Makita Track Saw Full Overview - Every Switch, Lever, and Thing-a-ma-bob The Recreational Woodworker

[@thelikesofus324]

Just bought a main powered version. Your overview is very helpful - thank you !

[@MrSupervid1234]

Just got mine recently. New to woodworking, so had no idea what any of the knobs did. Your video was a great help. Thanks so much!

[@Dicer328]

Excellent run through! Thank you. I just got mine and love it. The scoring pass feature is worth it! And you weren't kidding about the blade quality.

[@johnbussiere7662]

Robert, Thanks, this is the best video on familiarization of the track saw. I recently bought one and haven't yet made my first cut. Very Helpful...

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Thank you! That means a lot to me.

[@lesblack413]

A very good and informative video Robert. Thanks, your vid helped me better understand my new Makita Plunge saw. Cheers from Queensland Australia.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you found it helpful. Cheers 🍻

[@cindybeckwith1533]

Hey DW. Thank you so much for this quick review. Sure helped me get a fine adjustment done in a hurry! I love this saw, but I don't use it daily and there are complicated options on this saw. I appreciate that you took the time to give us all a quick overview. Im sure I will revisit this again as time goes on!

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Cindy Beckwith thank you. Your comment means a lot!

[@srednivashtar5432]

Really enjoyed this ‘mini-series’ so far.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Sredni Vashtar thanks. I know this one is REALLY long! Lol. Others will be shorter and to the point

[@bootsmclaughlin1438]

Great review big man

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

Nice. Thanks for all the details. Just got one.

[@brianquarstad3182]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@andrewhunt4532]

Thank you for showing me how to use my plum saw appreciate it keep up with the good work any tips please show it on KZbin

[@henrikh484]

Sweet :) Got one on order - bye bye table saw (well almost, still good as end cutter)

[@bobfisher3331]

Excellent. Thank you. Just got the saw and could not figure out what those negative bevel buttons were. Keep up the good work.

[@chasz3776]

Thanks for telling us what those two wingnut auxiliary track screws are for! 👍

[@whomadethatsaltysoup]

Much obliged for the refresher tour of the tracksaw. I especially appreciate the look inside as I have both the Corded and battery versions. Annoyingly, the dust port for the battery version is a different diameter to the Corded iteration. I am now thinking I could swap the ports, enabling me to continue using the Triton dust bag - excellent btw - without an adapter.

[@EJGentleman]

thank for the in depth walk through on the saw. Getting back into serious wood working and this will be perfect for many projects and breaking down sheet material as well. I really like the Ruger parts tray, well represented.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

My video this Friday is my one year review of this saw. Spoiler: I’m very happy with it still.

[@Z-add]

How do you calibrate the 0 deg to be indeed 0deg. Mine creates a bevel at 0deg.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

The are two small set screws on the underside of the saw plate you can adjust those with an Allen key

[@je9661]

Good job I just bought this saw and I love it

[@DaileyWoodworks]

John Evenson it’s great. After a few months it’s still doing great. I have a big cabinet job coming up thats going to really push it. I’m confident it’ll do fine

[@nadainama7121]

Hi, what is preferred speed if cutting plywood.? Also for softwood and hard wood? Does it included references for that with every purchased?

[@lebensschueler]

If you cut wood go full speed. Prevents tear out.

[@je9661]

Thanks for the video I have that saw and it is in my opinion better than the corded Festool which I've used every day for a long time. If you don't have the hundred and 18 inch track get it.

[@carlbrothers]

Get two and cut one so you can safely cut across the 48" side of the plywood.

[@joecox9958]

thanks for nice video. mine one is not 90deg needs minus angle how can I adjust?

[@DaileyWoodworks]

There are two small allen set screws you can adjust to calibrate it. They're on the bottom.

[@tmitch45]

@@DaileyWoodworks Silly question but do you adjust both of the screws as the poor instructions only point to one of them? Great video BTW!

[@leoliu5526]

I bought this saw and I love it

[@michealtran3636]

Thank you for your guide video very helpful

[@SharpBlockSoft]

Great review

[@jeremythone8072]

Great video used my Makita track saw for the first time tried to cut a resin table and ended up clipping the rail. Do you know how to move the blade over a bit more? Also, is the track still usable after the rail is been hit by the blade?

