want to ensure that you had full clearance at these absolute extremes.

I recall making a work station for a Kapex for a school a few years back and I think this was an issue that needed to be resolved in the spacing, but my memory fades. Please someone correct me if this isn't an issue, since I do not have a Kapex at home and cannot confirm one way or another.

@chuckS
They are called elevator bolts. (See Attachment) I used them to provide a larger surface on the bolt heads that fasten the sacrificial fence to the Kapex fence to allow for my adjustable zero clearance fence (copied from David Stanton - see video link below) to magnetically attach to my sacrificial fence. Saves me using clamps. I embedded a strip of magnetic tape in the rear face of the AZCF sections. I also made them half the thickness of Dave's. Sorry, I do not have photos of my AZCF version.

Dave Stanton link -https://youtu.be/NgEg-F38eDY

@squarecut  Thank you very much for the info - and the inspiration!  Great photos, just what I was looking to see.  My search-foo was weak, I did not see your previous post on this topic, but thank you very much for sharing the link.  I am definitely going to copy that sacrificial fence design!