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the included 24 teeth blade is acceptable for ripping studs. MAKE SURE you keep your damn finger off the trigger and use your finger to rotate the blake so one of the teeth line up nect to the mark. From my experience, the manual is very confusing to understand. first time using a miter saw and I looked at some youtube video on safety, just make sure you cut evenly and let the blade stop before you pull it up. this was my first time and on a sidenote, a stud or 2x4 is not actually 2 inches by 4 inches like I thought it would be. aside from that its actual usage was fairly pleasant. for some reason maybe he said this but I expected a softer start. as someone mentioned it had a soft start.
I opted not to get the one with the laser but now I'm debating whether or not I should have gotten that one. newbie mistake. it is a good feature but it does seem sudden at times. overall good experience and I would recommend this. this saw had better reviews so I got it based on that.
this is not really a negetive, just a thought so you don't have unrealistic expectations of what soft start means. I plan on buying a freud blade to get cleaner cuts on molding. I went to lowes intending to ask a salesguy to help me use it but I actually figured it out using their display model. one little tip I did learn is that to get accurate cuts, lower the blade to the wood next to your pencil mark. maybe sawdust got into it but i tried blowing it out and it still was stuck. spin the blade on the smooth part not the blade in case you are dumb enough to accidentally pull the trigger and rip off a part of your finger. maybe stud and 2x4 are 2 different things.
it seems to be written in proper english but I don't know how to explain it it's just really confusing. I'm not sure what happened but the screw that holds the clamp to the base would not screw on all the way after I too it off to switch it to the other side. if you cut at an even smooth stroke then slow down at the edge of the cut it seemed to minimize the small splintering of the wood. anyways just my 2 cents from what I got from the first days use. I can eyeball the cut pretty accuratly that way, probably better than a laser but a laser is still something that sounds cool to have. I have spent most of the day using this saw to cut studs. maybe sap got into it, anyways minor problem but it did happen.
I did not check to see if the bag colected dust like others have warned, but I did notice the sawdust gets blown away so the saw does not get plugged up with dust.
The guides and pivots are all intuitive. As long as you use the right cutting speed, this engine will power through anything. Some minor issues: the sawdust bag is welcome, but it only catches half. I've made about 80 cuts of treated 4x4, 100's of cuts of 2x10 and 2x12 (cutting half way through and then flipping the board over to finish the cut), and hundreds of 2x4's. If I'd known I was going to cut such large dimensional lumber, I would have been seriously tempted to get the sliding compound miter, but it cost 4x as much and this one, surprisingly, does alright when used right.Two thumbs up Hitachi. The built in clamp is useful and the saw is heavy enough to not tilt over after the cut.
It's to be expected but maybe down the road when I buy the next one, they'll have improved this. I bought this saw from Amazon 15 months ago and I've used it frequently since. I've even cut a few pieces of cured oak firewood when my first blade got tired. It's such a great tool, I use it even when I should probably pull out the circular.
I'm an occasional user of this saw, and it works great. Saw arrived in excellent condition, very fast. I plan to add a Freud blade to it and expect even better results.
Does all that I want it to as a homeowner and for its portability, as for larger jobs, I have a 12" Rigid in the garage. Nothing broken, brand new out of the box. Could use a finer toothed blade, but that's a nit. Got this 10-inch miter to replace a fire-damaged B&D. Came packaged just fine. Had it less than a week, so have used it sparingly.
Directions are weak too, trying to tell me the wrong way to turn to loosen the bevel. Returning a saw to Amazon is a bit of pain because of the wait time, but you get a full refund on shipping and they pick it up at your door. I returned the first one because the bevel adjustment was so tight that I couldn't loosen. Got the replacement and it works great.
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