TaskMule wrote:

"Keith" wrote in message
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Re your respected comment....I guess this confirms what they say???

"Anyway the laser is accurate at the
top of the stroke... it changes as the saw is brought down"

K.

The problem I have with lasers is that you can't see a pencil line when the
laser shines on it. I often make fine adjustments to my work piece, Often
I'll cut to one side of the line or the other. Sometimes I want to cut down
the center of the line. I'm talking 1/32 or smaller adjustments. I hate not
being able to see the line when cutting.
I always lift the guard out of the way so I can view my line and the blade.
I just can't see the use for a laser.
For people who never lift the guard I guess it's the only way to line up the
cut.

I've never had the opportunity to try to use one w/ the laser, but I've
always been curious about whether they were actually very accurate for
precision fits, as well. I can see it being a time-saver for
framing-type cuts, but no substitute for either a stop block or the
actual line for precision it would seem to me. The fuzziness of the
edge alone (at least in all the pictures I've seen) would seem to be
self-defeating for precision.