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That time my miter saw drifted 2 degrees mid-cut on a kitchen job in Austin
I was building a set of custom cabinets for a house near downtown Austin, about 15 uppers and lowers. Everything was going smooth until I started cutting the face frames and noticed the joints were off just a hair. At first I blamed the wood, thinking maybe it was warped. But after three tries I checked the saw with a square and found the blade was drifting 2 degrees. The screws on the base had loosened up from all the vibration. I stopped everything, tightened them down, and rechecked every cut I had made that morning. Ended up having to redo six frame pieces because they were slightly out of square. Anyone else had a saw come loose like that and waste a whole morning?
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susan_adams1mo ago
I'm not convinced it was the saw, sounds like user error to me.
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alicemurphy1mo ago
Honestly, what makes you so sure it was user error? Have you actually used this specific saw before, or are you just basing that on general experience with other tools? Tbh I'm asking because the manual warns about a specific lock mechanism that feels super finicky, and if that slipped it could look like a user mistake but really be a design flaw.
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