wooow! you have a lot of brilliant ideas im done wathing your first video and wathin here your second video its a very nice and great tips on how to solve the problem of that table saw your a genius sir congratulations keep safe always sir and keep up the good work than you so much for sharing and God Bless
Again, Thank You Katherine for your wonderful comments, It gives great encouragement and motivation to make and present more such videos like this. take care and wish you the best in all your projects.
I seriously was considering buying this saw and you put me off. To spend $670 and get a saw with so many flaws just does not make sense to me. If I have to sink several hours of extra time and more money to modify, build plates and guards the no. Makita, for the first time I’m giving you a miss and start researching other tables. Thank you for a good video. A big thumbs up from me.
I bought mine a while ago but it is still in the box because I don't have the space ready yet. But I realize one great thing already! There are so many videos for all its flaws that I already know they all can be fixed, lol. Yours is one of them, so I am prepared. Thanks!
Thankyou, I purchased one of these saws and was instantly very disappointed with the fence and mitre system as you have highlighted in your great videos and resolved. (Certainly pays to look at reviews before making a spur of the moment purchase.) In principle this saw table has a lot of positives and I still think for the price and the fact it can be made to cut accurately with a few relatively simple improvements it is still certainly worth considering. Makita really dropped the ball on the design to ensure accuracy on this unit. I thought your ideas were great and will certainly be doing similar upgrades. Anyone owning one of these machines should at least replace the insert plate as greatly improves safety of using the machine.
I have had my machine for about 8 years now with medium use. Not a bad machine apart from the irritating issues you have encountered.My Blade insert broke after about a month. I made an alluminium one the same as the original and also a zero clearance one. The t slots is an irritation as well as the sliding table on the left with so much slop that it is useless. Thanks for the idea of the wooden mitre slides. Will do the upgrade as well as make a sled. Nice informative video!
Excellent teaching skills amigo, your British accent is superb UK folks don't use these kinda power tools much! may be Canadian. Any way I have this saw since 3 years still going on well. I have already upgraded the things you have mentioned. Take care buddy.
Makita needs to consult this man on their next tablesaw. How could a leading company in tools have so many shortcomings in one tablesaw? Was this their first attempt at building tablesaws? That throat plate, Jesus!
i was very hesitant before buying this saw. thank you for the videos im now going to implement all your modifications to my new Makita. keep up the good work bhai!
One of the best videos I've seen for MLT100. Your fence solution is excellent - I'll be using this method in the future. Just be wary of handling the fence - I accidentally knocked my fence off the table saw surface, and when it fell to the concrete floor the black metal part of the fence locking mechanism cracked in two. The metal is brittle.
Sirji, u beat japnese Makita with that new thread design!! i luv makita but after seeing reviews of mlt100, realized the poor quality of makita.. never expected such low quality product from makita .. i have just started wood working and bumped into ur channel today.. btw ur shop looks awesome.. plz make a shop tour if not done already.. 🙏🙏🙏
thankyou for such an informative video. I am going to buy this saw. (Note; the word for the screw you replaced is Bolt Not Bold. even though it's technically a lead (Pronounced 'leed' not 'led') screw. a bolt is a thing that clamps or fastens things together. I didn't know this until I tried to explain it.) 🙃
Hi Tarlochan! Thank you so much for making this video which is very helpful! This machine from Makita is a very deficient product which doesn't fit to the quality of other Makita products. I had a lot of anger with it. Today I integrated the saw into my big working table and took away many things like both table extensions on the right and the back side, the aluminium fence under the machine, the acrylic fence with steel sheet inside the machine. The play of the rail in the groove I rectified with hammering the iron rail and forging it wider. I still use the cheap flexible fence and will replace it soon with something self-made. So I am interested to your plans. I disassembled the whole machine and greased all turning or sliding parts which helped a lot and made the hight adjusting mechanism easy working. The biggest problem for me is the fact that the aluminum table is very inaccurate and shows a difference in the horizontal measurement of 1.2mm from one to the other side. I can show you my measurements on a photo if you like to know, but I don't know how to add a foto. Another problem for me is the very hard start of the motor which beats very hard to the case. The switch of this machine is a simple on/off-switch and not a softstart-switch which I believed to get. Now I face the problem that the saw blade isn't aligned. So I have to take out the machine from my workbench one more time. You gave me a real punch to solve the next problem with this machine. May I have your email address in order to have some exchange with you? Thank you so much to India! I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and - by the way - my Thai woman family name is Singhka! See you!
Thank You Mr. Rainer for writing your experience in detail, seems you have done a lot with your table saw and I totally agree that the aluminum table is not flat. I too had problem with blade alignment after I disassembled the whole machine and wanted to assemble it back and it took me lot of trial and error to get it back to alignment. My email address is tarlochan.faith@gmail.com. Regards Tarlochan
excellent video! I like how the motor runs and the blade stop so I was researching it as a replacement for my old saw, I think I'll keep looking! thanks again for the fine video!
