Hi Dan (and Brian) Just back in town from the west and a bit slow on the old keyboard but it does seem foolish, even like a mistake. Perhaps the vendor will give you a free switch, labor and free lifetime upgrades. Can't hurt to dream. If there has not been an accident yet there likely would be with the only real way to make compound cuts comfortably involving the blade guard and a piece of string, or so I hear.
I'll drop a line to my Makita guy now.
Curtis