Customer Reviews

Hitachi 321387 Sub-fence for C10FSH and C10FSB

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The right side fence on the C10FSH or FSB is rather inadequate. To me, the RIGHT SIDE SUB-FENCE is a greatly appreciated add-on. It tightened up flush to the fence, (which was a worry of mine seeing as they're an after market product.) Two things would make this sub fence better if Hitachi is listening.
1. Cut the left side so you can leave it on when beveling sharp angles from the right,...as of right now, the sub-fence needs to be removed in order to make a hard bevel cut from the right, (just as the left side needs to be swiveled, maybe the right could as well)
2. Make it come standard with the saw. I mean come on. All other saws in its class, (and there aren't many), come with decent and thoughtful fences. Generally I wind up taking them off to make a shooting board of sorts to hold my material anyway if the cuts really count, but Hitachi should not depend on us to "make the saw work" for us. For this much money,... they should hand deliver it engraved with our names, inlayed in gold, and spit shined. word.

Does it work? Yes. Does it work well? Yes. Does it install in and out easily? Yes. Should it have come w/the saw? YES. I paid just over $400 for the saw - which is quite good, but the reason you pay $400 for a saw is so you don't have to buy all of the $20, 30 and 40 dollar attachments for them. Again, very good saw, very good fence, a little tacky on the marketing of such a pricey saw.

The Sub-fence itself is square. It's held in place by 2 large dowel pins. A set-screw hold it in place. The dowel pins have some about an 1/8" play in them so when you tighten down the set screw, the Sub-fence is not square to the other left side fence and blade. So and easy fix is I bought these thin brass strips about 1/2" wide by 12" and comes in different thicknesses. I just cut some strips and put them in the dowel pin hole and sub-fence is square now. I've seen many reviews on Hitachi miter saws being damaged in shipping process. I bought the Hitachi C10FSH 10-Inch Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Laser and the box packaging seemed pretty strong, so I took some pictures for everyone to see on Flickr: (...)

This subfence assembly improves the ease of using the saw. It is simple to remove if you are tilting the saw to the right, look out if you don't! Why is it not included in the first place with a new saw?

The item was delivered quickly and all are as expected. Smooth transaction. Happy with the purchase.

Sub-fence really great for working with crown moulding. Couldn't really do the job safely without it. Don't know why it doesn't come standard with the saw.

This is a must have if you have the C10FSH. Really makes the fence the right height.

The saw was great, but I needed the extra accuracy this well made fence gave me.
Bruce