Hitachi C12LDH 15 amp, Nice Saw
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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 (2/4/2012):
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 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Tags: bevel miter, compound miter saw, dual bevel, hitachi, hitachi miter saw, hitachi miter saws, miter saw, miter saws
Posted on: July 16, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
C. Lancor
June 1st, 2010 at 1:13 am
Nice Saw
Rated 4 stars.
Bellesfield Roof And Repair
July 8th, 2010 at 9:06 am
After a lot of consideration
After a lot of thinking and checking, I looked at every brand of saw, read reviews of every brand, tried every brand first hand. With a ton of searching I decided on this saw, and I am very happy. The digital read out means that while searching for the right angle you can walk away have someone else on the job move it use it and be able to return it exactly to even the most difficult cut angles. The laser is by far the best in the industry don’t care what anyone says about this brand or that, the best laser system by 100 times over anyone else. Mine was perfect out of the box, has worked great since I bought it. With my crews they now fight over who gets the Hitachi and who gets stuck with the Dewalt and Ridgid, helps everyone show up to the shop earlier which is a bonus. Other than that the basic functions are the same as any saw, I hate the Dewalt front cam lock system due to the fact that many times I have had my finger pinched in this thing, so I prefer the twist lock handle this saw has. That and lets face it these days you buy a Dewalt, porter cable or delta and you are just buying black&decker with a different color and a whole lot higher price.
R. Gross
July 13th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Great Miter Saw
Great miter saw; I found that it was dead on accurate out of the box except for the B side Sub Fence as it was bent/warped. I contacted Hitachi through email on there site and the next day they had responded and said they were shipping a replacement fence. I got the fence 4 days latter and the saw is great now.
I’m not a contractor just a very avid DIY guy, I hate paying people of work I can do myself. So this saw works great for me. Here are my Pros/Cons of this saw:
Pros:
1) Very Powerful and easy to use
2) Accurate out of the box
3) Digital Miter/Bevel display is great and takes the guess work out of cuts especially the bevel.
4) Very solid built and high quality
5) Great packaging for shipping no damage
6) Laser comes in without having to start the blade
7) Great customer Service from Hitachi
Cons:
1) Bent/warped Sub Fence on delivery (resolved by Hitachi)
2) Laser hard to see in any sun lights
3) Laser blocked when you bring the blade down
4) LOUD (belt drive sound)
5) Wrench clip does not hold wrench in place, falls off a lot
6) Hard to change out blades, need to have 3 hands
That’s about it. This is a great saw and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I would have given it 5 stars if it wasn’t for the bent/warp sub fence.
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