Hi Sir! Thank you for your help. I just purchased this saw and will be able to avoid the thread problem (lift) you mentioned. Your other improvements are great, too. Once more, thank you. Subscribed 🙂
Thank you for sharing the improvements that can be made to other shortcomings of the MLT100 besides the fence. It never did occur to me about the miter slot size differences until you mentioned it. However the biggest surprise (or disappointment) was about the failure of the blade lifting mechanism. This will become a major issue after prolonged usage of the T/S. It's a pity that Makita is not willing to address this problem specifically by providing parts that can be renewed.
Thanks for writing, The Miter slot difference is very slight, you may or may not have it in your machine (not sure if they corrected it later), also it will only matter if you are looking to have precision and a smooth slide.
Thank you. Very good video and I am amazed at the poor build quality of some of the parts. I guess this is to keep the overall cost down, but I must say Makita needs to be careful here, as this is not the first time I have seen them do this. Very impressed with your mods!
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho para otimizar essa serra makita. Você deveria enviar estas modificações para a Makita , para que eles façam estas modificações na fábrica, obrigado por compartilhar.
Another great video addressing problem's of MTL100. After finding solution to the fence problem, miter was my next worry. You seem to have address it quite simply again. Could you explain the metal part of the miter slide on the wood part(was it fabricated or off shelf part ) The Blade lifting mechanism came such a huge shocking!! which is a major blunder from makita, until now thought only the fence was an issue. Thank you for covering each parts 🙏🏽
Thanks for your comments. I fabricated the metal spacer, you can try finding these small pieces in any fabrication/welding store near you, with the same thickness, I then used angle grinder to cut the length and give it the shape, Also you will need to do tapping for the threads, same as original.
I really Like your tutorial for upgrading MLT100 especially the Fence that's also my problem and now i have an idea to change that's kind of fence also... thanks for your Video... im waiting to other video you gonna release... Good Luck and More Power... from Ph...
Thanks T. i have this saw and the woes of original build, I will pretty much do all the upgrades (or fixes) and was wondering what profile/size aluminium extrusions (v-slot you used?
@@TarlochanSingh I need some help, I have just purchased this saw and the blade seems to be out of alignment I’m not sure what I need to do to Get it back
Thanks very much for your excellent video (this one and the description of the fence modification). I want to do the fix for the mitre gauge, but am wondering how you fixed the metal spacer to the hardwood slide. The screws that come with the device are machine screws, how do you secure them in the timber?
@@TarlochanSingh Great thanks. In fact, and regarding the issue of my choice between Makita MLT100 and Bosch GTS 10X, and as they are bought with quite the same price, I optes for Bosch table Saw. May be I need your smart pieces of advices re wood working projects. Thanks a lot in advance. Ali
Boa Noite também comprei esta serra ,embora antes da compra ja sabia destas deficiências ,comprei mesmo assim , vou colocar em pratica estas dicas principalmente a guia ficou muito boa , moro em são paulo Brasil .
Thanks for the video champ. Love ya work. I regret buying my table saw now, but at least I have your video to improve and fix it. Do you know how to put dado blades on this model??
Hola Ante todo un saludo Estoy encantado de haberte encontrado en You Tube pues de verdad que tus tutoriales ayudan a mucha gente en especial a los que nos gusta el mundo del bricolage. Tengo una sierra de mesa de la que estoy bastante contento ya que me costo muy poco dinero y tiene bastantes prestaciones .Pero tiene los mismos problemas que tu maquina Makita MLT-100 es inestable en la guia la elevacion del disco se atasca y a veces no llega al final del rrecorrido y algunas cosas mas asi pues este tutorial que nos presentas me servira de gran ayuda MUCHAS GRACIAS SAUDOS TONI MARTIN
Thank you for the information and the great ideas for solution, my machine is about to reach my adress i just bouth it, can you tell the sizes of the thread rod? Not exactly, just approximately, so i can get the material to make one too.
I assume you are asking the size of the shaft used for lifting mechanism. the threaded shaft has a Dia of 13.5 MM and lenght is 156 MM. As you are just buying the machine, you may not face the problem for several years again depending on your usage. (Also i would recommend periodic lubrication of the threads for increased life) Thanks for your comments.
@@TarlochanSingh yes. This is what i needed. Thank you. I will upgrade the machine now to prevent those problems. I just got the saw and depite the adjustments i still have to do it did cut with the original guides at a perfect 90' cuts. I am very satisfied with this machine.
