LS1019L 10" Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Laser

Best 10" slider makita has produced by far, in my opinion!! Owned a Makita 1013 for years I still own the Dewalt DWS780 12" slider and the Milwaukee 12 slider model 6955-20, both I still use and are great saws, for 12 inch models... I also bought and sold the Festool back in 2014, motor had issues.. When I saw this new Makita I saw a bit of likeness to the Festool, a little!! I set this makita on a Bosch gravity rise stand and went to work using it on a trim job I have.. So far I'm happy and impressed with it and don't see any issues noted in some other reviews with dishing on wider boards.. Pros: lots of power with the direct drive motor setup... Super nice dust collection using my Fein vac, I would say it captures over 80% easily ... maybe around 65% with the included dust bag, just a rough guess... but whatever the % it's really good. Laser works well, although I never use a laser. I would not rely on a laser on any saw, for rough work it seems a nice feature.. The up front bevel knob is really useful and locks tight.. Cut capacity is fantastic... Cuts are super smooth and accurate, without any dishing on wider boards.. Zero play in the miter detents,.. Included blade is actually very good.. Slide action is very smooth and has extremely minimal side to side play, even when fully extended, you really have to get on it and force it side to side to see any side play.. Nice wide turntable for stock support.. Nice stock hold down included.. Included built-in heavy duty adjustable table side extensions... Cons: So far none, we'll see after a few more months of use..but I don't see anything that stands out as becoming an issue.. Overall this new saw seems to be built rock solid... Now if only there was a 12" version!!!!!! Pictures of some large crown that I was just using and baltic birch plywood showing a wide clean cut, also the first trim job I just used this saw on, it worked great..

Had this saw about 4 months . Never could get it to cut properly, because the blade carriage and the rails were not aligned (parallel). Obvious saw defect, but I didn't catch it for a long time, thinking it was my poor adjustment skills. (The blade/rail alignment is not adjustable.) Good news is that Makita took the saw back and replaced it with a good one. Excellent customer service. new saw is awesome; perfectly aligned and smooth as silk to operate. Even the stock blade is excellent. The fence is two piece, adding more height when you need to. Work clamp is very easy to use but its not fast. Takes quite a few turns of the knob to secure the work. Would definitely recommend to buy this saw. If you do buy, first thing to do is to check the blade/rail alignment. Best way is to anchor a dial indicator to the table and place point of indicator against the side of the blade. Then move the blade carriage back and forth as far as you can, watching the dial. Be sure not to hit the teeth with the indicator; just the blade body. Acceptable dial indication is .005 movement total, front to back; (.002-.003 is better). More than that will likely give you problems. You need to doublecheck your results by making some cuts as noted in next paragraph. If you don't have a dial indicator, you should try test cuts after setting the blade perfectly square to the fence. First try a plunge cut (no sliding). This cut should be a perfect 90 degree . (use a good square to check against a backlight). Then try cutting a wider piece using the slide motion. If the saw is good, this cut will also be near perfect. If it isn't, doublecheck your settings and do it again. If still no go; consider replacing the saw, because it cant be adjusted to fix this type of problem. If you're happy with the cuts, keep the saw; you'll really like it. Its worth going thru the checkout process because this is just a great saw. But I guess they made a batch of bad ones, so you have to be careful.

I have been woodworking for 44 years, needless to say I have used a lot of saws. Pure function, value and quality, Makita over the years had been one of the best. They have had some off years though. The Bosch you see in the picture was the top dog until I found this one. If I have one complaint without using the saw, is that it is made in China. Chinese products look pretty, but generally tend to fail or have cheap parts on them. But it has some really nice features and came set up pretty darn close from the factory. I can’t imagine you’d ever be disappointed. I will update my review as I use the saw. UPDATE Just used the saw for the last couple days, so far two things I don’t really care for. 1. Tilting the arbor is a little bit inefficient as you have to unscrew the knob to get it to tilt then screw it back down to tighten it. Not a big deal but a little inconvenient. 2. The laser on this saw which ends up being a pretty handy device to have especially on a slide compound. This laser needs to be at least twice as bright, and when the blade is all the way up, you see a few different lines, it’s not until the blade is right down to the material that the laser lines up With your sawblade with one line. But because it’s not very bright, you can barely even see it when I have my work lights on. This is compared to other lasers. I’ve seen on saws, which will seem to work much better. (See photo)

Replaced my old Hitachi C10FSH to save some space in my new shop. Read many reviews that griped about packaging, shipment damage, and, most alarming, a tendency to cut a small radius on wide cuts. Packaging: perfectly adequate. Shipment damage: none. Cutting circles on wide cuts: in fact this is what it did on my first 12" cut. About 1/32" out of whack. This won't do. Then I got to thinking - a common characteristic of slide miter saws is a tendency to do this if the locking knob on the miter table is not tightened down. So I checked, and, sure enough, the table lock was loose. So I tightened it up and, presto, a perfectly straight, square cut. It made no sense to me that Makita would market a tool that had the essential cutting feature out of alignment. Well, they didn't. I'd read a number of reviews from experienced professionals who complained about this defect. I am a carpenter and cabinet builder with 50 years experience in the trade. I was around in the days when the standard cutoff saw was a Craftsman radial arm (when was the last time you saw one of those?). All in all, the best miter saw I've ever used. Smooth slide mechanism, the compound lock on the front is a huge plus, and dust collection can be brought to 80-90%. I hooked up the supplied dust collection shroud (dual port) to a standard 2-1/2" shop vac hose using an adapter kit that I found at Home Depot for $10. One of the three supplied fittings fit the Makita exhaust port perfectly and snugly (modify this port by using a Dremel to cut off the little brace that's molded into it so the adapter goes all the way down on the port) and the other fits the shop vac hose. Get one of the dual tool switches that turns on the vac when you activate the saw. Leave yourself plenty of hose to accommodate all the saw functions. Fantastic tool. Don't be scared by the negative reviews, many of which simply reflect unfulfilled expectations.

