Thread: 2 questions about Metabo & DeWalt table saws

I go to the Power Tool Specialist in Carlton, They do the work on the premises, and you can talk to the guys.
149 Bouverie St, Carlton VIC 3053, (03) 9347 4888

United Tools in Bayswater still have a workshop on site. They might be a bit closer to you and could help with your Metabo.

Hi,

I remember you buying the metabo. Wonder if you might give a long term review of Metabo TS vs Dewalt TS ? The ‘which portable table saw’ question comes up frequently and often these two are mentioned

Thanks for support. I left the Metabo saw at United Tools near my home. Before that, I visited a couple more services, but no one wanted to do this. United Tools told me that they were busy and would start working on my saw next week.
Over the past years, I have only used the Metabo saw and the Dewalt has been sitting on the shelf. Now I took it out and connected it to the dust collector from Metabo. For this I had to go to Carba-Tec and they helped me to find pipe connections.
For comparison, Metabo's power seems to be 1250 watts and Dewalt's is 1850 watts. The Metabo dust collector has a capacity of 1400 watts. That is, paired with DeWalt, they have a total of 3250 watts. I had to buy a new powerhouse as my previous one was insufficient for such power.

I would not recommend the Metabo to anyone as this saw has a terrible fence. One advantage is that it can be easily carried. In addition, it broke down in less than 5 years.
I connected it in series to the cyclone and dust collector. But in my opinion, they capture no more than 70% of the dust, and the rest of the dust flies around.
I managed to adapt all these new ones to the Dewalt port. I connected another very powerful Fein dust collector to it. But the exhaust from this port is almost invisible. That is, at the same time, two dust collectors poke dust from Dewalt at the same time, and the dust flies around!?
My opinion Dewalt is more accurate and easier to use. Most likely when I pick up Metabo from the repair, I will put it on the shelf.

I also want to point out that the Dewalt dust collector has two filters that get clogged with very average use every 2-3 days and even earlier. I called DeWalt and they advised me to wash them with water. No way! These guys can only sell and their tech support is sub-zero. I bought a women's hairbrush and it cleans the filters without problems. Then I suck up the rest of the dust with a vacuum cleaner. And so I use them for 5 years. But if you have to replace them after washing with water they cost $270 a pair at Sydney Tools.