Mafell mt55 out of square.

[Luca Tiberi]

Hi,
does anyone knows if the squareness of the mafell plunge saw can be set by the user?

I bought it also because I read that their quality control is top notch, non so much in the one I own.

If I have to ship it back to germany for manteinance I'm gonna be so pissed (I'm in Italy)

Thanks

 

[Ollie78]

Not sure about the Mafell but the Festool has a little adjustment screw between the bed and the motor bit. Try and find an exploded parts diagram.

Ollie

 

[johnnyb]

The scales on all of these are a bit guessing. Blunt blades can also affect this a bit.

 

[ChaiLatte]

Are you asking about setting the blade at 90 degrees to the base or setting the blade parallel to the guide rail?

With respet to the blade and base, 'square' will mean 'zero' on the tilt scale. There should be adjustment screws to set this.

Manual here, with exploded parts diagram:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1771803/Mafell-Mt-55-Cc.html
See also here, which describes the screws to be used:

https://mafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/thread/1116/mafell-mt55-degree-angle-degrees

 

[Luca Tiberi]

Thanks everyone,
tomorrow i'll try to put your tips to good use

 

[Sideways]

In case you don't already know, there is a Mafell User Forum.
This is the sort of topic that people on that forum would get aeriated about so worth checking their archives.

 

[user 43593]

Hi,
does anyone knows if the squareness of the mafell plunge saw can be set by the user?

FWIW, I have the Bosch GKT 55 GCE, which I believe is almost identical to the Mafell saw. While researching which saw to buy (I preferred the guide rail joining of the Bosch/Mafell) I came across this interesting short piece. I had seen a review of the Bosch saw and the reviewer complained about an out of true bottom plate on a brand new saw. The result was that it was incorrectly adjusted. Back to the point...