What an excellent clear and explicit upload, Tarlochan ji. Specially for a seventy four year young KG IV student of the carpentry hobby work. Having converted a circular saw into table saw, I could not make a forty five degree straight cut on 19mm thick ply. The reason for this which I found was the absence of the Raving Knife. So since last many months was considering Dewalt 745, not sure why was impressed by this name. But today having come across your this educational and informative upload, I am seriously considering for MLT100. Not hesitant for tweaking and Tuning new machines.... Have subscribed to your channel. This is sharing knowledge without any reservation. Will be present in all of your uploads. All the best. May God Bless You. Regards rr
Thank You Sir for your wonderful comments and I am glad you found this video informative. Let me know if you need any help during upgrades of this machine. Thank You once again.
Would appreciate your observation/experience: In absence of the Riving knife: is there a tendency of the stock being pulled/draged a bit away from the fence. Especially when bevel cutting at 45 angle. Please.
While you push your workpiece against the cutting blade, At the same time if you can also ensure that your workpiece is sliding and guided against your table fence throughout the cutting of your stock (from start to end of cut) you will definitely get straight cut irrespective of Riving Knife presence, To achieve this what I do is, I use two push sticks, one for pushing the workpiece and other for securing the workpiece against the table fence behind the blade or after the cut. Riving Knife is a safety device to prevent kickback of your workpiece. If the above solution does not help, There may be various other factors also which may compromise the straightness of cuts, not sure if i am able to understand your scenario, If you wish drop me your mobile number at faith.tarlochan@gmail.com I will be more than happy to make a video call to understand your situation and help you with a possible solution. Thanks.
@@TarlochanSingh Sure. That is correct. It helps if the stock is restricted from flowing/swaying away from blade after the cut...When this was done the face had sever burn only on the face opposite to the fence. This was because the side push may have been not after the cut, but at the point where the stock was yet to leave the blade contact. To do this correctly I have to bend forward which made me nervous and a feeling of fear. Yes, but when I had other person holding the exiting stock pressed against the fence the result was satisfactory......so I came to conclusion that Riving knife will also help in keeping the stock well close to the fence as well it prevents the kickback.... I am working mostly in beveled face of 19mm plywood. My other friends advised me not to work alone for these cutting on table saw. I do take maximum precaution and staying aside-away from the line of the blade in event of the kickback. Physical strength also matters.
Thanks for sharing your idea's, the fence I'm defentaly checking out. The problem I have with the saw is that the blad drops in height during cutting. Probably due to fibrations the blade is slowly dropping. I'm working on multple cuts and the height defenatly needs to be the same. Do you know the problem? and how can I solve it?
Thanks for your excellent video. I just purchased this saw and am a little disappointed with the quality. I have found some problems like you and will need to fix it. I'm curious how you did the sideways blade adjustment (slotting the bracket underneath). My blade is off by 2mm. Do you have a video about that ?
This is not a professional machine, This is more like a jobsite portable table saw, if you will be a weekend / Hobby user of this machine and do not want to invest much, you can go with this machine, provided you do all the essential upgrades as shown in mine video.
At the end of the video you show shortly the "extanded slots for increased horizontal blade adjustments". Can you please explane why and how you do this?
In my experience, when i disassembled and then reassembled the lifting mechanism from the machine to fix the worn out thread, the blade alignment was out and was not parallel to the fence or the mitre rail opening on the machine surface, So i had to adjust and align the balde from the slots provided (shown in the video at 8':53") , however i realized that the slot width provided for the adjustment was not enough for getting the blade to the required alignment, so i used a slot cutter on my drill machine to open and extend the slots, so i could get more room for adjustment. Hope i have answered you question. Thanks
I know this is not a professional level saw, but these issues should not happen to a Makita product. This is a sign of how everything is going to s..t. I own a circular saw from Makita, 9 years of heavy use, and I never had an issue with it. Pretty sure they are caring about quality like they used to. Thank you for the video anyway!
Awesome job mate, i have one question, does the fence lock down properly is there a little movement that i'll have to account for every time i set the fence to a new width?
@@TarlochanSingh Got the saw, weird that my version feels heavier and is also not having any of the "groves" that you have on the table. the plate is also not as flexing as you are showing here, however the plate itself is maybe an mm or so lower than the entire surface.. the only thing is that its plastic body & alumuinium top gets scratched easily!! even with the bar itself if not careful!! but yes I think it definitely needs a new/better fence. have to make a portable table now for her..
@@ajayvishvanathan1991 Is is Makita mlt100 model or Makita 2712 ? The description you are giving of your machine seems to be some other model of Makita table saw.
