I have now bought myself the ryobi 1526.
Not as difficult to set up as so.e suggest, but it was time consuming..... But then so is woodwork
The throat plate is useless, about 1mm below the table height. Will need a replacement made from wood.
I have a piece of maple I'll try.
The miter guage...
Just unpacked a Ryobi ETS1525. The blue colour, not the new green one. Cost £150... Cabr be sniffed at.
Not finished tuning it yet.
Miter gauge is very sloppy in track. 1/2" track so replacement is impossible.
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I'll try making a sled for crosscuts and 45 deg. mitres.
Very loud on switch on...
I would also like to know how things turned out.
The MacAlastair looks like it's no longer avaialble. Is it possible that it was a re-badged ryobi? B&Q only stock the cheaper of the Evolution Rage5 saws now. - plus a few Performance Pro items like bandsaws and planers.