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Hitachi C10FS 10-Inch Dual Slide Compound Miter Saw | List Price: $1,627.00
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Brand: Hitachi
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - Soft start for smooth performance
- Bevels left and right for versatility
- Electronic speed control maintains rpm under load
- Adjustable chip-guard prevents wood tear-out
- Dual-rail linear ball-bearing slide for accuracy
Don't drop from 24 feet [Posted on 2000-11-22]
I waited a long time to buy this saw hoping the price would come down - especially when DeWalt introduced their 12" model. I could wait no longer and bought the saw for about $700.00. I've spent 2-1/2 years building my house with this saw - a fairly complex three story Victorian and enjoyed using it. Now the [lower] price ... seems like a bargin to me. The accuracy and the action of the saw are very good but the guages are difficult to read. Also, a word of caution: You really need a wide work space on which to secure this saw because the weight of the head in the up postion, pushed on the way back can make the saw flip over backwards if used on too narrow a surface when not screwed down. That's how I lost mine off the 12" railing of my third floor balcony. An estimated $400. repair bill has essentially totaled it. It is not as easily portable as you might expect. I feel like someone ran over my dog.
A Very Nice Saw [Posted on 2002-07-10]
I've owned my saw for about 5 years. It was recommended to me by a friend who is a professional chippy (his boss later bought two of them). I use it for home projects so it doesn't get the thrashing a professional might have given it. I'm very happy with it's accurate and clean cuts, and with its smooth action. I've bought a second spindle and bolt for the vise clamp so I have one on each side (saves the time and hassle of unscrewing that long thread when changing sides). On the downside: the angles are a little hard to read; I've broken one orange plastic indicator on the bevel scale; and I find the depth adjustment bolt cumbersome to use. I suspect it is not robust enough to withstand being dropped although with the rear "holder" fitted it shows no tendancy to tip over backwards (a problem another reviewer mentioned). These are not enough to take away my enjoyment. Ironically, here in New Zealand it's sold as a 10 1/4" saw and comes standard with a 262mm blade, although the instructions state categorically "Never attempt to install saw blades larger than 255mm (10") in diameter." - I wonder if the warranty was void before I left the shop!
the best saw period [Posted on 2002-09-15]
This is a great tool. I bought it when it first came out and heve been the most impressed from day one. It is 6 years old now and cuts as good now as ever. It is light years more accurate that the dewalt or makita saws. I suggest buying a black paint pen with the saw and putting the pen on the 0 mark and every slash mark along the angle scale at every ten degree marks then the angle scale is easy to see. One of the nicest things is that the detents are easy to adjust minutely from for finish work and still work well enough for framing. IF the bevel marker brakes making a new one from colored tin is easy and then the tin can be bent closer to the scale for faster more accurate bevel settings. I wish I had done that sooner.
Hitachi sliding compound saws [Posted on 2002-10-26]
I love the Hitachi 10" and 8 1/2" sliding compound saws for their lightness, compactness, and portability. The power and accuracy is all one could ask for. The range of motion, mitering 57 degrees to the right, is awesome. Sounds good so far, right? Well, no . . . I will never buy another unless they change one thing: That miter scale, with those idiotic 10th pitch marks (It's the USA, folks, and we do some things different!), crown miter marks and preset angle marks crowded on an already hard-to-read scale with poorly cast markings, is impossible to read. Many other finish carpenters agree. I complained to a Hitachi rep. at a big tool exhibit about this and he actually told me that Hitachi wasn't going to change their tool "just for me." OK, fine! I'll take my business elsewhere. It's too bad. It's a pretty good tool with one huge flaw that, in my opinion, makes it too-much-hassle to use.
Saw does not meet expectations [Posted on 2006-12-10]
I bought my saw about 6 years ago, as soon as they became available. I loved the 8 1/2" model, so I got the 10" model sight unseen from "Tool Crib of the North", (which sadly does not really exist any more since they were bought up by amazon). I install kitchen cabinets, and trim, so I regularly use this saw, the features which are a real let down are the poorly cast miter scale indicator, sloppy detents, and worst of all is the "micro" fence for cutting crown molding. For crying out loud, Hitachi couldn't put a taller fence on their saw?
I will say that the saw makes a very smooth cut, is compact compared to some, (like the huge behemoth Ridgid came out with a few years back), and, my work looks great at the end of the day, but there is an easier way to get there. Dewalt looks like they spent a little more time designing the 708 model, and I am giving some serious consideration to a tool upgrade that isn't really do yet. My Hitachi has held up well, still cuts strong and smooth and is in fairly good condition. But the Dewalt 708 has a simple and ingenious repeatable depth adjustment for plow cuts, solid detents for adjustment, with a nice over-ride, tall miter fence, and easy to use bevel handle. Thats my say on the matter, and I'm Jack Wilson!
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