@@TarlochanSingh no, its the MLT100, august import, not sure where she was made tho, everywhere it says manufactured by Makita Japan. but doesn't say where, only by who. couldn't find the PRC/China stamp anywhere but I did spot a few Chinese characters on the outer box. but nothing other than that. the 2712 wasn't on stock and I wasn't particular on that as well. I was initially inclined towards the Bosch GTS 10J but it was way too expensive. the issue at 2:34 (slider alignment into extension) is present, not sure if they made changes to the blade lift mechanism. she is a beast & I can't lift her. not sure how I see youtubers lifting it like the 20KGs DeWalt/Ryobi saws!!!
Really good improvements. What i'm unable to believe is that Makita table saw has this poor quality. If it was a Einhell table saw then ok, but for me is unacceptable that Makita brand have this low quality in some products. Great job man modding the saw to the level it must be sold by Makita.
I think in this budget, this is a good machine for starters and occasional users. In my case, i had to do all these 5 upgrades to make reasonable accurate cuts. If you can manage and are prepared to do some of these essential upgrades, then you can go with this machine. hope this helps in your decision. Thanks
Great job 👏 is there any chance you could make me one of those bolts and the steal plate?! If yes let me know how much would you charge for it thanks 🙏 great job hope Makita is listening 👂 and learning to.
I live in Bengaluru, India. It would be cheaper for you to make where you live, as shipping the product to a different location may cost more and may not be worth while. Also I have never made one for someone yet, but good idea, If I start doing so, will let you know. Thanks
Do you perhaps have any ideas on how to lock the up&down movement of the blade. I sometimes find that the blade height drops a little bit while sawing. I have had my Makita MLT100 for a few years now and sometime encounter this problem.
I didn't experience this problem so far, Arresting too much vibration in the machine could be one solution, however if you have been using this machine for a while now, I suspect the female threads in the aluminum housing as shown in my 5th upgrade is close to getting worn out, this will result in lesser contact surface between the male and female threads, causing it to slip, otherwise i don't see any other reason for blade dropping. In future once the lifting mechanism completely fails, you can consider replacing the mechanism or add a new steel plate as shown in my 5th upgrade. This will add sufficient friction to keep the blade in place. Hope this helps, Thanks
wooow! you have a lot of brilliant ideas im done wathing your first video and wathin here your second video its a very nice and great tips on how to solve the problem of that table saw your a genius sir congratulations keep safe always sir and keep up the good work than you so much for sharing and God Bless
Again, Thank You Katherine for your wonderful comments, It gives great encouragement and motivation to make and present more such videos like this. take care and wish you the best in all your projects.
I was considering buying this table saw. Your video has changed my mind.
Thank you. Your information saved me from making the mistake of purchasing this machine.
I seriously was considering buying this saw and you put me off. To spend $670 and get a saw with so many flaws just does not make sense to me. If I have to sink several hours of extra time and more money to modify, build plates and guards the no. Makita, for the first time I’m giving you a miss and start researching other tables. Thank you for a good video. A big thumbs up from me.
That throat plate looks like a lawsuit to me ! Can’t believe Makita could get away with that ! Crazy !
Fair play to you and the mods but if anything, this vid has put me off this table.
Appreciate your time. Thank you.
Great video...I have all these issues in my MLT100 that I have been using for 5 years....Thanks for sharing all the ideas I can use to solve them...
I am new learner and i bought this MLT 100 thanks for great ideas for upgrade.
Good to know whose issues before buy one. thanks.
I bought mine a while ago but it is still in the box because I don't have the space ready yet. But I realize one great thing already! There are so many videos for all its flaws that I already know they all can be fixed, lol. Yours is one of them, so I am prepared. Thanks!
Yes you can fix them all. Thanks
Thankyou, I purchased one of these saws and was instantly very disappointed with the fence and mitre system as you have highlighted in your great videos and resolved. (Certainly pays to look at reviews before making a spur of the moment purchase.)
In principle this saw table has a lot of positives and I still think for the price and the fact it can be made to cut accurately with a few relatively simple improvements it is still certainly worth considering. Makita really dropped the ball on the design to ensure accuracy on this unit. I thought your ideas were great and will certainly be doing similar upgrades.
Anyone owning one of these machines should at least replace the insert plate as greatly improves safety of using the machine.
I have had my machine for about 8 years now with medium use. Not a bad machine apart from the irritating issues you have encountered.My Blade insert broke after about a month. I made an alluminium one the same as the original and also a zero clearance one. The t slots is an irritation as well as the sliding table on the left with so much slop that it is useless. Thanks for the idea of the wooden mitre slides. Will do the upgrade as well as make a sled. Nice informative video!
Very good video. Great suggestions shown very carefully and professionally .Thank you very much.
Excellent teaching skills amigo, your British accent is superb UK folks don't use these kinda power tools much! may be Canadian. Any way I have this saw since 3 years still going on well. I have already upgraded the things you have mentioned. Take care buddy.
