gearhound said:
Any updates on Makita fixing this issue yet? Really want to buy one, but not too fond of the thought of tweaking this part #169 when it wasn't meant to be adjustable in the 1st place.....
For those that have made the adjustment tweak, I'm curious how it's holding up over the months/years....does it require frequent adjustment. I'll be using it for furniture builds and don't want to be worrying all the time that it's not square.
Once adjusted and locked up, they hold fine. We bought two of them at the same time a good while back.
Out of the box, one had good rail alignment but, the base angle detents were a little bit out. The other had spot on detents but, the rails needed tweaking.
Both saws have been fine since and I like them a lot, I am a Makita fan though but, have to say, my Kapex is a better saw, by a fair margin (at a price)
I honestly don’t know if Makita have sorted the issues now, a salesman told me they had, he also called me young man, despite me being old enough to be his grandfather [blink]
I agree too, these saws should not need all these adjustments out of the box. When I‘ve mentioned this at the point of sale, they say it could be a transport issue.
Why not call Makita and ask them, I have called Makita UK on occasion and they’ve always been helpful.
They are nice saws for the money, when set up right, either from the factory, or by user adjustment.
