I recieved a catalog from the Metabo company. Their grinders are awesome. They list a decent selection of woodworking tools as well. I'd like to know say for example how their sliding miter saws compare to the others commonly seen? they also have a nice little 15 amp portable table saw, I'm curious about the Quality and price. If anyone can give me feedback on this, please do.
Thank you,
Michael
JGS wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@sympatico.ca:
Ditto on their jigsaw (now sold via the Rigid brand at Home Depot). A lot of their stuff is resold (and color is changed from green to orange) by Home Depot as the Rigid brand so it's a good idea to compare models w/ the Metabo catalog because the Rigid tools are cheaper...
ken
My buddy who runs a tools store in Hamilton just got the Metabo SCMS in stock last week - he claims they are supposed to be pretty good. He's disappointed in the fense for the 7" maching though - it's too flexible, and I agree - it is.
The base for the unit is a large "X" shape - very stable - they all should be like that. The motor is supposed to be excellent, although from what I can see, I'm not crazy about the scale - it's a little hard to read.
It has a VERY smooth slide - the smoothest I've played with.
Price wise, it's the same as the next one. I saw the new Metabo planer and it looks a lot like the ridgid. No surprise - I think the ridgid is made by metabo.
I'm not sure why they are dark blue though - I thought Green was their colour.
Anyhow - it's probably a good machine - no laser, poor fense and no a pre-cut (no 0 clearance) insert or anything though. That said, I would probably lean more towards the Hitachi or maybe even a DeWalt.
Brian
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