Very good solutions for all those little problems that can create frustration during work. Thank very much from Italy,
Makita needs to consult this man on their next tablesaw. How could a leading company in tools have so many shortcomings in one tablesaw? Was this their first attempt at building tablesaws? That throat plate, Jesus!
Excellent video,
Some really good upgrades too.
It's a pity Makita don't have the same common sense as you!
👏👏👏
Thanks for sharing your ingenuity for solving these problems. Great work 👍🏾
Excellent work! Thanks for sharing.
i was very hesitant before buying this saw. thank you for the videos im now going to implement all your modifications to my new Makita. keep up the good work bhai!
One of the best videos I've seen for MLT100. Your fence solution is excellent - I'll be using this method in the future. Just be wary of handling the fence - I accidentally knocked my fence off the table saw surface, and when it fell to the concrete floor the black metal part of the fence locking mechanism cracked in two. The metal is brittle.
Thanks for your wonderful comments. Also Thanks for sharing your experience on the brittle part, will be extra cautious next time I handle my fence.
Many Thx for this video
Sirji, u beat japnese Makita with that new thread design!! i luv makita but after seeing reviews of mlt100, realized the poor quality of makita.. never expected such low quality product from makita .. i have just started wood working and bumped into ur channel today.. btw ur shop looks awesome.. plz make a shop tour if not done already.. 🙏🙏🙏
Well done, great video.
It is what i need to know before buying a new Makita MLT100 , thank you !!
thankyou for such an informative video. I am going to buy this saw. (Note; the word for the screw you replaced is Bolt Not Bold. even though it's technically a lead (Pronounced 'leed' not 'led') screw. a bolt is a thing that clamps or fastens things together. I didn't know this until I tried to explain it.) 🙃
Genius ideas Tarlochan. I wish I had seen this a few years ago when I had this saw. Thanks so much for sharing your ideas, solutions and skill.
Thank You very much Jon for this wonderful comments, appreciate you for taking out time and writing.
Hi Tarlochan!
Thank you so much for making this video which is very helpful! This machine from Makita is a very deficient product which doesn't fit to the quality of other Makita products. I had a lot of anger with it. Today I integrated the saw into my big working table and took away many things like both table extensions on the right and the back side, the aluminium fence under the machine, the acrylic fence with steel sheet inside the machine. The play of the rail in the groove I rectified with hammering the iron rail and forging it wider. I still use the cheap flexible fence and will replace it soon with something self-made. So I am interested to your plans. I disassembled the whole machine and greased all turning or sliding parts which helped a lot and made the hight adjusting mechanism easy working. The biggest problem for me is the fact that the aluminum table is very inaccurate and shows a difference in the horizontal measurement of 1.2mm from one to the other side. I can show you my measurements on a photo if you like to know, but I don't know how to add a foto. Another problem for me is the very hard start of the motor which beats very hard to the case. The switch of this machine is a simple on/off-switch and not a softstart-switch which I believed to get. Now I face the problem that the saw blade isn't aligned. So I have to take out the machine from my workbench one more time. You gave me a real punch to solve the next problem with this machine. May I have your email address in order to have some exchange with you? Thank you so much to India! I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and - by the way - my Thai woman family name is Singhka! See you!
Thank You Mr. Rainer for writing your experience in detail, seems you have done a lot with your table saw and I totally agree that the aluminum table is not flat. I too had problem with blade alignment after I disassembled the whole machine and wanted to assemble it back and it took me lot of trial and error to get it back to alignment. My email address is tarlochan.faith@gmail.com.
Regards Tarlochan
Great video Tarlochan...
excellent video! I like how the motor runs and the blade stop so I was researching it as a replacement for my old saw, I think I'll keep looking! thanks again for the fine video!
Great video, these manufacturers need to get their shit together
Hi Sir! Thank you for your help. I just purchased this saw and will be able to avoid the thread problem (lift) you mentioned. Your other improvements are great, too. Once more, thank you. Subscribed 🙂
Thank you for sharing the improvements that can be made to other shortcomings of the MLT100 besides the fence. It never did occur to me about the miter slot size differences until you mentioned it. However the biggest surprise (or disappointment) was about the failure of the blade lifting mechanism. This will become a major issue after prolonged usage of the T/S. It's a pity that Makita is not willing to address this problem specifically by providing parts that can be renewed.
Thanks for writing, The Miter slot difference is very slight, you may or may not have it in your machine (not sure if they corrected it later), also it will only matter if you are looking to have precision and a smooth slide.
Proper Lubrication of the thread it will never fail 😁
Thank you. Very good video and I am amazed at the poor build quality of some of the parts. I guess this is to keep the overall cost down, but I must say Makita needs to be careful here, as this is not the first time I have seen them do this. Very impressed with your mods!
Wow, dude, So many tips! Now I need to check if any of this aspect was fixed in my MLT100N...
