Slide Compound Mitre Saw 260mm 1,430w with Laser

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While it’s a 10-inch saw, it also has side rails that you have to accommodate wherever you place it. This can cause you to need a bit more space to devote to the saw. Overall, it’s built for versatility and durability. It’s built for a contractor’s life so you know it’s built to last. The Cons

As the Makita LS1018L is equipped with a 260-millimetre wide blade the user can easily cut beams up to 9 centimetres deep. The large blade of MAKITA is indeed quite helpful. As you can see, it’s a dual bevel saw. You can bevel left and right, both to 45°. While I would prefer a slightly extended bevel range, say to 47°, the 45° is industry standard and this will take care of 95% of most peoples beveling needs. But at the decent price and low weight, the do-it-yourselfers can still reap great benefit without spending an arm and a leg.Smooth & Accurate: This miter saw is genuinely precise. It’s designed to make accuracy a breeze. This means lining up for your cut and then making the cut are smooth. This is in part thanks to linear ball bearing system on the miter saw.

However, with this model, it’s been noted that you get much-improved dust collection performance just by hooking a shop vac to the dust port, in lieu of the bag. Another very lucrative feature is the laser light which runs on Lithium-ion batteries. As expected, the laser beam produces a straight line over which the saw blade runs to shear through the wood. After marking the wood pieces, planks, or logs with a pencil, just align them with the laser beam to cut precisely without any mistake.

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With its robust power source and reliable construction, the Makita LS1018L is built to withstand demanding cutting tasks and ensure long-lasting performance. Whether you are a professional or a do-it-yourself enthusiast, this saw provides the necessary features and specifications to meet your cutting needs. I attach 2 sets of wood screwed to the fence which serve as zero clearance kerf boards for both, 0 and 90 deg cuts and that works well. This saw offers a lot of features for a lot of people. However, the manufacturer had professionals in mind when they designed it. The other thing that some people see as a con is the fact that this saw has no laser guide. Remember, Makita designed the saw for accuracy. Lasers are not always required. They just might make you feel more confident in your work. The DIYer can get a lot out of this saw as it would handle about any home-improvement job you could throw at it. Basically, the same benefits as applied to a contractor, only you may not put as many hours on it.

Out of the box, you have to set up the Makita for accuracy, which is bloody unfortunate. It would seem tedious, but must be done. You must align the blade to the table top and the blade to the fence. There are some videos on you tube and this one is really helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGQmHPS4nU0In this particular case, keep in mind I am looking at a dual bevel compound miter saw. That alone gives it some advantage over a traditional miter saw. Let us now discuss the benefits of MAKITA LS1018L. The benefits are explained below for your convenience; The LS1018L 260mm slide compound mitre saw is equipped with a built in laser guide projecting a crisp cutting line onto the work piece providing fast, accurate alignment of the blade for extreme accuracy & increased productivity. It features full electronic power control maintaining a constant blade speed under load, electronic brake and soft start eliminating sudden movement on start up. This tool falls into the mid-range when it comes to price. It lines up with other tools in the same price range and has some details that many miter saws at this cost don’t have. In fact, it can be very hard to find a dual bevel compound saw at this price. This Makita miter saw stands out for professionals and for other fields of woodworkers. It is capable of working with a variety of different needs and that is perhaps why it’s such a great power tool. It doesn’t have a laser and the dust collection is just standard but remember that the saw itself was built for accuracy so you should be ok without that laser.

It’s built to last and has a decent warranty for the price tag. I would say for non-professionals, this tool will probably last a really long time. It does have a bigger footprint due to the standard slide rails than it’s cousin, the Makita LS1019L, but that saw’s features come with a higher price tag (and total weight). If you have worked with a power tool, you must have noticed a sudden jerk felt as soon as the machine is turned on. Thanks to the soft start technology, the MAKITA starts very smoothly when turned on, with the blade running slowly initially. The soft-start feature thus allows you to better control and grip the saw. Makita LS1018 Mitre saw comes with double sliding rails with linear ball bearings on each rail to ensure a perfectly smooth and accurate cut. And while it doesn’t quite have the vertical board cutting capacity of the Dewalt DW717, it still has a decent fence and can handle most crown molding and baseboard jobs.

Is This Lightweight Sliding Miter Saw Worthy?

The Makita LS1018LN 240V 260mm Slide Compound Mitre Saw Laser will prove valuable to professionals such as carpenters and kitchen fitters. The powerful 240V motor has an input wattage of 1430W and a no load speed of 4300rpm to make short work of crosscuts and mitre cuts. This saw excels at cutting through wider materials and structures, such as boards and frames, thanks to its 260mm blade with a 30mm bore diameter. Makita mitre saws offer the power and the drive you need to get a job done. Designed with precision and speed in mind they can handle even the most complicated cut. From a simple door frame, to a more complex crown moulding installation, you can count on Makita mitre saws to get the job done.