Ozito CMS-1621

For the price, this saw performed well. Easy to set up and operate and not heavy to move around. Cuts are clean and the saw has no problem with thicker pieces of timber. A couple of downsides - the dust bag is for show only and practically useless and before using the saw, make a couple of practice cuts to ensure the saw is cutting at 90 degrees.… Read more

The first saw I bought had to be offset by around 8 degrees to get a perfect square cut (even with the saw table offset to the max). I returned this saw to Bunnings and they had no issue to provide a replacement. The new saw still needs to be offset by a couple of degrees but nowhere near as bad as the original saw. I figure this will be an issue with these saws and a result of a low price. 'You get what you pay for' right? The upsides - it's cheap, does what it's supposed to do and has a 3 year warranty. Overall, a positive experience and happy with Ozito.

Cuts ok but not precise – Terrific price if you want to simply cut small stuff fairly accurately. It generally does what it is designed for except the following. 1: Cut Crooked and instability; the bracket supports are weak so if you encounter resistance through the Downward cut It may skew slightly. This is not a problem unless you need precision joints like 45^ mitres.… Read more

The machine is not vertically precise anyway and no gauge to show vertical axis precision. You have to use a set square between the blade and the deck by eye to adjust.

2. The gauge that shows the angle like 0 degrees ( square cut) or 45 degrees (mitre) cannot be trusted. Mine is always about 1 degree out which makes joints look terrible.

3. Limited cut width; well that’s what you get for non sliding 210mm blade.

The next model up a level would be a better purchase.

Reall Solid Buy for general use – As a DIYer I go for safety and ease of use. Versus a hand circular saw it's both easier and safer and I use it when I can instead of that other option. Mine is the extending version so don't go on the price quoted but all else is the same. I think the instructions were second rate but it's not hard to work through either in spite of this, IMO.… Read more

I think the blade is general purpose. It's plenty for cutting wood for a shed say or even any wood that will be painted. For fine work with good hardwood its tendency to leave a slight splinter at the end of the sheet it's cutting would not be good enough. For plasterboard coving / MDF skirtings, it's more than adequate. Everything adjusts very easily and stays firmly in place. I will never do fine wood carpentry and so the supplied ordinary blade is fine for me. Its laser gives an exact guide. For the money it's incredibly cheap for what it is I think. I am very happy. EDIT: Had to upgrade to 5 stars...My one really is dead square and for below hardwood, the supplied blade is fine. Another blade in it and it has cut even hardwood dead square ........................I would say check what you want one for and research which blades you need if looking for more than softwood cuts, but for the money this thing has been great..............Shame no holes in right hand fence to drill a stop in (piece of wood) but nothing that a clamp / drilling a hole could not sort......................For the money, it punches way high, IMO.

Awesome value and perfect for DIY! – Bought it for cutting pine and melamine particle boards and it has been awesome. Haven't had to adjust it out of the box. For building stuff around the house like wardrobe shelves, etc it is perfect. The blade it comes with is fine however haven't known any better. If you measure it accurately then this will cut accurately. Show details

For what you pay, it is fairly decent. DIY use only – I bought this for just shy of $80 at Bunnings. The saw blade is fairly decent, cuts through pine like a hot knife through butter. Cuts fairly well through thick heavy redwood. The saw blade is not completely aligned, I had to align it with a speed Square to get Square cuts. But for $80, I am very pleased. Very easy to set up, nice solid and… Read more

heavy, I don't feel like it is cheap Chinese crap, but it is certainly not the same quality as a $400-$500 compound miter saw.

Would I buy it again? Definitely!

P.s. I will try and calibrate the miter again tonight, and see if I can get the 0 degree "click" to be at 0 degrees.

Good for little jobs around house – I bought this compound saw to complete small jobs around home. The saw does what it describes it should do. I bought it for $48 on sale which was fantastic. It came with a 3 year replacement warranty. You simply can't go wrong with it for tiny jobs. Ozito have definitely come a long way with their quality.  Show details

Ok if! – I bought this saw from bunnings for $79, to build a little bed side table. Initially I was far from happy. The bevel and mitre cuts were more than terrible. And I basically wrote the saw off. But then I went back to bunnings purchased a new blade and a digital angle finder. With the new blade on and my angle finder I set to work… Read more

adjusting what I could.

And now it's great. Extremely clean and good looking cuts that are square and accurate.

Summary: Cheap blade just has to be replaced. Will need adjusting out of the box and marked angles on the saw aren't correct. For $80 + $30-50 for a new blade it's excellent.

This is SO much better than having no mitre saw! – $80 plus $30 for the replacement Irwin blade. I never even tried the OE blade. Sure, it's a lot of money, but when you compare it to the price of materials, it's cheap. I built a big box. The outside was 6 mm plywood and the skeleton to line it was 18 x 40 mm pine. First EVER "joinery". Cutting the pine was a pain. Saw too slow. Circular saw… Read more

to clumsy. Reciprocating saw too inaccurate. I was dreading finishing it.

Bought the saw.

Woodwork transformed.

My life changed. Want to cut wood? Zzzzzt. Done. Square (actually checked). Too long? Zzzzzt. Repeat until correct length, or slightly too short.

In the end, I could reliably shorten the end of the timber by a fraction of a mm. I would touch the wood to the side of the cutting disk and above the cutting teeth (which stick out a bit each side), lift the saw, start it, and dropt the saw once or twice. With a tiny puff of pine, the end of the wood would disappear by about 0.2 mm.

Magic.

You might consider if you want the considerably more expensive sliding saw. Me, I don't care. I have a circular saw for wide stuff.

Oh, I zeroed the blade without problems. I checked the square with a thick aluminium right angle I got for the purpose. It cuts square and stayed that way. What more can you want?