[@gnlman]

Is there a way to adjust the scale or the indicator for the plunge depth? Mine is off with or without using the track

[@DaileyWoodworks]

That is an annoyance. I've seen some 3D prints on Etsy that crate an adjustment to account for the track but I haven't bought one yet. I just add 5 or 6 mm to my material thickness and it works out

[@gnlman]

@Robert Dailey - Dailey Woodworks yep I do the same. Just thought that maybe there is a way to calibrate that I was missing. Thx for the response.

[@sdn1528]

Yeh 6 mm

[@mzimmerman12]

Hoping you would show how to adjust the toe-in of the blade. My saw binds every few inches and I have to keep plunging to get through the cut.

[@carterscustomrods]

It baffles me how track saws are all built right blade. When it comes to circ saws, it's usually preference based, with a few "safety" aspects. With a track saw, however, it should be designed as : Blade Left for righties. Blade Right for lefties. As a former lefty, I loved it. It was the one tool where a lefty could look at a righty, and stick out our tongue and say "See what it's like for us?!?!?!" Hahaaa. But after a virus took my left arm leg function, I had to become a righty. And cutting straight lines (safely) became a nightmare. No table saws. Maybe a bandsaw. A jigsaw, and circ saw were my only options. Because only having a right arm, made a track saw with a right blade, pretty much impossible. So from my perspective, being on both sides of the blade, a track saw is the only circular saw where Blade location truly matters. Yet there is no such thing as a Blade Left Track Saw. (Yeah, the one Kreg makes is a steaming pile of 💩. But it's to be expected, since Kreg isn't a brand I'd associate with precision and quality. They have great innovation, but poor execution. If they upped their quality, and spent more on manufacturing their products (and a higher retail price obviously) they could be great.) So, next time any righties out there using a track saw have to drench, lean, cross arms, climb upon your workpiece... imaging if it were a Blade Left. And how you could rip a sheet of plywood with one arm, simply by walking beside it and holding the saw. (For naysayers: I get it. "I've never had an issue before." Well, that's just because you have nothing to compare it to. Festool made a track saw, and everyone just started copying it. Then copying copies. And so on. .... "Well if you lay your track down right, and the splinter guard is on your line, then it doesn't matter where the blade side is." Sure, but then your guide rail, and saw are resting on your cutoff. .... "But I've always used right blades." Well, that's great. But if you always eat cold bologna sandwiches, then you'll never know how good a fresh porterhouse can taste. Lol. ) If you can find a lefty using a track saw, watch them. They're using a Blade Right, and it's effortless. They have it made with track saws. Leo over at Hand-I-Craft is a 1 armed woodworker like myself. But he has only his left hand. Check out his use of a (Festool) Track Saw, and how easy his cuts are. Makita, Bosch, Dewalt, and even Festool, are missing out on selling thousands and thousands if saws, simply because they refuse to think about blade location as more than just personal preference. Also, make track saws 7-¼" people!!! 45° cuts shouldn't require us to bury the entire blade.

[@adamkirkland4348]

Have you had any problems with saw sticking to track. I bought 2 55” tracks adjusted slop out for one track but half way down the second track my saw sticks and I can’t push it. If I adjust the knobs so it slides freely it has a significant amount of play along the rest of the track. It sticks in 2 separate places but slides smooth the rest of the way. Any idea what’s causing it? Everything is same thickness down the length of both tracks. I measured with digital calipers. This is my first track saw.

[@diggerdave.6587]

Hello, I have one of these plunge saws but it's the mains version. When I return it to vertical cut - right up to the stops on the base plate - it seems to cut inverted by a degree or two, I have to manually guess dead vertical. Do you have any ideas what's adrift please?. I have cleaned everything out so dust build up is not the problem, FYI, I have recently changed the blade.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

There are two small set screws on the bottom plate that you can adjust to set the 90° stop

[@diggerdave.6587]

@@DaileyWoodworks fantastic! Thank you very much

[@vrod0745]

I'm halfway thru the video. i hope you explain lowering the blade i came for a tutorial

[@freddiemac212]

So where does this explain all the knobs and adjustments?

[@stevegronsky8904]

I've heard several you-tubers say this saw will work on the Festool track. Good to know. I have a different question. Will the Matchfit dovetail clamps work on this track, or on the Festool track?

