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This saw is great. If you do compound cutting this is a must have item. Set up is easy, adjustments are quick and the laser makes cutting so accurate. I love this saw.
This saw is the best there is. I was quite nervous spending this much on a saw. It's made in the USA which is an added bonus, however helps me understand why the quality is so great. After installing crown, base, and chair rail in our whole 2,500 sq ft house, I have no regrets what so ever. I was able to complete the whole project in 1 day, w/o this saw it would of been much longer. Would recommend to anyone in the market. Trust me, spend the extra to get a good quality saw such as this one.
The reason I got one more new one, and the only one I own now is I figured it would last me the rest of my life and I also purchased a new home in the country and all of my older out buildings had no trim, fascia or corner caps and I used my Makita to trim out every outbuilding I own. . I have used many of these Makita saws by various employers and have owned a few also. I bought mine Feb 2008 at a steal here at Amazon, don't know if it was a pricing error or what but I shopped hard using search engines for a month. I have checked the stop locks on the degree of cut and doing that with a laser gauge and the factory quick locks for common cuts has repeatedly come in less that one half of a degree. The bang for the buck is here and this saw is very user friendly for the weekend warrior that has intense remodel or wood working projects.
To enhance this saw you may consider purchasing a chop saw bench, I found a transportable light weight wheeled collapsible one that weights 50 pounds with a single roller wheel and an open bridged support table of 119" for material support. Hi, this is a PRO SAW and I am a retired all phase carpenter. Such a sweet saw I did over 1,000 linear feet in two days. The balance is sweet and you can feel the precision as your work with it, 1/64" for finish or cabinet work is not hard to hit the mark if your eyes are that accurate. This is the top of the line and there are more expensive machines out there but the don't hold a candle to this model of Makita. I used a well known auction outlet for my portable saw table and scored that for 135 bux.
BUY THIS SAW, you WON'T REGRET IT.
Ok I owen & opperate a Int.Trim Co. we do high end custom homes and spec.production homes thru out South Florida.Between myself & the guys we have used just about all the saws on the market and this one falls somewhere in the middle of the road.I have two issues with this saw the first being that the stops @ each miter have to much play about 1 Deg. to the left or the right of each angle unless you lock the saw down each time.The other is that the guard catches the long point of a compound miter on any crown over 5 1/4" cut from the end of the material.So I am not sure if I am into this saw or not it has only been a month and I think I still like my Dewalt better.Time will tell.All and all it is a nice saw
Only 2 issues: the saw was shipped with a defective handle and trigger switch (quality control). Very good saw. Solidly built, easy to use, and received high ratings as best miter saw in this size. and that was resolved to my satisfaction. Second is the saw is quite heavy and large so not easy to carry around.
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