I purchased this saw because I found I needed a portable bench saw to work some of my projects outside where I could work with sections of lumber longer than 6 feet in length. It's hard to see the location and the attachment is not held firmly there, so I expect it won't live there much on my saw. One last hint: the miter attachment clips behind the power cord. I would have preferred to have an undamaged one with all the parts. Some saws seem to have these knobs in the reviews and some do not. You need two knobs with 6mm threaded studs. In addition, the two knobs for locking the auxiliary outfeed fence were missing, so that was an extra 10 bucks to order a pack of assorted knobs from Amazon. It took me a day, but the fence now moves freely. I didn't like the idea of returning a 100-pound item to Amazon so I worked on bending the end of the guide rail back into place. Probably the same impact that ripped the corner off the shipping box. Investigation showed that the aluminum guide rail on one side had been severely deformed by an impact. This would be a problem for small cuts because it would be hard to dial in the right measurement. However, the rip fence didn't move easily as it approached the saw blade.

I took the saw into the garage and assembled it. I made sure there was no mishandling on my end. I met the UPS truck with my own cart so the lone driver and I could both lift it off the truck. This is a 100 pound item and I don't think UPS cares that it's supposed to be handled by two people. One corner was torn nearly completely off. My saw did not arrive with that part broken, to my relief, but you could see that the box was worse for wear. The main problem is the plastic rack-and-pinion gear mount, which seems to beak in shipping for some people. A few Amazon reviewers note that they received the saw damaged. It's rugged, well built, and I like the rack and pinion fence guides. When Amazon put it on sale for $400, I purchased it. The saw went on sale last year for less than $350 and I missed it. It's a heavy saw, so you really want a wheeled stand for it. If you look at the online reviews, you can see it's an excellent saw with an included cart/stand. I have wanted this Metabo/Hitachi saw for a while.

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