So far so happy. Right out of the box it cuts relatively square. Square enough for the majority of projects. I will take the time to when needed to tweak it in. Soft start is nice. Ease of use is there. Some people think this type of tool is for precision woodworking. They are not. But this is top drawer in its class. If you need exacting precision and can actually measure it then you understand what tools are needed

Overall a decent saw. I bought this saw because of the slide and the reduced depth needed for mounting it to a station. However I am really disappointed in a few key things that one would think would be better thought out. First off there is no way to lock the miter angle between detents. It just relies on the friction of the pivot. Secondly the crown stops are a huge disappointment. So much so they are pretty much useless unless you never change angles. Then what’s the point of having a crown stop in the first place. Makita definitely could have done better. Also a shadow line would be a huge improvement over the laser. After using a shadow line for years going back to a one sided laser was well a step back. But for a simple chop saw it does fine.

Been using for a month or so and impressed with quality, accuracy and Makita customer service who was very responsive in answering questions. Lower nose level compared to other saws, great dust collection using a shop vac and auto switch. Would recommend the compatible Makita saw stand which kerps the saw very steady and ensures accuracy. Blade included is fine and does not need to be replaced. Overall performance and desimgn of product is exceptional. Update: after a year this saw still works good as new. Still even using the same blade interchangeably while keeping it clean. I also added a an extension to the front dust chite because it was easy to do so. But still loving this saw which continues to work flawlessly.

First I want to note that I'm coming from a Festool Kapex miter saw. Actually two of them. The saw was used generally for cutting 1" think maple and poplar at 90-45deg.The first one lasted for about 5 years and the second one for about 2 before a motor failure. I'm still a Festool fan and I own multiple different types of tools from them, but the repair of the saw out of warranty is in the 250-300 range (with shipping), plus the headache of not having the tool for a week. And let me tell you- these failures are not happening when the saw is not in use. I think for $1.5K they should do a little more research, testing and whatever it takes to make the motors a little more rigid. So, from that experience with the Kapex I decided it is time to look for something else. My attention went to two saws- Makita LS1019 L and Bosch CM10GD and the reason why is the type of forward rail system and space saving capabilities since it is intended for shop use.To me there ware a few factors that I was looking for- precision of cut (miter and bevel), dust collection, ease of use, versatility, ergonomics. Let me stars with the Bosch saw: Firs thing I noticed was that packaging was nice, which if bad is one of the main reasons for inaccurate tools after destress. Miter and bevel was adjusted to be perfect 90deg before I started testing.The miter cut was good, but the bevel cut had some sort of deflection towards the end of the cut, so that was the first negative for me. The tool was hooked to a vacuum but I was not impressed one bit with the dust collection. Compared to the Kapex it was at about 50%, shooting dust all the way to the front of the saw. To me the overall movement of the saw was very smooth, surprisingly, given the bulky looking hinge type movement. Other things I noticed ware that there was an initial kick when you squeeze the trigger and no laser( I don't use a laser for accurate cuts but rather for rough sizing). I liked that all the adjustment ware set in-front of the saw and table and fence ware all relatively strait. To me dust collection, initial trigger kick, no laser, bevel cut not perfect ware a deal breaker. Now about the Makita: Don't think that all was good over here either. Starting with the packaging- as bad as it gets. The first two units came with the box and saw damaged, but the third unit came in OK shape. Now, talking about bad design- they located the dust port in an awkward position sticking from the rear of the saw going backwards. That makes it impossible to push the saw tide against a wall. Surprisingly they have a different set up for the 12" unit(not sure why), which for my surprise fit perfect on the 10" model and has the dust port at the top, so I bought one from Makita for about $21. The things I liked - all cuts ware strait and square after adjusting the miter/bevel and dust collection was close to the one the Kapex had. The movement was smooth, there was a laser, the fence and table ware strait, but also wider (table), there is 60deg miter both ways, bevel is 48deg both sides, no kick at start or stop of the saw, handle was very comfortable. I gave it 5 starts besides the dust port and shipping problems, because it is very close to the Festool Kapex's quality at almost 1/3 price. I only hope it will last a little longer then the Kapex one.

Great bit of kit. You overpay for this item but on my opinion it’s fantastic and well made. I am a reasonable DIY practitioner and can achieve reasonable results. This machine makes that possible.

Best mitre saw on the market compared to a festool model

Absolute dream machine..I’d love to have this permanently set up on the optional stand in my dining room ready for all jobs outstanding but the wife doesn’t appreciate the look. What’s not to like..it butts up against a wall with minimal space required for rail cuts

I love this saw, it runs so smooth with such accuracy.

Excellente qualité