I bought this excellent saw from Screwfix when they were having a 'generous' moment and had reduced it to £139.99, now back to
£169.99 I see, but anyway this is a great tool to use. It has a very accurate laser to aid with cutting which can be easily adjusted. It is belt driven and 14 months later after a great deal of cutting the belt is fine with no signs of wear. It is easy to adjust for bevel cutting/mitres, has a decent clamp and good clamp sockets for various clamping positions. There is an 'end stop' for repetitive cutting jobs but that is a weak point as it can move as it is only fixed on one side with a wingut to the extension wing, it could do with being a bit more robust. In operation the saw cuts very well with the supplied Erbauer blade, no need to update it to anything else, imo. It can handle timber upto 141mm wide but by adding a couple of scraps to the saw base to raise the hieght of the workpiece you can easily cut upto 150mm x 25mm plus. As ever the dust doesn't always make it into the supplied dust bag so a vacuum or extractor is advisable. It can cut 22.5 degrees as well as the usual 0-45. It's 1300 watt motor is quite noisey but I've no complaints, very happy with it :wink:
£169.99 I see, but anyway this is a great tool to use. It has a very accurate laser to aid with cutting which can be easily adjusted. It is belt driven and 14 months later after a great deal of cutting the belt is fine with no signs of wear. It is easy to adjust for bevel cutting/mitres, has a decent clamp and good clamp sockets for various clamping positions. There is an 'end stop' for repetitive cutting jobs but that is a weak point as it can move as it is only fixed on one side with a wingut to the extension wing, it could do with being a bit more robust. In operation the saw cuts very well with the supplied Erbauer blade, no need to update it to anything else, imo. It can handle timber upto 141mm wide but by adding a couple of scraps to the saw base to raise the hieght of the workpiece you can easily cut upto 150mm x 25mm plus. As ever the dust doesn't always make it into the supplied dust bag so a vacuum or extractor is advisable. It can cut 22.5 degrees as well as the usual 0-45. It's 1300 watt motor is quite noisey but I've no complaints, very happy with it :wink: