Re: Exakt saw?

Fantastic device. I've had one for four or five years and I use it for
everything. It cuts laminate flooring cleanly and the diamond blade goes
through 10 mm porcelain floor tiles with no problems at all.

It is light enough to use one-handed, so you can use the other hand to
steady the workpiece.

There are a few points to bear in mind:

You MUST use it with vacuum extraction. Exakt make a power sensing
extractor that switches on automatically when the saw is switched on. To
my mind, this is not as good quality as the saw - Earlex do something
similar that is bigger but better.

The shield around the cutting wheel needs some lubrication to retract
smoothly. I rub the guides with a wax candle from time to time.

It takes a bit of practice to judge the length of a cut as you can't see
the edge of the blade. There is a scale on the side of the shield that
helps.

The HSS blades go blunt pretty quickly, but the TCT and diamond blades
seem to go on for ever.

I'm not sure if this is still the case, but there used to be two models,
the green one made in China, and a purple one made in Germany. I only
have the purple one, so I can't comment on whether there is any
difference in quality.

Exakt have a web site: www.exaktpt.com, and there are lots of reviews
and comments if you search for exakt saw on Google.

Highly recommended!

Hope this helps,

Roger.