Repairing a Mafell KSS 300 cross cut saw with a burnt out motor. Expensive to buy and to repair 

I have had one for nearly 20 years. if was just a saw, it would be a waste of money, But used with with a cross cut rail and guide rail ( All part of the kit) it is a massive time saver. and its paid for itself many times over.

A mate of mine asked me to repair a Mafell saw like that, same problem the armature was toast. When I looked up the price of the part I told him he would be insane to put that type of money into a pile of ETIHS like that, he agreed and cut his losses.

@ 15:57 Admirable! Dean a straight up no nonsense Man with integrity.

Smashing that bearing was neat trick 👍 I'll be sure to use if I encounter similar situation

Mafell, a company that make Festool powertools look cheap to buy.

I appreciate your perspective. But I have the 18 volt version of this saw and love using it every time I pick it up. It is small and compact, and the plunge function of it's base is not available in any other machine, and the fact that it fits a short integral track with spring return means I can cut in the workspace if needed instead of using the miter saw on a stand. As it's unique you should expect it to be expensive. The ability to make precision plunge cuts for a stopped cutout is a godsend when you need a clean, square hole. I've been a cabinetmaker for over 40 years and I wish i had known about Mafell plunge saws 39 years ago. I don't argue that they aren't overpriced, but if you need a thing, you just have to grin and bear it.

No love lost here for the Mafell.. wow, if I've ever seen a product bought what seems to be solely for the name, this is the one! edit: WHOA those brushes must be made out of gold!!! WOW!!!

Great work as always, Thanks Dean!!!!!!!

Selling individual brushes at 17 euro a pop tells you what kind of company this is. It would be like selling brake pads individually.

Wow. A brand I thought I'd never see here. Super interesting. Also disappointing that they're not particularly great and using the fan to lock against for blade changing is ridiculous. AvE did a review of a festool saw years back and claimed it's build quality did not live up to it's price. Makita do seem like the best cost-benefit brand for many basic tools. That said, this isn't exactly a basic tool as it rides on a rail. Thanks for the review. Fascinating as always! Also, I love to see how well you treat your customers - fair play.

I got a vintage 1970s bosch drill,just needed a thorough cleaning, and fresh grease for the gearbox, after removing the old grease. It has the serial number 0001.

Replacing some metal parts with plastic ones makes the tools much lighter. I have 1992 Bosch collated screw gun. It's heavy as hell. I call is Schmeisser, BTW.

A good machine is never overpriced if it does the job,i'ave got a mitre 254 the old metabo one from 2004 never been repaired since only brushes changed it cuts straight even after 20 years of use

The blade in America would be an eighth inch thick, and that's it. You can cut it anything anywhere. Most of the time, it's blade, You can use a rip blade to do a cross cut. I don't know what they mean by that. bro, I am a carpenter, and I have been a carpenter for 38 years. I'm retired now. Hay!! Just to let you know, my mom and dad were born in Ireland. and Belfast and Newtownards. My mom worked in the linen factories. That's where my father did his apprenticeship as a millwright. In one of those Mills, that's how my mom and dad met. I like your program.

Mafell plunge saw easily the best on the market for accuracy and ergonomics to use all day.

My wallet has just gone into hiding I can’t find it anywhere heard the price and bolted lol deans channel is invaluable I personally have saved a few quid repairing tools instead of replacing them

This has turned into a dis track+

Very helpful, I was going to go way out of my way to buy Mafell, being Canadian but not now. Hilti it is.

These are meant to be used on short guide rails, which is I think the draw behind the tool. They are quite well regarded by finish carpenters. Without the guide system, these (and Festools) would not be my first choice as general purpose circ saws.

Mafell justifies its price because of the features you can buy. The guide the saw sits on is the best I've ever seen. Pricey but the best.

good job

Crazy price this brand I'll never have chance to try one and compare to Bosch/Makita!

Just curious as to why you wouldn’t buy festool other than them being ridiculously expensive ?

When it comes to everyday use plunge saws I'd personally always advise the Festool TS55 over the Makita SP6000 even with the difference in price. The Makita's all have the same issue after a couple of years of use which is the plunge system itself. Also the bearings and armature on the Festool seems to last longer then the Makita. From my experience in the end you are getting more out of a Festool then the less expensive Makita when it comes to this specific type of tool.

Nice wee saw but that's pricey, and like you I would go for Makita.

Very interesting

shocking for the price dean

Nice job Dean. Abit pricey from me wallets view.

Why you dont clean the tool with compressed air before dissasemble it ?

