Category: Mitre Saw

Bought one reduced from $40 to $30 a week ago for the Workzone cordless mitre saw (which needs 4ah not 2ah) so I don’t have to keep nicking one of the 4ah batteries from the two cordless drills. Only went to use the mitre saw two days ago and the fully charged battery cuts out !!! Checked the saw with both the other batteries – working fine. Gave the new battery another check and saw starts and then stops. OK…exchanged that for another one yesterday and the same thing – cuts out. Back to get a refund for that battery.

I suspect a batch problem so returned for refund and will wait for next time around.

After hooking up the Xfinity 20V sliding mitre saw to two car batteries so I can use the thing while waiting for the battery to arrive – guess what?

The phone order that I placed with Action Spares on Saturday 6th for a Xfinity 20V / 4.0Ah battery  – has arrived this morning.

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After hooking up the mitre saw to two car batteries on the back corner workbench I moved everything to the front butchers table where I put aside the old Bunnings XU1 saw for a family member and setup the new saw. Now I can use it while waiting for the 20V/4.0Ah battery to arrive.

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Follow-up to the WorkZone Xfinity 20V sliding mitre saw that I purchased marked down to $49 from $149. This is part of the Xfinity range of ‘skin tools’ where the battery and charger are not included – additional purchases. The saw was marked down because this stuff was on sale in October and I know at that time there was a shortage of the new 4.0Ah batteries (not 2.0Ah) required to power the saw.

Managed to find the $19 charger at another store but no 4.0Ah batteries around which sell for $39. That’s a very good price for 4Ah capacity. I could wait for them to come around again but by then the return period may have run out and who knows, the saw itself could be faulty. Decided to order a 4.0Ah battery from the supplier – Action Spares. Same price as in store with $15 delivery charge – OK with that.

With the battery ordered and still wanting to check out the saw decided to hook it up to a couple of used car batteries so we can have a play. Terminals on the saw same as the auto spade type so lets make up a cable to connect the saw.

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Thanks to Ozito (again) for locating a 305mm Sliding Compound Mitre Saw and putting my name on the last one at Bunnings Notting Hill

One of the last and this particular model not available anymore – wonder why ?

As previously mentioned I’m mounting the new saw on a old hospitality trolley with castors. After sketching some ideas on paper I’ve come up with enough to start measuring and cutting wood to make some wings that will mount on either side of the trolley to support longer lengths of timber.

Above: This is a mock up, each wing is supported by a rectangular box.
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Found a spot next to the band saw, it’s sitting on a old hospitality trolley with castors which is good because I’ll need to pull it out from it’s parking spot before using the saw. Thing is my router was sitting on this trolley and that is now down the back of the shop on top of some other stuff.