Works great for intended purpose"¦ cutting

Another great budget tool from Wen without sacrificing some of the bigger named, higher price point saws. I recommend a 0-clearance strip be added to the saw when you purchase it. The blade groove is wide and precut to be able to do 45-degree miters. Fo my purpose I won't be doing combination miters with this saw so I put a 0-clearance strip on the blade plate and the saw has plenty of power. I was breaking down lumber, 4/4 and 8/4 boards and this saw took them all, motor stayed cool, and cuts were very accurate. Side note - blade brake is not super-fast... that is my only issue but not worth dropping stars.

I had this saw for 4 - 5 years and I love it. Used it for a flooring renovation and a ton of other projects. This a s great saw. I liked it so much I bought one for my son.

I am really happy with my new miter saw with the extended pull cut. The saw will handle all of your typical cuts that you use for a miter saw, and with the WEN table legs attachment it folds up and rolls away when I'm done and I love it.

First off, the saw came in a week earlier than indicated at the time of ordering. That was a big plus.

The packaging was very good with everything easily accessible with no wasted expanded foam bits. The top half had the parts and screws, each in their own cavity. +5. Only thing missing was the 6mm hex wrench. -1

Assembly was relatively easy and straight forward. +5. However, the missing hex wrench made for some unnecessary gymnastics with my hex wrench set as there was barely room to engage the wrench in the cap screws. -1

Setup: First off, the torque on the blade bolt is WAY too high from the factory. I had to put a 12 in cheater on the hex wrench to break the bolt loose. And the instructions are unclear on where the handle up lock is (I never found it if there is one).

After getting the blade off and installing my calibration blade I checked fence alignment, blade to fence square and blade to bed square. Fence alignment was excellent and the blade to fence squareness was good. However, vertical, or blade to bed, square was off by about 2.5 degrees, checked with both a carpenter's square and a Wixey digital angle gauge. It took about 5 minutes to get that squared away (pun intended).

First cuts: After getting everything set up, I used a piece of 1 x 3 to make both square and 45° miter cuts. Both were dead on. The sliding action is smooth with minimal efforts. The laser is right on the left edge of the cut line, which is perfect for me as a right handed user. A lefty will probably find the location inconvenient.

Well, there you have it, my initial impression of the Wen MM1011T sliding miter saw. I'll update this after a few hours of use to give the actual use impression.