HS0600

A little pricey but arrived quickly and works beautifully. It is great to cut through 4X4's in one pass and through most of a 6x6 easily! Makita is a very good product!

I got this saw at an amazing deal. It was way cheaper than what it was going for in the big box department stores. This saw is a beast. It gives you so many more possibilities and it’s big!!! Very easy to handle and it cut like butter!!! If you need a big saw to open up the door to cutting bigger and better pieces of wood this saw is the one you need. Very liable and it has stood the rest of time.

Just as Advertised! Quick Delivery. What you would expect from Makita quality tools.

Big fan of makita, especially since my last 3 Dewalts were misaligned due to faulty machining. I'm concerned about the Chinese manufacturing of this saw, and it's lifespan. I've got a whole line of makita tools from 45 years ago that still work great! So hopefully the brand has kept up its performance standards and quality.

I was torn between a BigFoot conversion for my old SkilSaw, but I decided to go for the multiple saws option. Being only a little more than the cost of a BigFoot, I was concerned it may feel "cheap", but it has the heft and solid feeling such that I'm not concerned. It had plenty of power to rip cut 6x's and scare the hell out of me when it bound. I like the grinder handle for the foregrip and the oversized guard lever is convenient too. Only bad thing I have to say is about the trigger unlock; it's recessed so you need to twist your hand to depress it, putting your hand in kind of an awkward position to control the saw. That and the 0° wasn't perfect (as other reviews have noted). Just need to square it up beforehand. I wish I had the option to buy a case for it since I won't use it very often (that's the only time I'll say that as I usually throw them away).

I bought a bowling alley floor to turn into a work bench. At 10' x 42" it weighed more than three of us could carry. I decided to rip it into thirds, plane it and reassemble it on the benchwork. At 3 1/2" thick this was the only way to do that easily. I was very impressed at how a saw that is the same diameter as my StopSaw was able to cut through this big floor like butter AND remain well in my control. I used a 40T blade and it made a very clean cut. I will run it back through the real table saw with a multi-material blade (nails nails nails!) at some point to clean up the cut, but that is largely a function of my unwise decision to try and cut at the seams. Having not ripped a bowling alley floor before, I didn't realize why that was a bad plan. I would say this saw is capable of cutting about anything you throw at it.

I needed something bigger than my 7 1/4" saw for cutting beams. This saw is heavy, but well balanced. With a sharp blade, it has plenty of power to cut through thicker softwood and hardwood stock. I cut a large amount of Pine, Fir, Elm and Oak reclaimed barn beams. It does a great job. It has increased my efficiency and saved me lots of time making fewer cuts than I had to before.

Used for big timber job! Well worth it