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Yes. The match fit clamps work perfectly and are just awesome clamps

[@stevegronsky8904]

@@DaileyWoodworks I surely hope they'll work on the Makita track. (I'm about to purchase the cordless version of this saw). My neighbor owns a Festool saw and track. Right after I posted my question to you, I went to his house with a Matchfit clamp and it would NOT work.

[@ssmith954]

This was really helpful, many thanks!

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adam12havener]

Another sucker bought into makitas battery program. Hate to be negative , they dont even advertise they have a corded version on there home website, just found that odd. Love my corded version.

[@adam12havener]

Thank you for the breakdown!

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Guilty. I'm finding my makita cordless collection keeps growing. They got me.

[@adam12havener]

@@DaileyWoodworks mine too. Ugh

[@DaileyWoodworks]

😂

[@masucci61]

How do you square the blade?

[@TheAthleticDeptFilms]

does it come with all the flies?

[@williamdell5327]

Great overview! Do you know how to calibrate the bevel? My hard stops are all about 1 degree off

[@nathanunsworth1255]

There is a little adjustment grub screw right next to the positive stops for 22.5 degrees mine was out 1 degree out of the box

[@larrymunninghoff6746]

Is the blade guard and bottom plate plastic?

[@DaileyWoodworks]

No it’s metal.

[@garypopov9158]

Hi there! Fantastic video. Do you think you could do a similar video for a WEN track saw? It's probably the cheapest track saw out there at $100, but it has a very attractive price point.

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

If you're going to -1°, you need to press in both of those tabs, not just the one near the front.

[@martink7777]

At 3:50 you only press the front button to set to -1 degree, but there are two. This will not give a precise result. Otherwise great video, thanks!

[@jamie7364]

Thanks

[@ThekiBoran]

Now let's see you adjust the bevel set screws. I'm in the process of trying to dial it in. It wasn't cutting a true 90.

[@tmitch45]

How did you get on? Ive just got one myself and its not cutting 90! Ive tried adjusting the screws on the bottom of the plate but they don't seem to be doing much!

[@ThekiBoran]

@@tmitch45 I haven't gotten around to it. I'm using my other track saw. Someone suggested that I backoff both set screws to where they both just barely touch the base plate and then adjust both together. If I move one a quarter turn I move the other a quarter turn. I don't see how else it could be done.

[@ThekiBoran]

@@tmitch45 You do need to loosen the 2 knobs at the front and back of the saw before adjusting the set screws.

[@tmitch45]

@@ThekiBoran Thanks I'll give it a try. I must admit for the money I was hoping for something which would cut 90's straight out of the box!

[@ThekiBoran]

@@tmitch45 I hear you but it's a fixable problem.

[@phantom2226]

HI -- did anyone know this saw work on the WEN track saw. I know it work on the POWERTEC track saw. Thank you.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

No idea, the Makita saw follows the festool patent tracks

[@TheTranq]

Good overview but I wish you had shown the calibration

[@nevinleiby]

Excellent overview of all the basic questions that I had about all the levers. Manual is not very helpful, showing the exact location of the devices that they describe.

[@georgemacdonald3087]

Erm...it's a Plunge Saw. You didn't mention the 4 marks on the side telling you where to start and end the plunge.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Oh no, I'm not all knowing! Did you know you can start your own youtube channel where nothing is ever overlooked or missed?

[@georgemacdonald3087]

@@DaileyWoodworks Oh. Get over yourself! With a boasting title which says " Makita Track Saw Full Overview - Every Switch, Lever, and Thing-a-ma-bob". You should have covered that important feature.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

Idk know if you’re really that angry with your sad pathetic life that you have to come after me or you’re my first troll? If the first...sorry I guess. If the second, ‘sup bro?

[@georgemacdonald3087]

@@DaileyWoodworks Suck it up. You made an incomplete review of a PLUNGE SAW, omitting a feature it was intended to perform. You don't take criticism well. Perhaps you should find another hobby. Your sophistry is typically unfounded.

[@DaileyWoodworks]

I’m going with angry troll. Did you know that just because you have an opinion doesn’t mean you have to share it? Thanks for the comments. Engagement really helps my stats, my hobby, and helps me buy more tools to make bad reviews on. I just posted a review today on my new festool TID18 you should go tell me what I did wrong there too. Pump those numbers up Show. Me. The. Money.

[@daveleyerle2525]

Appreciate the time and effort, but not trying to have two batteries!