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Product Reviews
If you want the best..., July 1, 2005
Reviewer: R. Clark
I own a company that builds exclusive custom homes, and
prides itself on custom finish work. Our customers demand
absolute perfection, and this saw delivers exactly that.
When I took the saw out of the box, I was instantly amazed
at the quality compared to other miter saws I own. And I
own several-Hitachi, DeWalt, Makita. This saw doesn't
compare. As for accuracy, as another reviewer stated, this
saw is perfect right out of the box. And it stays
accurate. I haven't had to make any adjustments since I
purchased it. And this is after hundreds of hours of use.
This is the only miter saw my company now uses.
If you are looking for the best 12" sliding compound miter
saw, this is it. Bosch offers an 30 day money back
guarantte, so if you're thinking about another brand, try
this saw first. You'll be amazed at the difference.
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Works great, makes a bit of a mess, September 4, 2005
Reviewer: Craig Detter
This saw is a typical high-quality Bosch tool. Every tool
I've purchased with the Bosch name on it seems to be the
best tool I've owned of the breed (from a design
standpoint). I mostly work on furniture projects at home,
which is why the slider feature of this saw comes in handy
(for cutting wider boards). If that isn't a requirement
for you, the Bosch 4212L will likely fit your needs (at
about 1/2 the price). I upgraded from a Delta chop saw
that was not nearly as accurate or easy to use (and was a
single, not dual bevel like this Bosch).
The controls are very easy to read (large print) and the
adjustment knobs and levers are easy to get to. The bevel
adjustment takes more elbow grease to move than you might
expect it to, maybe by design. The Delta would just flop
over once I loosened the neck. This Bosch takes a good
push or pull of the lift handle to move it off of the
vertical position.
There are a couple of lift handles on the Bosch which
makes it much easier to tote around.
My saw stop (Sawhelper Ultrafence) doesn't attach out of
the box to this saw very well. I contacted the fence
manufacturer to find out how to attach it, some drilling
was required into my new saw, ugh. It would be nice if
there were interface standards for attaching extension
tables to chop saws. I can't imagine that too many
professionals are out there don't use stops to increase
accuracy and consistency.
This Bosch saw is the first chop saw I've purchased with
the laser, which works well. However, the laser is only on
one side (left side) and doesn't turn on until the blade
is spinning. It was simply a washer installed (came
uninstalled) on the outside of the blade with a laser
light which means if you take your old saw and buy the
aftermarket laser washer, you've now got a laser-enabled
saw. Again, this would have made a considerable
improvement to my old saw.
The only real complaint that I have is that they should
have designed it so that it was easy to connect a 4"
vacuum system. As mentioned by another reviewer, the dust
bag is a waste of space. It doesn't collect 10% of the
dust. Like many shops, I have a Jet 1100 4" vacuum system,
which worked better with the old Delta just by banding the
hose to the neck.
With the Bosch, however, the center of the neck of the saw
is so wide (like 3-4") all the dust hits the neck and
bounces everywhere. All Bosch would have to do is redesign
the base of the neck so that a 4" plastic tube could be
inserted directly into the neck facing straight at the
blade and this saw would be off the hook! I'm sure a
decent vacuum system could catch 95% of the dust with this
modest redesign of the neck.
I know there are aftermarket dust catchers for chop saws.
I found one that had a large bucket design, but I doubt
that one would work well given the slider and overall
design of this saw, maybe I'm wrong. The least Bosch could
have done is to provide some logical hole locations for
bolting on a vacuum hose.
Delivery from Amazon was very fast as usual, and reminds
me why I buy this kind of stuff from Amazon and not eBay.
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FIRST SAW-NO WORKKEE(Taiwanese for didn't
work), March 16, 2006
Reviewer: M. BROWN
After an hour spent unpacking,assembling and adjusting the
misaligned 45 degree bevel,I just wanted to stand back and
marvel at this fine piece of simulated European
engineering and craftsmanship.I said to myself, now I see
what all those RAVE reviews are about, a thing of beauty!
Now I'll press the safety switch and listen to the sound
of this simulated Swiss/German/Austrian motor come to
life...What! NO WORKKEE! say it ain't so!!went through the
troubleshooting guide,rewired the house,even checked for
WON-TON in the brush cavities...NO WORKKEE!!!Man those
reviewers must be on the Bosch payroll,I thought!! Amazon
had a new saw to me in two days(great service).This one
WORKKEE!,Seriously this is just an average Asian made tool
that does a decent job. I would never have bought it,had
it not been for the great deal offered at Amazon. The
price and freebees made it a standout in the category.
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Blade skewed in relation to travel, March 14, 2006
Reviewer: Jason A. Richer (New England) - See all my
reviews
I have many Bosch tools and loved them all. This saw in my
opinion is not up to par with the other products I have
purchased.
The 1st one I received had to be returned as the blade was
not parallel to the sliders nor was it perpendicular to
the table. I am not speaking about miter adjustments here.
Vertical travel of the head assembly was perfect, the
blade arbor was out of square. The slide travel was also
very nice and smooth. Unfortunately the blade was not
parallel to the slide motion and the left side of the
blade would bind in the cut and tear up the top edge and
forward facing edge of the work piece being cut.
The replacement saw is better but the blade is still not
perpendicular to the vertical motion. It is off as much as
it could be and still be within the kerf of the cut. It
binds ever so slightly.
I have not decided to return it as of yet. I may.... I'll
work with it through the current project and make up my
mind at that point.
At this point, I wish I had gone with the DeWalt or
Hitachi
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Bosch 5412L 12" Dual Bevel Slide Miter Saw with Laser
Tracking, March 9, 2006
Reviewer: P. L. Polydores (VA, USA) - See all my reviews
There is an old saying "Things of Quality pass the test of
time!" This is by far the best saw I have ever owned.
Built like a tank and hyper accurate...if you demand
qaulity this is the saw for you!
My last saw was a Delta 12" laser it was adequate but this
new Bosch 5412L 12" Dual Bevel Slide Miter Saw with Laser
Tracking ROCKS...as we used to say in the Marines... It's
a good piece of gear!
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