Excellent information!
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho para otimizar essa serra makita. Você deveria enviar estas modificações para a Makita , para que eles façam estas modificações na fábrica, obrigado por compartilhar.
Great video, very helpful. Thank you.
Very good suggestions, thank you for making the effort to share your improvements.
Very very good, congratulations and tank you
From Curitiba / Brazil
Great video, you’ve convinced me not to purchase this saw. I am looking at the Dewalt instead.
Glad it helped you in your decision. Thanks
I was going to buy one of the but thanks to you for indicating issues with this particular table saw
Glad I could help
Merci Tarlochan pour cette vidéo...je m’empresse de réaliser les modifications fort judicieuses sur ma machine toute neuve.
Great, All the best. Thanks
Great vid mate thanks for sharing
Another great video addressing problem's of MTL100.
After finding solution to the fence problem, miter was my next worry. You seem to have address it quite simply again. Could you explain the metal part of the miter slide on the wood part(was it fabricated or off shelf part )
The Blade lifting mechanism came such a huge shocking!! which is a major blunder from makita, until now thought only the fence was an issue.
Thank you for covering each parts 🙏🏽
Thanks for your comments. I fabricated the metal spacer, you can try finding these small pieces in any fabrication/welding store near you, with the same thickness, I then used angle grinder to cut the length and give it the shape, Also you will need to do tapping for the threads, same as original.
Another excellent video. Look forward to watching each upgrade in detail. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Really good upgrades. Thank you.
Glad you like them! Thanks
Beautiful
I really Like your tutorial for upgrading MLT100 especially the Fence that's also my problem and now i have an idea to change that's kind of fence also... thanks for your Video... im waiting to other video you gonna release... Good Luck and More Power... from Ph...
I am glad that you liked the upgrades. Thanks a lot.
Great idea. I need to do these upgrades on my 2 year old Makita table saw. Thanks for sharing such brilliant tutorial.
Good job my friend!!
Wonderful video. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing great ideas , I am going to buy same machine this week
Great 👍
Thanks T. i have this saw and the woes of original build, I will pretty much do all the upgrades (or fixes) and was wondering what profile/size aluminium extrusions (v-slot you used?
Thanks for your effort! Everything is clear and very helpful. 👍
Glad to hear that! Thanks
@@TarlochanSingh I need some help, I have just purchased this saw and the blade seems to be out of alignment I’m not sure what I need to do to
Get it back
Thanks very much for your excellent video (this one and the description of the fence modification). I want to do the fix for the mitre gauge, but am wondering how you fixed the metal spacer to the hardwood slide. The screws that come with the device are machine screws, how do you secure them in the timber?
I have similar problems with my table saw. I wish to try these. Thanks for the video! Keep making great contents like this. Liked and subscribed.
Wow, as I knew about pepole of India : intelligence and accurancy. Thanks alot for sharing your Smart brain.
Gratefully, I demain.
Go on
You're most welcome. Thanks
@@TarlochanSingh
Great thanks.
In fact, and regarding the issue of my choice between Makita MLT100 and Bosch GTS 10X, and as they are bought with quite the same price, I optes for Bosch table Saw.
May be I need your smart pieces of advices re wood working projects.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Ali
Boa Noite também comprei esta serra ,embora antes da compra ja sabia destas deficiências ,comprei mesmo assim ,
vou colocar em pratica estas dicas principalmente a guia ficou muito boa , moro em são paulo Brasil .
Great to see you from Brazil, and good you found the upgrades useful, Thanks for your comments.
Nice
I thought Makita is supposed to be more..., but your video is great!
Thanks
Thanks for the video champ. Love ya work. I regret buying my table saw now, but at least I have your video to improve and fix it.
Do you know how to put dado blades on this model??
This machine in the right man
Hola Ante todo un saludo Estoy encantado de haberte encontrado en You Tube pues de verdad que tus tutoriales ayudan
a mucha gente en especial a los que nos gusta el mundo del bricolage. Tengo una sierra de mesa de la que estoy bastante contento ya que me costo muy poco dinero y tiene bastantes prestaciones .Pero tiene los mismos problemas que tu maquina
Makita MLT-100 es inestable en la guia la elevacion del disco se atasca y a veces no llega al final del rrecorrido y algunas cosas mas asi pues este tutorial que nos presentas me servira de gran ayuda MUCHAS GRACIAS
SAUDOS TONI MARTIN
Thanks for your comments, Interesting to know that you will apply this upgrade to a different Table Saw machine, All the best for your project.
Thank you for the information and the great ideas for solution, my machine is about to reach my adress i just bouth it, can you tell the sizes of the thread rod? Not exactly, just approximately, so i can get the material to make one too.
