I removed the allen bolts that hold the lower fence to the to the saw bed and inserted very small paper wedges under the fence at the rear of the bolts towards the back of the saw, it puts a small twist on the lower fence therefore making the upper fence 90 to the bed, takes some time but it works, hopefully I explained it clearly.
Hello! Dont know if you found a solution to this but, i have the corded version of this saw with the exact same issue. I have two solutions. 1. Use masking tape in varying layers of thickness on the face of the fence to make it square. Actually works really easily. 2. Once i saw that that worked, there is a company called Custom Fabricating Solutions. They make a zero clearance fence for this saw that fits on the front of the original fence. It also solves the issue of squareness. So i bought it.
I appreciate your reply. I'm not sure a ZCI will fix the issue along the entire fence. However, that's beside the issue. I think a $600+ saw shouldn't have such a blatant and problematic flaw. I expect this on a Sub-$200 Ryobi or house brand. But for Makita, they got sum 'esplainin to do.
@mikeadiddle oh, I agree with you 100%. Just thought you might want to hear a solution. And yes, their fence does fix the issue completely. But I got like 90% of the way there just with the masking tape on the fence.
I agree it's a deal breaker. I just bought the LS1019 and the fence design sucks. Even the fixed lower fence is not straight and when you tighten the inner of the 4 bolts holding it on, it warps the fence down and in so that it dramatically increases the chance of kickbacks. In 40 years I have never had a kickback] problem with a miter saw. Now I do. I took it into a Makita repair shop under warranty and they replaced the lower fence but agreed it's just a bad design. It did not fix my issue. Maybe some tape will. I wish I had bought the Kapex.
I had 4 replacements from Makita. All bad. Gave up and went to DeWalt. The Makita was a nicer smooth better finished machine but I can't have the problems. My sliding rails were out of alignment so it cut a slight curve when doing sliding cuts. And if I leaned the saw over for a bevel, that would make it go out of square to the fence. Nightmare for cutting tall skirting (base board) laying flat.
@@BEEPbaMBOP46 it is excellant very Accurate out of the box I have a lot of Makita tools d handle routers plunge router there belts sanders are the best but the miter saw and the dws 780 I like the best ! Great value at Home depot
Check out 1:50 in this video. There's an allen-head set screw on the inner mounting post. Yours is probably too tight. Loosen it a little to see if that will release the fence.
I removed the allen bolts that hold the lower fence to the to the saw bed and inserted very small paper wedges under the fence at the rear of the bolts towards the back of the saw, it puts a small twist on the lower fence therefore making the upper fence 90 to the bed, takes some time but it works, hopefully I explained it clearly.
Same exact issue on mine, I’ve worked with tape and an aux fence. Disappointed to say the least.
Same with my Makita 8 1/2". I've gone the tape route. Yes, sad.
Hello! Dont know if you found a solution to this but, i have the corded version of this saw with the exact same issue. I have two solutions. 1. Use masking tape in varying layers of thickness on the face of the fence to make it square. Actually works really easily. 2. Once i saw that that worked, there is a company called Custom Fabricating Solutions. They make a zero clearance fence for this saw that fits on the front of the original fence. It also solves the issue of squareness. So i bought it.
I appreciate your reply. I'm not sure a ZCI will fix the issue along the entire fence. However, that's beside the issue. I think a $600+ saw shouldn't have such a blatant and problematic flaw. I expect this on a Sub-$200 Ryobi or house brand. But for Makita, they got sum 'esplainin to do.
@mikeadiddle oh, I agree with you 100%. Just thought you might want to hear a solution. And yes, their fence does fix the issue completely. But I got like 90% of the way there just with the masking tape on the fence.
I agree it's a deal breaker. I just bought the LS1019 and the fence design sucks. Even the fixed lower fence is not straight and when you tighten the inner of the 4 bolts holding it on, it warps the fence down and in so that it dramatically increases the chance of kickbacks. In 40 years I have never had a kickback] problem with a miter saw. Now I do. I took it into a Makita repair shop under warranty and they replaced the lower fence but agreed it's just a bad design. It did not fix my issue. Maybe some tape will. I wish I had bought the Kapex.
Same issue on my Dewalt, same issue on ever brand on display at home depot... I was there the other day inquiring about this same issue...
Is there the same issue with the corded LS1019? I suppose so, as it has the same fence.
I do have 800’ of crown to run. Along with base, chair rail
I had 4 replacements from Makita. All bad. Gave up and went to DeWalt. The Makita was a nicer smooth better finished machine but I can't have the problems. My sliding rails were out of alignment so it cut a slight curve when doing sliding cuts. And if I leaned the saw over for a bevel, that would make it go out of square to the fence. Nightmare for cutting tall skirting (base board) laying flat.
I have the same saw and deal with the same struggle. Disappointing like you said.
I wanted makita
Traded it in same
Problem so i
Bought dewalt dws 780
How’s it treating you?
@@BEEPbaMBOP46 it is excellant very
Accurate out of the box I have a lot of Makita tools d handle routers plunge router there belts sanders are the best but the miter saw and the dws 780 I like the best ! Great value at
Home depot
I cannot remove that upper fence! Its stuck, ive loosened the knob but it wont come off.
Check out 1:50 in this video. There's an allen-head set screw on the inner mounting post. Yours is probably too tight. Loosen it a little to see if that will release the fence.
LS1219 same problem
Just returned a Dewalt DWS716XPS today for the same issue I not going to shim a $650 saw to make it right . My old DW705 is perfect .