Well Well Well never Thought!

[jmbfestool]

Richard

Have a look at this Makita LS 0714, it very light, good crosscut capacity and you can easily carry it in one hand.

http://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/makita-ls0714-190mm-slide-compound-mitre-saw-240v-pid348.html

I take this little baby on all my jobs and its a great bit of kit.

Guy

Yeah that little Makita looked good!  Thanks for showing me that pull out safety trigger!

If I want a small mitre saw it would properly be this makita!

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

I was working in a client's house the other day and lugged the kapex (unwillingly) up the external staircase to cut skirting.  I'd been using a Festool vac and various sanders and the TS 55 all week.  The Kapex wouldn't work.  At first I nearly had heart failure thinking it was broken, but eventually decided it might have been the very dodgy 1960's French wiring (with no earth)
The client kindly hooked up and extension cord from his garage and all was well.  I am stilled puzzled.

Carting the Kapex around for just a few lengths of skirting has had me eyeing up the Metabo KS 216 - its about ?75 here, weighs 9kg and looks reasonable.  Any suggestions anyone. (I have the small Symetric Festool saw but it will only do architrave)

Richard

I thought the same thing! My heart stopped when my Kapex didnt work on the generator.  Made it worse was that the lasers turned on and the blade did spin up once but then wouldnt work at all any more.  Soon as I got home I plugged it in soon as possible and when it worked I was so re-leaved

Your saying you dont like carrying the kapex around but its a very small and very easy to carry to other saws in the same class.  The dewalt is ridiculously heavy and the Makita isnt much lighter and the Hitachi is just a huge alien

JMB

 

[Tom Ryan]

Your comments about the Makita and Dewalt are probably true for 10" or 12" saws. 
But the Makita LS0714 is a smaller saw, and only weighs 27 pounds!

 

[jmbfestool]

Your comments about the Makita and Dewalt are probably true for 10" or 12" saws. 
But the Makita LS0714 is a smaller saw, and only weighs 27 pounds!

If you look I did say  IN THE SAME CLASS  meaning saws of a similair capacity.  The Makita LS0714 is a different Class.    Also if you read further up I did say I would buy one of those Makita LS0714 if I wanted a small chop saw.

JMB