if you thought Festool gear is expensive..........

[RobinBHM]

http://www.thesawcentre.co.uk/power-too ... 5-ec-p9235

It is bigger than the image would indicate as it has a 450mm blade

And a man sized hand planer to match http://www.scosarg.com/mafell-zh-320ec- ... laner.html

 

[Newbie_Neil]

And that's their Black Friday price. :lol: :lol:

 

[Stu_2]

Surely that must be a pricing error?

 

[Bradshaw Joinery]

Its not, my mate has just bought a second hand one. quite a bit of kit. I dont think its worth that money though

 

[RobinBHM]

To be fair it is obviously specialist kit. I think the planer is designed for planing oak beams. I dont know what the saw would be used for, but Im sure there are site application that need a 185mm cutting depth. All the same, a cast iron table saw could be bought for that price.

 

[Rhossydd]

Surely that must be a pricing error?

Google it, actually a cheap price for it !
I assume it's for highly specialised uses like cutting timber house frame components to size and the like. Situations where moving parts over a saw bench The market can't be very big for items like this, so economies of scale won't apply. I wonder if they sell as many as ten a year ?

 

[houtslager]

These are used a lot by roofers and framers here in Germany, Austria and Switzerland too, iirc Denmark as well.

Also this is used quite often by the same people

yours for £4,189.99 (inc VAT)

 

[Bradshaw Joinery]

there good because you dont have to move the timber over a saw, 6/7m long oak beams arent easily pushed over a saw. they are used a bit also for sips/composite panel cutting. you can get a hand held rebater for sips/composite panels too for creating the corner joints.

its a bit weird to use, as the saw doesn't slow down when cutting, it just seems to keep the same speed

 

[Billy Flitch]

Mafell are way out ahead of any woodworking machines on the market, if you ever get the chance to use any take it as soon as you start to use it you will know you have quality in your hands.
If you walk into a Carpenters shop in Germany you see these machines lined up on there own trollies and they don't use them as status symbols they pay for them selves over and over again.
Olly hit on one point you can not bog the machine down when the tool needs more power the motor gives it when the strain eases up so does the motor.

 

[busy builder]

I use Mafell as well as Festool. I have quite a few Festool tools and regard them highly.

But I personnaly think Mafell is on another level, they are made for the site, are very tough machines and take some stick. Festool although well made always strike me as being a bit precious whereas Mafell are just built like tanks.

One of my favourite tools is my Mafell KSP40 http://www.mtmc.co.uk/Mafell-KSP40F-Fle ... 15172.aspx

Mine is having a well deserved service after 6 years of heavy use, and fully expect it to last another 6 years. they are expensive but they keep their value and are very easy to sell on.

 

[RossJarvis]

I've been lusting after a Mafell KSS 80 for a while now, however I'm not a millionaire so may have to wait a while...

 

[RogerP]

Here's the Mafell's big brother ...

 

[turnamere]

I quite like the look of the PSS 3100S:

http://www.thesawcentre.co.uk/woodw...se-automatic-panel-saw-with-pre-scoring-p1518

for when I'm a bit too lazy to push my TS55.

 

[rafezetter]

there good because you dont have to move the timber over a saw, 6/7m long oak beams arent easily pushed over a saw. they are used a bit also for sips/composite panel cutting. you can get a hand held rebater for sips/composite panels too for creating the corner joints.

its a bit weird to use, as the saw doesn't slow down when cutting, it just seems to keep the same speed

That'll be where the money went - on the motor, notice it was a 3,000w motor.

 

[James-1986]

there good because you dont have to move the timber over a saw, 6/7m long oak beams arent easily pushed over a saw. they are used a bit also for sips/composite panel cutting. you can get a hand held rebater for sips/composite panels too for creating the corner joints.

its a bit weird to use, as the saw doesn't slow down when cutting, it just seems to keep the same speed

Yeah, you see these tools used a lot in timber framing and large carpentry work all the time and for good reason. My uncle worked for the Thames conservancy and they used beam planers on huge lumps of green heart for lock gates and pilings simply because they planers would not take it. They used a huge Wadkin circular resaw with a 40hp motor, which is the only option if you don't want to use a portable circular saw!

So yes, if you've got the the work then those mafell tools are a no brainer.

 

[Danny]

Makita make a 16-5/16" circular saw for the US market, model 5402NA. It retails for around $735, example here though not as powerful and a bit smaller it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the Maffel and would be excellent for cutting composite panels. It's a pity it's not available in the UK, though there's nothing stopping you importing one and using it on a site transformer, I just don't like 110V tools.

 

[Hitch]

I saw one of them Maffell circular saws, they look huge in the flesh.

Price wise, its like most specialist industrial gear for various industries, expensive, because its built to do a job well, and take serious hammering.
For us (metal fabrication) specialist tools like plate bevellers and large mag-drills can cost a few thousand pounds. Partly why specialist trades can seem expensive, this sort of gear has to be paid for.