Makita LS1019L 10" Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Laser

Had this saw about 4 months . Never could get it to cut properly, because the blade carriage and the rails were not aligned (parallel). Obvious saw defect, but I didn't catch it for a long time, thinking it was my poor adjustment skills. (The blade/rail alignment is not adjustable.)Good news is that Makita took the saw back and replaced it with a good one. Excellent customer service. new saw is awesome; perfectly aligned and smooth as silk to operate. Even the stock blade is excellent. The fence is two piece, adding more height when you need to. Work clamp is very easy to use but its not fast. Takes quite a few turns of the knob to secure the work. Would definitely recommend to buy this saw.If you do buy, first thing to do is to check the blade/rail alignment. Best way is to anchor a dial indicator to the table and place point of indicator against the side of the blade. Then move the blade carriage back and forth as far as you can, watching the dial. Be sure not to hit the teeth with the indicator; just the blade body. Acceptable dial indication is .005 movement total, front to back; (.002-.003 is better). More than that will likely give you problems. You need to doublecheck your results by making some cuts as noted in next paragraph.If you don't have a dial indicator, you should try test cuts after setting the blade perfectly square to the fence. First try a plunge cut (no sliding). This cut should be a perfect 90 degree . (use a good square to check against a backlight). Then try cutting a wider piece using the slide motion. If the saw is good, this cut will also be near perfect. If it isn't, doublecheck your settings and do it again. If still no go; consider replacing the saw, because it cant be adjusted to fix this type of problem. If you're happy with the cuts, keep the saw; you'll really like it.Its worth going thru the checkout process because this is just a great saw. But I guess they made a batch of bad ones, so you have to be careful.

After reading and viewing a lot of reviews for miter saws, I decided this would be the best value. It’s almost a third of what the Kapex saw from Festool. I had the older Makita sliding miter and wanted an upgrade. The features I like are the dust collection, front mounted rails and the laser guide. These are the new features not found on the older model. The saw arrived two days earlier than expected. The box appeared appeared to have been opened as the bottom was held on by tape. However, everything was included. Easy setup, just screw in the handle and mount the blade (held in by a left hand threaded screw). The fence was 90 degrees to the table, blade 90 degrees to the fence and table. Blade cut splits the laser line. The saw moves on the front rails smoothly. The dust collection was far better than the old model. I’m a bit puzzled why the dust collection connection doesn’t fit a Makita dust extraction vacuum. It’s a 11/2” hose connection that’s extremely short for any connector to grab. I found a solution using a rubber pipe connector generally used by plumbers. Once I was able to connect the vacuum it performed much better. So far, other than the hassle with the connector, I have no issues. It has soft start and a brake to stop the blade sooner. I highly recommend this miter saw.

Best 10" slider makita has produced by far, in my opinion!! Owned a Makita 1013 for yearsI still own the Dewalt DWS780 12" slider and the Milwaukee 12 slider model 6955-20, both I still use and are great saws, for 12 inch models...I also bought and sold the Festool back in 2014, motor had issues..When I saw this new Makita I saw a bit of likeness to the Festool, a little!!I set this makita on a Bosch gravity rise stand and went to work using it on a trim job I have..So far I'm happy and impressed with it and don't see any issues noted in some other reviews with dishing on wider boards..Pros:lots of power with the direct drive motor setup...Super nice dust collection using my Fein vac, I would say it captures over 80% easily ... maybe around 65% with the included dust bag, just a rough guess... but whatever the % it's really good.Laser works well, although I never use a laser. I would not rely on a laser on any saw, for rough work it seems a nice feature..The up front bevel knob is really useful and locks tight..Cut capacity is fantastic...Cuts are super smooth and accurate, without any dishing on wider boards..Zero play in the miter detents,..Included blade is actually very good..Slide action is very smooth and has extremely minimal side to side play, even when fully extended, you really have to get on it and force it side to side to see any side play..Nice wide turntable for stock support..Nice stock hold down included..Included built-in heavy duty adjustable table side extensions...Cons:So far none, we'll see after a few more months of use..but I don't see anything that stands out as becoming an issue..Overall this new saw seems to be built rock solid...Now if only there was a 12" version!!!!!!Pictures of some large crown that I was just using and baltic birch plywood showing a wide clean cut, also the first trim job I just used this saw on, it worked great..