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  1. #1
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    Default 909 Sliding Compound Mitre Saw

    Picked one of these up today at Masters for under $100. I went in looking for a Circular Saw to give me faster straight cross cuts for the books shelves I need to build.

    It's a 10" Saw with a Laser Guide (actually useful in practice) that mitres left and right up to 50º, Bevels only to the left 45º like most cheaper saws and will cut 3 1/4" X 11 5/8". Comes with a 24T blade that cuts cleanly.

    General construction is OK, certainly not top quality but OK for the sort of use I need. The stickers on the Mitre gauge had lifted at the edge on mine but otherwise it was setup true out of the box and comes with a well written manual.

    The dust catcher bag is useless (no surprise), the motor reasonably quiet, the sliding action good and in general easy to use.

    I'm more impressed than I expected for the price and consider it a good buy for the $$ if you can't afford any more.

    As for reliability only use will tell.

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    Thanks for the review Oldrose, I also spotted these at Masters the other day & nearly grabbed one there & then but wondered about about the quality. Has anyone else got one of these that can addctonthis thread?
    Regards Rumnut.

    SimplyWoodwork
    Qld. Australia.

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    I got one and took it home.
    It didn't slide very easy but I thought that was because of the bearings.
    The better model on display had a nice smooth action.
    I rang the company that does the service and asked about replacement bearings etc to mod it up.

    Nope, no spare parts at all, they never fix anything, its all replacement if under warranty.
    I took it back 1 hr later.

  4. #4
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    So it sounds like all the savings were in Quality control - so open the box & check out the sliding action while still in the store, and if they are narky about you doing that before the register, do it in the car park and just bring it straight back inside to the returns counter, ask for a new unit - be loud about it if they try to give you the Bunnies runaround

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    are you talking about one of these?
    https://www.masters.com.au/product/9...m-255sb-silver

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    That was the one,
    As I said earlier the better model on display had a smooth action.
    This one has rotten bearings, maybe you could upgrade it yourself with new bearings.
    The way this comes out of the box its dangerous, you actually had to pull quite hard to get past the several rough spots in the slide.

    I think I made a comment that 909 is the rename of GMC (and GMC wasn't that bad), the staff at masters said its the poorer quality of the old GMC.

    Pete

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    I got one yesterday it was fine

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    Hope it all goes well for ya.

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    yeah goes all right so far
    I have no problem with GMC/909
    still going with a GMC hedge trimmer since 1998

  10. #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by _fly_ View Post
    I got one and took it home.
    It didn't slide very easy but I thought that was because of the bearings.
    The better model on display had a nice smooth action.
    I rang the company that does the service and asked about replacement bearings etc to mod it up.

    Nope, no spare parts at all, they never fix anything, its all replacement if under warranty.
    I took it back 1 hr later.
    Is there any sort of lock on the sliding mechanism that may be slightly tightened up causing it to bind a bit?
    On my Makita I can lock the slide, but I don't know about these.

  11. #11
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    full disclosure:
    out of the box it didn't slide AT ALL then I seen this knob on the sliding mechanism I figure should be undone.
    yep
    slide city

    oh yeah and the fence looked like it was crooked so I grabbed the book to figure out how to align it .... then I notice the angle was set to 10 deg not 0 deg

    yeah compound saw noob right here

  12. #12
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    Default Sorry for the hijack

    Sorry to hijack your thread , but I couldn't work out how to start a new one .

    I really need some help .

    I am building a internal stud wall , This is the first time I have done this . I used T3 Red on the first one I picked this up myself . The second lot I got delivered from bunnings .

    I have just realized they have given me T3 green and not T3 red . The thing is I have already used a 3metes length of it and nailed my villa board to the bottom and top of it .

    Am I going to have to pull the whole lot of ????

    Some help would be great please

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    Thank you

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    any tricks to getting the blade nut loose so I can change blades?
    Mine is simply unmovable in any sense of the word.
    Supplied tool is utterly useless

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