expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Apr 11, 2024
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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Apr 11, 2024
Apr 11, 2024 12:17 PM
Metabo 12" HPT Sliding Compound Miter Saw
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John Heisz is a very experienced woodworker and he used the Hitachi version of this saw for many years until it gave out. He made many mods to his saw including
* Zero clearance insert, old version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYo1uq8
* Zero clearance insert, new version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZs3_d9
* Zero Clearance Miter Saw Fence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOwZhKX
And many more.
Miters 60 degree to the right and 50 degree to the left vs 57 and 45 on metabo. The 60/57 is irrelevant but only 45 is not enough, if you are doing molding walls are never straight and 46-47 degrees come quite often, limiting yourself to only able to do that on one side is a deal breaker. DeWalt can cut like 14 inches at 90 degrees but I believe HTB is limited to 12, might not be a big deal but this helps quite a bit if you need to strip soms ply for typical 16 OC stud spacing say to make a some backing. instead of having to grab the circular saw, you can do it only standing miter.
It is between Dewal 8 1/4" and 10" Tale Saw weight.
I am very happy with my Metabo cordless set and was very interested in this, but those reviews on Amazon scared me away. Don't want to drop $300 on a saw with alignment & slider issues.
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1) the break stopped working as it worked when new - sometimes it is working fine, sometimes it doesn't work at all, sometimes it works like 5 seconds later
2) the weight of the sliding thing gets stiff at some time and you literally have to put a lot of lubrication. Something gets off because when I pull the saw little bit up from the slider, it slides smoothly
I 3 saws - this one, dewalt and ryobi. I think it is the best from all of them and for this price you can't get anything better. As a hobbyist I can't justify festool or bosch :/
Also, 10" or will I regret later and want the 12"big boy?
I am very happy with my Metabo cordless set and was very interested in this, but those reviews on Amazon scared me away. Don't want to drop $300 on a saw with alignment & slider issues.
I am very happy with my Metabo cordless set and was very interested in this, but those reviews on Amazon scared me away. Don't want to drop $300 on a saw with alignment & slider issues.
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