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Nice Saw

I did some considerable research on the Hitachi miter saws and decided on this one. When I received the saw, I opened the box and it appeared as though this saw was used before, the packaging was horrible and one of the sub-fences was snapped off. I called Amazon and they overnighted a replacemend saw. Upon opening the second saw, the packaging wasn’t much better, but atleast this saw didn’t appear to be used. When I pulled it out of the box, I noticed the same sub-fence was broken just like the first saw?? I called Hitachi and got the run around until I asked to speak with a manager and I was informed that she had received several complaint calls regarding broken sub-fences that week. The problem comes down to the cardboard packaging that Hitachi uses to secure the saw in the box. Hitachi needs to upgrade their packaging. The saw’s are made and packaged in China, I’m sure the box gets bounced around quite a bit. The sub-fence that is broken is on back order from Hitachi, so what does this tell you, obviously, this sub-fence must be a hot item. Anyways, Hitachi has ordered me the sub-fence at zero cost for the sub-fence, though I probably won’t get it until end of December. Oh, the 32 tooth saw blade that came with the saw is junk, one of the carbide tips was broken off. I bought the Hitachi 90 tooth blade and it cuts like a hot knife through butter. I have used the saw to cut some large crown molding and it seems to work well, the digital miter and bevel display is pretty cool. Amazon took care of all the return shipping of the first saw, so five stars for Amazon.

Update (5/19/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.

The featured review for this product, Hitachi C12LDH 15 amp 12-inch Dual Bevel Miter Saw with Laser and Digital Miter Bevel Display Tools & Hardware, was written by C. Lancor.

The average rating for this item is 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.