During the unboxing, the first sign of the issues to come was that the decals had been placed upside down on the saw during manufacture. While initially this was going to be an easy fix, the issues continued as the number of critical safety feature bolts and limit stops were only fitted finger tight. The main fence did not have enough adjustment to tune out angle errors on the deck to ensure a nice 90 Deg Cut. A number of fixing screws were fitted with two spring washers instead of a spring and flat washer. While I could over look some of the p...Read more

The build quality of the saw overall seems fine for a unit at this price point. There are some minor issues like the tiny ineffective dust bag and the laser lens that appears designed to collect debris and require constant cleaning.

My greatest concern though is the saw blade itself. On mine there's a noticeable distortion that results in a cut somewhat wider than the kerf width. I don't have a dial indicator handy to measure the runout, but it looks something like 2-3mm when rotating at low speed. I removed and cleaned the blade arbor area an...Read more