sxlalan":24qcc6ns said:
Hi Dewy
Thanks for the heads-up. How accurate are you finding the cuts with this saw?
Cheers
Alan
I had only made a couple of test cuts to be certain the saw was able to cut the depth and width shown in the atrocious Chinese to English translation instruction booklet.
I just checked the cut across the 12" contiboard for squareness and found it well out.
I could find no instructions on setting it up square but the English is such a poor incomprehensible translation that I set it aside and looked at the saw to find a cure.
There are 4 cap screws holding the fence in place so these just needed loosening and resetting at 90° to the blade.
A few test cuts and slight adjusments should solve the problem.
There are a great many tools imported from the same source with just different badges and coloured plastic parts.
The prices depend on the overheads of the sellers.
My bench jointer was bought from a national DIY chain with their own badge on it even though supplied by a company that sells under their own brand name.
The jointer was cheaper than than sold by the manufacturers (importers)
These TV shopping channels buy in bulk and sell cheaper using the premiss 'low profit quick return'
They dont aim for a specific target like woodworkers but to a wider DIY market to those who are unlikely to buy such tools unless they have seen them in use (infommercials) and see the price atractive.
I only bought this saw because I have a number of 3" posts and 6"x2" joists to cut to length which were beyond the scope of my existing sliding mitre saw.
I was unlikely to spend £150 to do this work but at £86 it became worthwhile.
The increased capacity and the trenching ability is a bonus.