tectobil

anybody remember the squishy rubber hockey pucks they made us use in elementary school so we wouldn't kill each other....maybe that's just a Canadian thing. anyway, i have a dozen of these in my shop. When they get dirty they go in the dishwasher.

I run a medium sized commercial and institutional construction company and we have a Makita Makita 2705X1 (pictured in th lead into this article) which we are very pleased with. In a normal working day the saw sees use ranging from ripping framing materials and hardi panel to working materials for casework, flatwork and millwork. We have assembled a reasonable array of blades and throat plate inserts, all of which work well with the saw. The fence is adequate for our uses but struggles a little bit when handling full size sheets of plywood. The table is light but sturdy and stable. Our single biggest complaint is that the folding stand/base assembly is, when fully extended, quite wobbly which does not help at all when handling panel products. We are considering building an outfeed/sidetable assembly in our shop that the saw would "dock" into; this should address the wobbly-ness issues. Otherwise the saw performs as well as my personal Craftsman monster (old) in the shop at home.