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A lesser saw would have thrown in the towel and gone home sobbing like a school girl. It came through with flying colors. I bought this saw in '04 and immediately started flogging it. I used it extensively in the construction of my post and beam/strawbale workshop. The Makita is one tough saw. It has performed like a true champion, it even survived abuse by my hired helpers.
After looking over all dual bevel compound sliding miter saws and their reviews this one seemed to be a better quality at a decent price. The laser is right on and can be changed to the right or left side in less than 2 seconds. After receiving the saw and inspecting it I can say for sure that I believe it really is a higher quality saw than the ones I inspected at the big box stores.
This saw is great. I love this saw. 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.
After installing crown, base, and chair rail in our whole 2,500 sq ft house, I have no regrets what so ever. Would recommend to anyone in the market. It's made in the USA which is an added bonus, however helps me understand why the quality is so great. I was quite nervous spending this much on a saw. I was able to complete the whole project in 1 day, w/o this saw it would of been much longer. Trust me, spend the extra to get a good quality saw such as this one. This saw is the best there is.
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. I used a well known auction outlet for my portable saw table and scored that for 135 bux. 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. Such a sweet saw I did over 1,000 linear feet in two days. .
I have used many of these Makita saws by various employers and have owned a few also. 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. 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. 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. Hi, this is a PRO SAW and I am a retired all phase carpenter.
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. BUY THIS SAW, you WON'T REGRET IT. 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.
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