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The Pros: This little saw is one hand light. It has a nice handle built in, and you can pick it and carry it anywhere. The unit has a nice little built in blade compartment located on the front of the saw; there is also a built-in mitre bar holder under the table. The components are well thought out. The blades are push-button easy to change. All blades must be T-shank jigsaw blades. Cons: The unit will cut, (cross cut) light woods like pine and poplar up to 2 X 4 dimensions. Harder woods, like oak don't get done much past 3/4 inch boards. Ripping anything is tedious and inaccurate. The chatter and wiggle as the board is pushed towards the blade requires great concentration and patience on the part of the user. This is a great little machine for small cuts in light boards. Nothing more. It is a convenience when working with pine moldings, pine or poplar shelf boards and light (1/2 inch) plywood. I bought the unit, and I'm glad I did. After some experimentation, I know what it can and cannot do. It is a light weight convenience for softer wood cross cuts, and perhaps some very short board rips.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
No longer variable speed, making it not usable for cutting soft metals, which is the main reason I purchased. A slower blade speed is necessary when cutting metals, as at FULL BLAST the blade will quickly heat, dull, and clog. Also no printed instructions are included. The blade release doesn't seem to work easily, although without instructions, I am far from being an expert. Overall build quality of the tool is good, and at the refurbished price is probably worthwhile IF you don't need blade speed control.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I have owned 4 of these BLADE RUNNERS. The first model was the best saw mainly because of the blade guide and tension bar over the material you are sawing. The new models do not work very well in holding the material you are cutting and have very little adjustment. It is difficult to get the blade guard up off the material if you have to in the middle of a cut. There was nothing wrong with the first model and I have no idea why Rockwell changed it. I make a lot of small wood crafts and this saw is perfect for what I do. I take the blade guard off and mount the blade guard from my first BLADE RUNNER saw.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
They just need to put spring tension on crosscut guide and/or a place to store it during carry, even Velcro strap might do. Blade storage area should be bigger to accommodate top guide hardware when removing guide to lower profile for mobile transport. The packaging box is heavy duty, it could act as a case if it could pack down into it. Some say the roller blade guides could be closer which seems valid to say. YouTube says blade caoul be tweaked to square with table better. Ultimately it's pretty cool and just needs a little more design sensibility.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I was looking for a small benchtop saw just to handle 'hobby' sized projects. I have both a chop saw and large table saw but both were too big for delicate work. The Blade runner fit the bill and I've already used it for a project. Easy setup (instructions could have more text rather than just pictures!) and I was up and running n 10 mins. Saw did a great job ripping 1/4" oak and 3/8' pine. However a few downsides: unless you hold your work firmly the stock will jump and vibrate. The fence guide is a bit tough to line up perfectly square using the black on black rule guide. You simply can't see the rear guide without a lot of focused light. Ripping long stock (more than 16") into strips less than 3/4 is difficult because the distance between the splitter and the fence isn't wide enough and the stock would not fit between the splitter. I experimented with a bit of 'scrolling' and was satisfied with the results. Overall I'm very happy with my purchase and would recommend this for hobby grade work... nothing heavier!Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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