Thread: MLT100 Any Good?

G'day Rcam,

yep, that plate is a bit of a let down and I must admit that the Ryobi throat-plate is steel, but held down by "easy-strip" screws.

Not too difficult though to replace, or, stiffen the original though. See that one will need to be careful with those little screws, just like the Ryobi, if they are going to last more than a couple of dozen removals.

Bit silly that Makita have two levels to hold that plate up instead of being even all the way round - probably to test out us modders Wonder why is it split at the far end ?

cheers
Bob

I was thinking of picking up a bit of sheet metal and hack at it with my grinder,
really don't use it enough to warrant it though.

to be honest I've only used it a handfull of times in the last 12 months, typical chippie buying tools as a collector

Ok I'm going to go ahead and upset everyone. I have owned my MLT100 for 13 months and am yet to make my first cut! I have not even plugged it in. Shocking I know. How can this be you ask? What sort of man gets a tablesaw and doesn't use it? Well me, I do.

I asked for this for my 40th birthday from the good lady wife who kindly agreed. I was a proud man indeed wheeling this baby out of Bunnings, whilst other blokes looked on jealously. I took it home and it sat in the box until last December. In fact it sat in the box in my rumpus room. This is because my shed building was delayed and I thought too much of my new saw to put it in my old leaky shed.

Now you see I don't really need a table saw, I just wanted one. I get by quite nicely with my SCMS and my circular saw and these were all I needed as I spent most of the back end of last year renovating the kitchen. The new shed went up in December but since then life has been a tad busy preparing my house and shed for sale, so shed time has been almost non existent. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to stop for a few seconds and gaze at my shed.

I have however managed to unbox it and put it together. I have also read some great threads on this forum about modifying the thing and building benches to hold it. But alas it still just sits there and looks good. Don't get me wrong, if I never make a cut on this saw, just seeing it when I walk in my shed makes owning it worthwhile.

Anyway I'm sure I've disgusted you all with my poor behaviour and will endeavor to make some sawdust with it very soon.

Danny

I have one, haven't used it too much but the few things I have it seems like a great for value item.

I have made a few mods to mine (link below) I say get one and extend the length of the bench and make yourself a new fence

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/nearly-finished-my-new-rip-fence-clone-152858/

G'day,

crikey Garfield, you must have a power of panels to destroy. Looks good but I couldn't afford the space, the MLT100 is on the big side for the room that I have now, so much so that mine is on a table with a pair of wheels cantilevered out from one end and a handle on the other so that I can easily "wheelbarrow" it around.

On the odd occasion that I have a panel to destroy I do them on horses in the backyard with the lightweight 8" running down a straight edge, extremely accurate and easy to do on your own.

The MLT100 has had a bit of use now and I must say that I am still impressed

cheers,
Bob