Makita 5007F 7-1/4" Circular Saw

Super buena, de buena calidad, a mi pareja le gustó, es perfecta para su trabajo.

Muy buena calidad, algo pesado pero es genial

Excelente

Great saw a lot of power love it

I am a complete novice to woodworking. I got this circular saw because I need to cut 2X4s, plywood and other wood for small projects and its much less expensive than a table saw (what I really wanted). I pored over the instruction booklet that came with the saw. It was mystifying to say the least... My basic questions, which were not answered by the little instruction booklet, were: How do you cut wood safely with this saw? How do you turn it on? How do you avoid dismembering your body parts? Well, the book isn't all that helpful....I ended up watching a lot of You Tube videos to see how to use the circular saw in a safe manner--I mean I would not touch the saw until I'd watched about a dozen safety videos. And I think you should too!!! Some of the finer points to consider: Circular saws can kick back at you. That means they can go berserk, jumping out of the groove and embedding themselves in your abdomen!! Seriously, I saw the photos on Google!! Eeewww. So don't stand directly behind the saw!uhm.. what else..oh circular saws can kick back because you didn't support the boards on both sides. Therefore the boards fall together when you are cutting and the saw blade gets caught in the groove--that is called "binding". Saw kicks back and embeds itself in your abdomen, or femoral artery (another huge bleeder!!!). Anyway, I haven't yet cut off my leg or ascending aorta but my heart rate increases by 20 bpm everytime I use the saw.Update: 4 months later I still have all body parts. That's because I always wear gloves, goggles and maintain laser focus while using the saw. No spacing out when playing with circular saws!I'll rate the saw. It cuts wood very well from 2 X 4s to plywood. However, adjusting the blade depth is a real pain in the neck because it doesn't move smoothly. It is a bit heavy, which makes it awkward to use--should have got the table saw.Updated: May 22, 2016. oh thank goodness I am still alive. Upgrading my review to 4 stars from 3 stars.I think the saw itself is a lovely, functional device, despite it's heaviness--which won't bother you if you are really a manly man. (I am not, I am a woman). The saw itself does what it's supposed to do. It easily cuts a piece of wood. Isn't that what we are all looking for in life?I am thinking now that my prior 3 star review was really a critique of the instruction manual (bad job of writing it, sorry Makita..) For God's sake if you are going to sell such a dangerous piece of equipment, why not SPLURGE and hire someone to write a better instruction booklet. You might even go to your final glory having saved a few lives and limbs.

Saw is really good easy to use

I have been framing commercial and residential projects for 28 years, third generation framer. I have tried many different saws... worm-drives are so heavy they cannot compare to all the cutting I can do with the Makita 5007 series . The Milwaukee saws are not balanced right , Dewalt ,saw cat, porter cable ,skil , are ok if you dont do much cutting but the best (Makita) never rest. My crew and I use them for cutting every weekday and weekends too and they become your right arm! They're perfect in your hand and balanced extremely well . We cut at least $20,000 of material every week . The only reason we replace them is because we use them till the triggers don't click anymore.... and we drop them off the roof from time to time. We even replace triggers too. They're super easy to repair. We don't like the preset type saws . Makita saws only stop at a 45degree which I like because if the saw gets out of square they seem hard to adjust, and the Makita has a set screw under the plate which you can true it up with. Excellent tool!

The picture on the saw I purchased said it was the magnesium style and when I got it, it was not magnesium and it was very heavy so I had to return two saws