Interested to see if anyone may have an aluminum base for sale for the newer Makita 16 (Blue). Just like the one the Guild sells. I know its a long shot that anyone would want to sell, but its worth a shot..
Mo
p.s. I will probably have a Makita Chain Mortiser coming up for sale in the next few days. So maybe this can be part of the dealing.
Re: Makita Circ Saw Base Wanted
[Re: mo]
#2946207/22/1203:34 PM
The last time I looked, the Guild wasn't offering the base, or it was out of stock. I can certainly see the need for it, the big Makita is just an expensive, under powered, aggravating wheel chock with the stock, warped tin base.
It's true we are out of stock - and unable to justify the cash-flow needed to commission another run in the minimum (affordable) quantity required by the vendor.
We are exploring other materials (High Density Poly anyone?) but with limited demand it's difficult to know what to do. If we could get committments from about 10 of you, it'd be a slam dunk.
I can certainly vouch that it is a huge improvement. My boss used to build log homes, has one of the brown-ish Makita models and took a little interest when I mentioned the after-market saw to him. Shame they are not available.