Customer Reviews

Jorgensen 64016 Precision Miter Saw

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2 star:		(9)
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This saw is quite a disappointment. After setup I cross-cut a square test piece and found that even though I got a clean 90 degree cut across the wood I didn't get a 90 degree cut down the wood. The guide bars and their mount are a few degrees off vertical. After taking the entire saw apart and reassembling 3 times - and having exactly the same problem - it became apparent there doesn't appear to be any adjustment possible to correct this.

Some other issues;

1. The base isn't flat, and this contributes to the above problem (but isn't solely responsible). A straightedge rested across the base shows about a 1mm gap towards the middle of the table.

2. The one work-piece clamp tends to slide back up its mounting stud as the clamp is tightened onto the work.

3. The maximum cut height before the top part of the saw leaves its guide is about 1.5 inches. Any cut on material thicker than this will require the user to hand-hold the saw in a vertical position.

Without the manufacturing defects the saw would have fitted my needs perfectly. The saw delivered to me is basically unusable.

I just bought one of these and used it to cut the sides for two jewlery boxes. Both boxes have come out 4-Square. I have not had a problem with the built in clamp, but I did tighten it to the shaft pretty tightly before clamping. I also used an extra clamp on the other side of the piece. The base on the one I got seems to be plenty flat. True, the top of the saw comes out of the guides 1 1/2" up, but the blade does not. It seems to cut fine if you tighten the blade really tight.

This is simply NOT a precision tool. It seems that their design and manufacturing is not conducive to consistent accuracy. My unit is also off 2 degrees in the vertical. The blade is allowed to wander between the vertical posts by design. As noted before, there are NO adjustments of any kind outside of the ability to lock down any angle via an allen screw. The clamp is awkward to use, moving it from one side to the other involves unscrewing and re-mounting a rod. Holding the blade above the work requires using tiny wingnuts that are, again, awkward to reach...Buy the Nobex Proman or Champion - get a real tool!

Same problem as others, miters are off enough to make precision cuts a frustrating process unless you are very nearsighted or have lots of wood putty to fill miter gaps. Operating a manual miter takes some finesse. But no matter how you handle this saw, grip it, adjust it, bend it, or stroke it, the saw refuses to cut a true vertical 90, making this a unintended compound saw and the folks at Jorgensen don't even charge extra for this ability, lol. Stanley is worse, and Nobex still reigns supreme. Thank God *someone* can make a decent miter saw! There was a time Jorgensen saws were pretty accurate, but that time has past.

When I first got this saw, I liked it a whole lot. It cut very well. It could use a couple more clamps though. Then the handle broke, sort of just snapped in half. The handle appeared to to made of aluminum or maybe magnesium. I searched for days, then finnally found a number to call. They sent me a new handle which broke about a week later. I am very dissappointed and I will now buy another brand

I originally bought a Stanley precision mitre box and saw, but that product came with parts missing and the pieces would not fasten correctly. I traded the Stanley product for this Jorgensen product, and the Jorgensen mitre box & saw is MUCH better made than the Stanley. It has less slop in the saw bracket, and the clamping system works much better on this product than the Stanley product; it holds the work down very tightly without so much as a smudge. I use it to make joints in my oak art frames (oak is very hard wood), and with this saw I can make perfect cuts every time. But don't expect to use this saw the same way you would use a carpenter's saw; this is made for fine precision work, not ripping joists or wall studs, so it requires a different technique. If you're willing to learn how to use it properly, it will serve you well.

Among the problems stated you see those "V" shaped guides that run on the two horizontal tubes... There plastic and they break.
I have had this piece of junk for several years I put it away some time ago. Yesterday I had one small piece of scribe mould to cut on site, dug out this saw and sure enough the front support broke and soon there after the rears let go to.
Looks like a solid accurate saw its NOT!
Don't buy it.
Should be taken off the market Jorgensen has too good a name to have it associated with this kind of junk.

I agree with previous reviews. No accuracy and saw cannot be adjusted. I cannot find a web page for mfg. or a method of ordering a blade with a finer cut. The number for the blade is #68081, but where does one order the thing?

I have to echo the other complaints given here. At first glance this looks like a high-precision piece of woodworking equipment. When you get it home however you find it doesn't cut square-- in any direction. I tried cutting a 2x2 block at 90 degrees, it was off by about 2 degrees it both vertical and horizontal planes. The miters are off by the same amount as well. The saw provides no ability to fine tune the adjustments; they are cast into the base. I also tried the compound model hoping it would be better-- it was worse. The blade flexes too much to cut a miter on the flat side of baseboard, and there is no support on the back of the table to miter baseboard standing up.

I really didn't want a power saw, but I'm afraid that is what I will need if I can't find a replacement. I will try Jorgensen first and see if they can help, otherwise the saw goes back.

This saw is simply not, as its name implies: "Precision". I was unable to cut accurate 45 degree miters. The 14 TPI blade was dull, or at least slow, when new and quickly deteriorated. I have been unable to find any store that sells replacements. Both Home Depot and Lowes have discontinued the blades. Lacking precision and replacement blades the tool is useless.