10-22-2014, 04:27 PM
Just my luck.
Miter saw was delivered today. I opened the box to find the molded Styrofoam packing shell crushed and broken on top. I removed that and the plastic bag covering the saw and the next thing I noticed was a large crusty rust spot on one of the sliding rails.
I pulled the saw out of the box for a closer look. As I moved things around I noticed that the blade on the saw seemed to have an awful lot of backlash in it. About 5/8" at the tooth edge. So what I thought was a direct drive turns out to be a gear reduction setup. As I was fiddling with the blade I happened to look down at the kerf panels and saw a few dings from the blade striking it up front. Then I looked down into the bottom of the casting and saw more teeth dings and a CRACK!
I had already seen enough, but decided to plug it in anyway just to see if it ran. It did, but it had an odd rattling sound to it. After about 30 seconds of run time I shut it off because of the horrid smell it was giving off - like burnt wiring/insulation. And I mean a STRONG smell.
Needless to say it's going back. I'll try one more (replacement) from them, but if it's not a marked improvement over this one it will also go back for a refund, and I'll just have to save my pennies to get a higher quality saw down the road.
Miter saw was delivered today. I opened the box to find the molded Styrofoam packing shell crushed and broken on top. I removed that and the plastic bag covering the saw and the next thing I noticed was a large crusty rust spot on one of the sliding rails.
I pulled the saw out of the box for a closer look. As I moved things around I noticed that the blade on the saw seemed to have an awful lot of backlash in it. About 5/8" at the tooth edge. So what I thought was a direct drive turns out to be a gear reduction setup. As I was fiddling with the blade I happened to look down at the kerf panels and saw a few dings from the blade striking it up front. Then I looked down into the bottom of the casting and saw more teeth dings and a CRACK!
I had already seen enough, but decided to plug it in anyway just to see if it ran. It did, but it had an odd rattling sound to it. After about 30 seconds of run time I shut it off because of the horrid smell it was giving off - like burnt wiring/insulation. And I mean a STRONG smell.
Needless to say it's going back. I'll try one more (replacement) from them, but if it's not a marked improvement over this one it will also go back for a refund, and I'll just have to save my pennies to get a higher quality saw down the road.
Willie