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No, in the end I went with DeWalt DWE7485-GB (240v). It was about £450. It was more the reviews than the price, but I think I'd have been happy with either. I think it was the rack and pinion fence that edged it (it's nice). Overall a well thought out and executed bit of kit. I'm impressed...

That kind of swayed it. Went for the dewalt 7845. Light and accurate. Not too pricey.£600 with 3 Freud blades. Thanks for all the help, guys!

The GTS10xc? @johnnyb ? Are the issues fixable? I like the sliding rail.

Briefly, I’ll have another look. Ta.

I’ve been thinking a lot about that last sentence…. Is the difference between the two quite noticeable?

That’s much more reasonable, but it’s 110v and my workshop is 240v. I’m not sure about converters, but I’ll ask my dad, see if cheap ones are viable. Guessing not!

This is basically where I'm at right now... :) I've completed Fleabay, Facebook-MarkupPlace, Shamazon, all the usualy tool suppliers and the 7492 is now £1190 in the only stockist. I can get the Mak 2704, but when you're spending this much, you want the one you want. Takes the 'ohh shiny' off...

Cheers mate! I'm in Boro (NW), so a bit of a trek. Appreciate the offer, though! I'm fairly sold on the Dewalt, despite being a bit of Makita fanboy for the battery compatibility (dammit, just wish they'd standardise that rubbish). If they had one in stock, it'd be on the way already. I won't...

£550... *sigh* That's something we're getting used to here, but man it sucks. That's an interesting idea, cheers.

My problem is floor space, it needs to be able to be picked up and put on my workbench (which is a 3rd of my floor space). I can lift anything up to about 50kgs (my band saw is 58 and I don't want to move that again!). I can store the jobsite/bench saws under the end of my bench, on their side...

Yea, I wish I were in that category. For me, affordable means "can I buy this and still eat?" This is just a hobby, but I'd like it to be a fall-back career. I've read a lot about the history of sawstop (I was really pineappled off I couldn't get one and went looking for an explanation) and...

I really love Makita stuff, but last night, and on the basis of the 'better fence' I tried to pull the trigger on the Dewalt 7492, but it's out of stock everywhere (unless you're willing to pay scalping prices). RRP is around £750 in the UK, but it's going for closer to £900 right now.

I'm always keen to hear other viewpoints. but you should know, I'm not naive or cynical, I'm just disappointed. And I can see that Sawstop are great tool, if you can afford them (big IF), I can't. Sawstop have made their money back now. No way they haven't. £50 per part (sold at a...

turns out the Kity products were taken over by Scheppach, which turned into the Scheppach Precisa 2.0. Machineatlas reviews said the Kity were overpriced in the second hand market (which seems to be the case at ~£700). Definitely food for thought, though, thanks!

Thanks a lot! I haven't seen either of those before. I suspect I glossed over them on the Ax site due to the look, but it's definitely worthy of consideration.

Thanks man, that's good to know. I am SO on the fence between these two. I love the R&P fence, but there are some reviews saying the Makita is capable of higher accuracy. Does the 90 and 45 degree stop on the Dewalt snap-in? Or do you have to check it each time?

I'm looking for a small footprint saw with accurate cuts, for hobby work, guitar laminate necks, picture frames, boxes etc. I can't fit a cast iron table in my shop, but I can fit an ally-topped one on my bench (I don't think they do an iron one for benchtops?). I'd love a Festool TKS80 or a...

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but thanks, I guess?

Yeah, I figured that out about BU planes today while looking at them in detail. Cheers, though. I can get the frog back to widen the mouth gap, but as soon as I adjust it to cutting depth, it closes the mouth completely (on the record, not on the stanley, which is OK for fine shavings and...

But... how? That blade is even thicker than the LN, isn't it? I've tried mine on my Stanley No.4 and it has the same issue as the Record, in that it runs out of space in the mouth and touches the toe side of it when at cutting depth. I will mention that the Stanley (1940s) feels like a much...