Picked this old girl up today. Just moved so have quite the list of stuff to do so need to build to tools back up after years of not making anything.
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I had one of these for about 10years. Ls1013. It was the most bulletproof and simple tool I owned. Was used and abused as a worksite saw and still stayed square. Had the button mod of a bit of spaghetti jammed in.
Only sold it as I moved overseas.
when I came back I bought the new fancy updated model. Biggest tool disappointment ever. Impossible to keep square, hard to adjust, frustrating to use, overly heavy to be dragging in and out of a ute and the dust extraction is terrible. Only thing that I like is the dual rails so it doesn’t project from the rear. Hate it.
You can tell the old Japanese designed saws were designed by people that knew how they would be used. The new model was designed by soft handed engineers out of university with zero idea. ZERO!!
I still occasionally look on marketplace sentimentally looking for one in good nick.