The price is high because it is made in Germany and it is a very specialized tool in the woodworking industry and those who buy it actually need it. It's very low volume of manufacturing explains the high price and why the company still remains afloat.

Wait until you hear Miele does not sell brushes for their motors but the whole motor assy. Under the ruse that it changes the specifications... I pulled the bearings and passed the core through a lathe to freshen it up. My wife now thinks it's "too noisy". Success! Does anyone have available its brushes? Miele s5211.

Maytag, scoring on previous quality, right into the ground!

34eur brushes, 170eur motor and it doesnt even come with the bearings and fan installed.

Wow what a expensive piece of junk them are I shall be avoiding that brand thank you for the video fella 👍

I really hate it when companies that have great reputations for making awesome products cut corners because they've got some new greedy office people who cut corners until the company is cheapened.

Truly a product of the designer tool era.

Mafell AG is a manufacturer of high-end woodworking power tools specialized for carpentry, founded in 1899. They are the inventor of the first portable electric carpentry power tool, a chain mortiser invented in 1926. The company is located in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. Founded: 1899, Fellbach, Germany Headquarters: Oberndorf, Germany

Since you showed all the flimsy plastic parts it has, I think they should not be Mafell but may fail.

I just trust the blue bosch and makita and how long will I be before they also become just cheap crappie.

Plastic parts made correctly from the right material, resin and filler might be stronger, more shock resistant and def lighter than most metal parts. And cheaper. I bought a Partner P5000 chain saw yrs and yrs ago. The blade cover was made of a manganese alloy, and ofc it cracked and broke off after 1 month in the woods. I tried to have the piece welded back on, but bcs of its composition it was impossible. I'm sure I could have melted the pieces together had they been plastic.

Hey Dean is your bench tiled?

You leave all the dirt and grime in the machine body and handle? Seriously, how long does it take to give it a quick blow of compressed air? As a customer, I’d expect a little bit more of repair people …

Who only buys one brush.

I can't believe they sell brushes as individual units!!! When would you ever need to buy 1 brush (OK, there's going to be someone on the planet that breaks a brush when they are working on a machine that has virtually brand new brushes in it)?!?!??! It sounds like this is a company who's moto is "milk every penny out of the customer"!!!!

Why makita, just because they are easier to service? I mean, if it has been running since 2007, kinda worth the price.

My philosophy in tools is similar to yours. These overpriced tools the reinvent the wheel have a particular target, the gulible with too much money not enough sense. That 170€ is $272 here. Ridiculous for the design

Hi Dean Mafell is just like milwaukee overpriced CRAP Makita and Bosch much better nice video mate

C’mon Dean, you’re a big boy, you know about economies of scale. Makita is exponentially larger than Mafell in ways that are hard to even fathom. Hell, Festool with its tiny two factories is larger than Mafell in ways that are hard to fathom. You work at a tool store. Surely you see the store’s costs and margins. Not only does the small production niche product cost more to you, you also have to markup that Mafell at retail by a drastically higher percentage than the Makita product that will outsell it 200:1 . A 7-1/4” XGT wood saw is way more expensive in parts than their 7-1/4” XGT Metal saw. Meanwhile that metal saw is three times the retail price of the wood saw. Is the metal saw a ripoff? Or are there just, y’know, literally tens of millions more wood saw customers in the world vs metal saw customers ? Makita manufactured fifty metal saws for the US. Meanwhile, the wood saw is in Home Depot stores. Metabo and Bosch branded batteries are half the price of their respective CAS and Ampshare partners branded batteries. I digress, the KSS 40 (cordless version of KSS 300) does things no other product does. It has saved my ass tens of times and made tasks easier thousands of times. The plunge saw you showcased earlier is much better than what Bosch and Metabo have to offer. So if you want a plunge saw that doesn’t suck for the arguably better Mafell/Bosch tracks, you’re stuck with paying for the Mafell. Their jigsaw does things no other can do and it, like the KSs 40, has saved my ass. Don’t get me wrong, 99% of the time, any jigsaw will do. They’re niche products. You pay the niche tax. Only a daft few would believe you’re getting better parts for that money.

800€ you can buy 4x Makita change every year and still ben chraper

That's a really obscene price for such low quality. Just another example of predatory capitalism.

Only $17000

900 Euros = $964.78 US not including tax which would put it over $1,000.00 US...THAT IS INSANE !!!

Biggest waste of money ever my god

Rip off pricing, same as BMW

Thats a 150 dollar saw here in the USA , No way in heck would I pay 800