I assume you are asking the size of the shaft used for lifting mechanism.
the threaded shaft has a Dia of 13.5 MM and lenght is 156 MM.
As you are just buying the machine, you may not face the problem for several years again depending on your usage. (Also i would recommend periodic lubrication of the threads for increased life) Thanks for your comments.
@@TarlochanSingh yes. This is what i needed. Thank you. I will upgrade the machine now to prevent those problems. I just got the saw and depite the adjustments i still have to do it did cut with the original guides at a perfect 90' cuts. I am very satisfied with this machine.
What an excellent clear and explicit upload, Tarlochan ji.
Specially for a seventy four year young KG IV student of the carpentry hobby work.
Having converted a circular saw into table saw, I could not make a forty five degree straight cut on 19mm thick ply.
The reason for this which I found was the absence of the Raving Knife.
So since last many months was considering Dewalt 745, not sure why was impressed by this name.
But today having come across your this educational and informative upload, I am seriously considering for MLT100.
Not hesitant for tweaking and Tuning new machines....
Have subscribed to your channel.
This is sharing knowledge without any reservation.
Will be present in all of your uploads.
All the best. May God Bless You.
Regards
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Thank You Sir for your wonderful comments and I am glad you found this video informative. Let me know if you need any help during upgrades of this machine. Thank You once again.
Would appreciate your observation/experience: In absence of the Riving knife: is there a tendency of the stock being pulled/draged a bit away from the fence. Especially when bevel cutting at 45 angle.
Please.
While you push your workpiece against the cutting blade, At the same time if you can also ensure that your workpiece is sliding and guided against your table fence throughout the cutting of your stock (from start to end of cut) you will definitely get straight cut irrespective of Riving Knife presence, To achieve this what I do is, I use two push sticks, one for pushing the workpiece and other for securing the workpiece against the table fence behind the blade or after the cut. Riving Knife is a safety device to prevent kickback of your workpiece.
If the above solution does not help, There may be various other factors also which may compromise the straightness of cuts, not sure if i am able to understand your scenario, If you wish drop me your mobile number at faith.tarlochan@gmail.com I will be more than happy to make a video call to understand your situation and help you with a possible solution. Thanks.
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Sure.
That is correct. It helps if the stock is restricted from flowing/swaying away from blade after the cut...When this was done the face had sever burn only on the face opposite to the fence. This was because the side push may have been not after the cut, but at the point where the stock was yet to leave the blade contact. To do this correctly I have to bend forward which made me nervous and a feeling of fear.
Yes, but when I had other person holding the exiting stock pressed against the fence the result was satisfactory......so I came to conclusion that Riving knife will also help in keeping the stock well close to the fence as well it prevents the kickback....
I am working mostly in beveled face of 19mm plywood.
My other friends advised me not to work alone for these cutting on table saw.
I do take maximum precaution and staying aside-away from the line of the blade in event of the kickback.
Physical strength also matters.
Thanks for sharing your idea's, the fence I'm defentaly checking out. The problem I have with the saw is that the blad drops in height during cutting. Probably due to fibrations the blade is slowly dropping. I'm working on multple cuts and the height defenatly needs to be the same. Do you know the problem? and how can I solve it?
Thanks for your excellent video. I just purchased this saw and am a little disappointed with the quality. I have found some problems like you and will need to fix it. I'm curious how you did the sideways blade adjustment (slotting the bracket underneath). My blade is off by 2mm. Do you have a video about that ?
Bro.. thanks 🙏
Thanks for advices, lot of points for improvement. Do you maybe still have drawings for slider bars and for that new spacer that you had to make?
Good idea of replacement bolt!👍
Thanks 👍
Chan Hello nice video, so do you recommend this saw ? Should I get one?
This is not a professional machine, This is more like a jobsite portable table saw, if you will be a weekend / Hobby user of this machine and do not want to invest much, you can go with this machine, provided you do all the essential upgrades as shown in mine video.
@@TarlochanSingh OK, maybe I rather go for dewalt.
Super. Greetings from Poland.
Thank You.
great upgrades....you should make and sell the new treaded bolt and lift plate.....
Thanks, Never thought about it, but good idea.
This is a great video. Very helpful! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks
Great modifications!
Glad you like them! Thanks
Good job, although not everyone has lathes and cnc machines. But great explanation and insight .
You are right, I too do not have a lathe or cnc, got it done from a vendor who provides these services. Thanks
Thank you well done Video
Great video. Thank you so much
Do you have the measurement of the fence in cm? Awesome.❤
Dear Sir
I am very much impressed by your way of information .Excellent Excellent Excellent
Where are you from?
I am from Ludhiana .
Thank you I hope you do more videos
Sure, I will. Thanks
Very informative review. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
Awesome stuff. Pity you have to do it… Makita need to hire you for their R&D so they can get their shit together.
