About 24 hours after W finished the work bench, we had a nasty unpleasant accident. Whilst cutting through a small piece of wood, the mitre saw 'kicked back' hard, then the safety cover slapped down and everything stopped. Completely. We couldn't work out what was wrong and so we shipped it out to Makita for repairs.
After a long wait, we finally heard back - they believed the damage was due to the saw being dropped and therefore it wasnt covered by the warranty. All repairs would have to be paid in full - and the total cost was just 20 euros less than a completely new saw. We spent a lot of time frustratedly trying to work out when it could possibly have been dropped - and realised there was one point in time that did indeed fit the bill - not a major fall, but enough to qualify. So, fair play in the warranty sense, but both W & I are not terribly impressed with the robustness of Makita mitre saw, if it is that easy to destroy so fundamentally. With the costs of the repair so close to the price of new, it was an easy decision to make to buy new to ensure that there are no remaining niggles - and an equally simple decision to decide to move away from Makita. Sad because it had been good so far, but really not impressed with its durability in a working environment. W settled on a deWalt so looking forwards to seeing how it works out.
However, we did discover a new challenge on the deWalts arrival. The beautiful worksaw table that W spent so much time on, doesn't fit the new saw. The base area is too small and the height of the wood support areas are now too low. More fixes.
