Milwalkee 12" Sliding Miter Saw On Clearance!!

Inner10

They do in Canada, maby its not the same Festool.

Look at UltimateTools.ca --- here's an excerpt from the TS55 page:

"From time to time we may have some demo/ reconditioned Plunge Cut Saws available at a discount. Please call for details"

WarnerConstInc.

I saw somewhere where someone formed one to fit that.

I will check it out. I know the only discounted tools are the closeouts.

They told me they do fix them but, use them for their training centers, demo tools or donate them to schools and such for their woodworking classes.

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maninthesea

Thanks to this thread I am the proud new owner of the milwaukee. $299 less $275 in gift cards from christmas and I walked out with a saw for $24. picked up a 96tooth diablo blade and still kept it under $100 total!

I have been fondling this thing every time I go into HD and after christmas they had it on sale for $549 but I decided to wait and see if they ran any specials and was plesently rewarded.

Thanks again for the heads up. I asked the tool manager for discount on the display and he told me they could not sell it until they sold all six of the ones they had in stock. This sale started on thursday and I bought the first one on saterday evening!
Cheers Jim

RobertCDF

I bought the floor model and got a free blade (avanti) I promptly put it up for sale on CL along with the dewalt kit I bought for $179. I did try out the milwaukee and might keep it... Not sure yet since I have the makita 1013 and love it. I do like the precise angle adjustment and know that will come in handy a lot. I do a lot of decks @ 45 degree angles and sometimes it needs to be 45.1-2 etc so it will be nice to have a saw designed to adjust for that.

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Joining_heads

The angle adjustment came in great handy last week doing treads on risers with skirt to skirt cuts. It really makes dailing in the off detent cuts a snap. This Milwaukee's style works much easier than the Bosch's.

BAREIN

I seen a few of these saws on Craigslist last week "new in box" people are trying to make a quick buck on them.

Warren

I considered buying a few of these and I thought the same thing. I was the first guy in the door at 7 am and hade a shot at 4 of them. I have seen guys asking 500 for them but I have no idea if they sold them or not. I woulda probably asked 450 and 700k 400. Woulda netted 72 bucks a saw. Course it is craigslist, I probably woulda gotten robbed or murdered too.

BAREIN

I sell quit a bit on there. Can't blame you for being worried, I always try to meet people at a gas station or store parking lot.

world llc

i used it again today and i have to give props to the digital miter read out for making cuts faster and more accurate...

ran a bunch of casing and base... 45's and straight cuts... usually when i move the table i blow the saw dust away and make sure it's in 45 and not 50 or 60, but all i had to do was look at the read out!!

also with cutting 45 degree crown on the flat, it was better than usual, i just wish there was a readout for bevel too!!

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Andrew M.

Rockler has a sale on their magnetic gauge. I have 2 Wixey's. that are similar. It is way better than the scale on the saw for non preset bevels. Hate that spring loaded lock though, never is as solid as my other saws. Over engineered, under built.

woodworkbykirk

i have a buddy that works in the tool coral at my local hd. a while back they did something like this with the dewalt 12" sliders and ridgid 10", he bought 2 of the dewalts and 2 ridgids for like $1100. said the regional inventory manager said the store had to much overhead and had to clear space therefore sell the stuff at cost. maybe this is the deal with the milwaukee's too many in the companys inventory or maybe a updated version coming out

3 years ago sears did this with the bosch table saw. i scored mine for $295 after tax and it came bundled with a 12 volt impact driver. their catalog had it listed at $600

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WilsonRMDL

HD had the dewalt 18V XRP combo kits here for $199 (Regular $499). Thanks to my lovely customer paying me 2 days late they were all gone before I could buy one.

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Good deal.

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RowdyRabbit

I bought this saw a month or so back when it came with the free Ridgid stand. I payed $549 for the both of them. All of the stores in my area were cleaned out of them when I looked for one for $299.

For all those who are concerned about how tough the saw is, i'm here to calm your fears. Mine decided to take a dive off of the stand this afternoon. I had just set the stand up and went to slide the saw into the center. I was pulling it with one hand and guess I did something just right to tip it backwards. It was one of those slow motion type deals where I could see it falling but couldn't do anything about it. I stood there in disbelief for a minute because I just knew it would be torn to pieces. Picked it up and everything was fine. The fall knocked it out of square and slightly bent the left removable fence. Not enough to tell by looking at it, but I could tell when I went to square the blade up. I could get it square with the right side, but when I would check it on the left it would be off by slight amount. I've got some crown to cut later this week, so hopefully the fence is not bent enough to make a difference. It also bent the knob the screws down the saw stop, but I never use it anyway.

Granted it was only a fall of 3 or 4 feet, but as heavy as the saw is, I would have expected alot more. Wasn't even a single cracked piece of plastic. All in all, I'm pretty impressed.

genecarp

Post photos of the crown job, it sounds to me like the saw is shot after the fall, GMOD

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carpenter72

I know you guys are talking about Milwaukees saw, but you have to try Hitachis compound miter saws. Absolutely now comparison when doing intricate trim jobs. Best saw in the Biz!

RowdyRabbit

The saw is fine. The fence is bent 1/32" at the most. You can't tell it at all by looking. It may mess me up on the crown and it may not, I'll let you know.

If it looks like the fence will cause me problems, I'll purchase a replacment piece.

RowdyRabbit

The left sliding fence is $21.90 from Milwaukee.

maninthesea

belive it or not they still had two of these on the floor when I went in yesterday! If they were not too big to mail I would offer to hook someone up. Cheers Jim

Anderson

I see alot of guys with the hitachi saw around here too