At the end of the video you show shortly the "extanded slots for increased horizontal blade adjustments". Can you please explane why and how you do this?
In my experience, when i disassembled and then reassembled the lifting mechanism from the machine to fix the worn out thread, the blade alignment was out and was not parallel to the fence or the mitre rail opening on the machine surface, So i had to adjust and align the balde from the slots provided (shown in the video at 8':53") , however i realized that the slot width provided for the adjustment was not enough for getting the blade to the required alignment, so i used a slot cutter on my drill machine to open and extend the slots, so i could get more room for adjustment.
Hope i have answered you question. Thanks
Great video. Is the saw at least reasonably accurate without the upgrades and worth purchasing? I would be using it minimally
I know this is not a professional level saw, but these issues should not happen to a Makita product. This is a sign of how everything is going to s..t. I own a circular saw from Makita, 9 years of heavy use, and I never had an issue with it. Pretty sure they are caring about quality like they used to.
Thank you for the video anyway!
Hi. I'm from Curitiba, Brazil. Congratulations and thanks for your help. Keep going on.
Thanks, will do!
the engineers at Makita should watch this. i can only think they made these design errors intentionally.
Good video, verry helpful. Tanks
Glad it helped. Thank You
Well done man,excellent
Very informative as all your videos 👌
Glad you like them! Thanks
Woww great video...Makita Engineers should be ashamed of their workmanship...
Very helpful. Thank you!
Awesome job mate, i have one question, does the fence lock down properly is there a little movement that i'll have to account for every time i set the fence to a new width?
I have not seen any movement of fence after the front lever/handle is engaged along with securing the opposite end of fence with the ring nut. Thanks
Subbed. Just got this saw. Excited to use her.
Great, All the best. Thanks
@@TarlochanSingh Got the saw, weird that my version feels heavier and is also not having any of the "groves" that you have on the table. the plate is also not as flexing as you are showing here, however the plate itself is maybe an mm or so lower than the entire surface.. the only thing is that its plastic body & alumuinium top gets scratched easily!! even with the bar itself if not careful!! but yes I think it definitely needs a new/better fence. have to make a portable table now for her..
@@ajayvishvanathan1991 Is is Makita mlt100 model or Makita 2712 ? The description you are giving of your machine seems to be some other model of Makita table saw.
@@TarlochanSingh no, its the MLT100, august import, not sure where she was made tho, everywhere it says manufactured by Makita Japan. but doesn't say where, only by who. couldn't find the PRC/China stamp anywhere but I did spot a few Chinese characters on the outer box. but nothing other than that. the 2712 wasn't on stock and I wasn't particular on that as well. I was initially inclined towards the Bosch GTS 10J but it was way too expensive. the issue at 2:34 (slider alignment into extension) is present, not sure if they made changes to the blade lift mechanism. she is a beast & I can't lift her. not sure how I see youtubers lifting it like the 20KGs DeWalt/Ryobi saws!!!
@@TarlochanSingh here's the one I got.. ua-cam.com/video/PJqBHVsb1pI/v-deo.html
Really good improvements. What i'm unable to believe is that Makita table saw has this poor quality. If it was a Einhell table saw then ok, but for me is unacceptable that Makita brand have this low quality in some products. Great job man modding the saw to the level it must be sold by Makita.
Thanks for your comments.
Thank you Mr. Singh, for this amazing video. Is the makita mlt100 good to use? Do you recommend buying it?
I think in this budget, this is a good machine for starters and occasional users. In my case, i had to do all these 5 upgrades to make reasonable accurate cuts. If you can manage and are prepared to do some of these essential upgrades, then you can go with this machine. hope this helps in your decision. Thanks
Great job 👏 is there any chance you could make me one of those bolts and the steal plate?! If yes let me know how much would you charge for it thanks 🙏 great job hope Makita is listening 👂 and learning to.
I live in Bengaluru, India. It would be cheaper for you to make where you live, as shipping the product to a different location may cost more and may not be worth while. Also I have never made one for someone yet, but good idea, If I start doing so, will let you know. Thanks
Do you perhaps have any ideas on how to lock the up&down movement of the blade. I sometimes find that the blade height drops a little bit while sawing. I have had my Makita MLT100 for a few years now and sometime encounter this problem.
I didn't experience this problem so far, Arresting too much vibration in the machine could be one solution, however if you have been using this machine for a while now, I suspect the female threads in the aluminum housing as shown in my 5th upgrade is close to getting worn out, this will result in lesser contact surface between the male and female threads, causing it to slip, otherwise i don't see any other reason for blade dropping. In future once the lifting mechanism completely fails, you can consider replacing the mechanism or add a new steel plate as shown in my 5th upgrade. This will add sufficient friction to keep the blade in place. Hope this helps, Thanks