Festool Kapex KS 120 Zero Clearance Dust Collection Throat Plate

The Festool Kapex KS 120 is known to be among the best when it comes to dust collection, but it still suffers from one inherent flaw that all other miter saws have: A huge gap in the back of the throat plate that allows debris that falls below the table to be thrown behind the blade and all over the saw and bench.

Enter the Dust Collection Throat Plate. This replacement, zero clearance throat plate has a built-in shroud that surrounds the blade under the table, guiding all the debris to the rear of the saw. And once there, a specially designed vacuum port carries it all away via a clear vinyl tube connected to your vacuum or extractor.

This comes as a two-piece solid throat plate without an opening for the blade. Once you cut into it, you will be left with an opening that is only as wide as the blade, known as zero-clearance. This narrow opening provides material support right up to your cut line, helping prevent tear-out and keeping small offcuts from falling beneath the throat plate where they can cause dangerous ejection and kickback.

What's included?

• Throat Plate/Shroud. This will come as two pieces, a front section and a rear section. It replaces the factory throat plate and installs reusing the factory screws.
• Throat Plate Vacuum Port. This installs on the rear section of the throat plate with four small screws (preinstalled).
• Clear Vinyl Hose. This is what carries the dust away. It connects the throat plate Vacuum Port to the Vacuum Adapter.
• Vacuum Adapter. This is what allows everything to work together. On the vacuum side you can hook up to almost any extractor, shop vacuum or even a dust collector. It will accept 2-1/2" dust collection hose, 2-1/2" shop vacuum hose, 1-7/8 shop vacuum hose or 36mm Festool antistatic hose. On the tool side there are two ports. One port is to hook up to the dust port on the back of the saw. The other port is sized to fit the supplied 1/2" outside diameter vinyl hose OR can be used with 5/8" inside diameter hose (not included or available from us). All fittings are tapered to provide a secure connection to a wide variety of brands of hoses, both new and old.
• Rail Stop. This will keep the saw head from fully returning to the factory "chop" position, which will keep the blade from cutting too far into the Vacuum Port.

Dust Collection Throat Plates are not intended to be used while making bevel cuts! These were designed for cabinet and furniture makers that rarely, if ever, use the bevel feature of their miter saws. Bevel cuts will destroy the shroud and the zero-clearance functionality. The full range of miter cuts can be made as long as the blade is plumb, or 90 degrees to the table.

Only intended to be used on the FESTOOL KS 120 miter saw. Not tested or guaranteed to fit any other make/model. Parts and accessories for other makes/models can be found on our website. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE MODEL NUMBER OF YOUR SAW BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER.

3D printed using high-quality PETG filament.