Aloysius, is an older simpler design no longer good just because it's older? Mt c12 Nicad still works great, so well I am not rushing out to replace it with the cxs. My main router is the Dewalt dw621 which is a pretty old elu design. Some of my older hitachi nailers just cannot be beat. I still wish makita still made their old simple table saw (just add a quick release Irving knife) to drop into my Rousseau stand, I could careless about it coming with a good fence. Yes I like some new stuff, especially some new flexvolt. I just do not understand this level of hate. I think pushing festool to be better is good but really this thread is bordering on the bizarre. Some of the best tools are BORING. I would prefer boring over stupid crap like one key. I would prefer that the people making my tools could afford to hire me (no matter where they live, yes even Mexico and China). Back to the scms discussion, in my mind all the major brands have serious flaws, you pick your poison and get to work. Makita= blade runout, soft zero bevel stop, silly bevel stops, no bevel past 45, Bosch= boat anchor, no soft start, no lasers, no light, table flatness issues, blade not parallel to arm, clunky bevel adjustment with complicated recalibration, bevel lock not solid. Dewalt= sticky slides, no soft start, tiny bushing on slides, not the best for long bevel cuts. Hitachi= (10"). Talk about a dinosaur, no 60 miter, no bevel past 45, blade guard breaks easy, fences move easy, limited capacity. Ridgid= 12" old one HEAVY, arbor issues, tracking problems, deflection. New 12" about to be recalled crazy blad shutter. 10" = bevel locking isssus, inaccurate laser, motor takes a year to get up to speed, heavy, not durable. Dewalt 10" manufacture isssues= blade not parallel to tubes, center of table lower than sides, fences not in line, bevel lock in non detentes not solid. Milwaukee 12" heavy, dust collector limits capacity, micro adjust is crap, digital bevel not acccurate, arbor leaks grease, no laser or shadow line. Milwaukee m18. Deflection in rear position, weak miter lock, less than 12" crosscut, blade not parallel to slides.
Note none have good dust collection except the Milwaukee 12".
Now are these companies evil because of these shortcomings ?
Are you evil because of your shortcomings ?
We are talking about little plastic feet and vertical handles verses horizontal ?
Deflection= are we carpenters? Woodworkers? Cantilever can be strong but there will always be some deflection. Too abstract for you, all scms are a cantiler design, do not like go to a yard sale and pick up an old sawbuck.
