I recently got one of these, I think it is a cracking tool - except for one thing - if I cut more than a minute or so the base plate will come loose and the saw acts as it has a coping foot on it (which renders it near useless, really). The plate is held by a cam operated by a lever which is too long anyway - it catches on things in use, however this is solvable - I'll cut the thing off. The mechanism itself is tightened up with a tiny Torx screw and this is the problem - I suspect it merely needs tightening but it seems to be in some sort of thread lock and it doesn't want to move. I'm afraid to strip it while the tool's still under warranty, but I could do without the cost of returning it by courier. Has anyone had this problem? If the thing wasn't guaranteed I'd look to do away with the lever and just bolt the plate down square - for 5000 square cuts any inconvenience in undoing it for one angled one would be justified. I shall give the firm a ring tomorrow before I go any further, but just wondered if anyone else had had the same problem?
This might have spurred on my hatred of 7 1/4" saws. I cut a curve through a piece of whitewood nearly 4" deep (the longest blade I had) which was perfectly clean and entered, held, and exited at a perfect ninety degrees. my old mains Bosch was a great bit of kit, but it wouldn't have done that.
