Makita LS1219LX 12" Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Laser and Stand

Product performed as expected for a Makita product. The saw performs flawlessly and the stand is well made and easy supports weight of saw and materials. Having the stand allows me to avoid dragging my sawhorses place to place. Setup was easy and removing saw from stand with the provided base for the saw makes it easy remove and place the saw on back on stand. The weight of the saw is a bit heavy compared to my previous saw but manageable.

Completed two big build projects and alignment still perfect. Great shipment packaging and sharp looking tool. Great performance in cutting, never bogs down.

I'm a home hobbyist and wanted something nice for my long term setup. This was easy to use and the stand is very useful if you are strapped for space.

Love this thing a upgrade from a DeWalt. It takes up so much less room, it's worth the money for that alone, and half the price of a festool saw.

I bought this because I have an older Makita from 18 years ago that has been an absolute champ. My old Makita has had absolutely zero issues and is an absolute tank. I was hoping to get the same level of quality with the new purchase. I got this larger saw because I have wide boards that need sawing. I'm not doing just trim work like would be suitable for a smaller saw. The stand that comes with this thing is absolutely useless. It is not what I would call portable at all. You are supposed to take the saw off every time you are going to move it. It's just not practical. I have instead abandoned the stand entirely and just put the saw on a rolly cart. Then there are issues with the saw. The accuracy of it is great. It is a Makita after all. If you are looking for extreme precision and high quality motor, you could not do better. My gripe comes from two areas. First, Makita provides no adapter to change from the small Makita sawdust hose to a standard 2" shop vac or Rigid vac style hose. That coupler should just come with it. Second, the base is thin cast weak junk. This is extremely relevant because if your goal was to mount this saw on the stand, then you need the stand to base connection to be strong. It is not. I compared the base on my old Makita to the new base. The old Makita saw base is a tank of metal that is 1/8" or more thick. Zero issues with it in the last 18 years. But the new base is just crap. The very first time of mounting it onto the stand, the thin base metal fractured and busted off leaving a gaping hole making it impossible to ever mount on the stand again. Sure Makita will sell you another stand of garbage quality. The base is only about 1/16th of an inch thick. It is pathetic. They do not provide any spacers or bushings to go between the base and the stand. So there is nothing to compress the bolt against, which is why it rips through. I'm not interested in wasting a bunch of time machining bushings for some bolts when Makita should have included them. And no I did not just miss those parts. They are not in the manual either. So some simple plastic bushings probably would have solved the problem, or Makita could have not cheaped out on the thickness of the base material. Bottom line is that the saw is very good if you intend on sitting it on a rolly cart and leaving it there. This saw is NOT portable without the cart. It's too heavy and the stand is a flaming joke and waste of money.

Muy buena pero demasiado pesada incluso en el burro de soporte es difícil manipularla tuve que hacer una modificación en las ruedas que espero en el futuro corrijan ese error son muy pequeñas y muy unidas cuando la transportas se te va en desbalance hacia los lados pero aun asi es buena invercion me encanto

The first saw had blade wobble they sent me another saw for free it is perfect

No problems love the product