Product Description
Powerful 15.0 AMP motor delivers 5,200 RPM for proven performance
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12814 in Home Improvement
- Brand: Makita
- Model: 5008MGA
- Dimensions: 15.00 pounds
Features
- Quick change from 0° to 45° and back using positive stops that are connected to easy-to-grip-levers
- Easy-to-read number and ruler markings on base and depth guide allow user to measure and follow cuts accurately
- Reinforced power cord withstands jobsite abuse
- Make one-handed adjustments using large, rubberized levers
- 1 year warranty
- 24T Carbide Tipped Blade (D-21521)
- 4100NH
- 4100NHX1
- 4101RH
- 5005BA
- 5007F
- 5007FA
- 5007MG
- 5007MGA
- 5104
- 5377MG
- 5402NA
- 5477NB
- 5740NB
- Better fit and more control with comfortable rubber grip on handle
- Blade Wrench (783204-6)
- Blade wrench is attached to saw for fast and convenient blade changing
- Built-in dust blower clears the line of cut for greater accuracy
- Electric brake for maximum productivity
- Large cutting capacity (3" at 90°) and bevel capacity (0°-50°) with positive stops at 22.5° and 45°
- Magnesium components create a lightweight saw (11.4 lbs.) that is well balanced and jobsite tough
- Make quick, one-handed adjustments using large, rubberized levers
- Powerful 15.0 AMP motor delivers 5,200 RPM for proven performance
- Reinforced power cord withstands jobsite abuse and lowers repair costs
- Rip Fence (164095-8)
- SP6000J
- SP6000J1
- Settings are easy to read with oversized number and ruler markings
- Two built-in L.E.D. lights illuminate the line of cut for increased accuracy
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
smooth and sweet
By rwizard
After spending a couple of weeks looking at circular saws by everyone from Craftsman to Festool, I selected this one.
In the past I have tended to buy Milwaukee or Porter Cable, but their saws either didn't have the features I wanted, or the quality didn't make the "cut". I wanted a high quality, well finished, and well engineered saw that I could rely on for many years to come. I also wanted blade braking, and I thought an illuminated blade path would be nice for those times when the work might not be well lit. And finally, because I would sometimes be losing some cut depth to having the saw mounted on top of a cutting sled, I wanted an 8" saw. All of these factors led me to make the leap and buy my very first Makita product.
Having made my choice, and being anxious to get started on some much needed home repairs on a weekend when I had some help available, I ordered the saw for next day delivery, and received it on Friday morning. By Friday afternoon it was hard at work. So how did it perform?
First, the saw is pretty quiet, to the degree that any circular saw is ever quiet. Perhaps it would be better to say it wasn't as incredibly loud as some.
Cutting with this saw was effortless. There was the sense that I was simply sliding the saw across the surface, and that the cutting that occurred was some sort of surprising, and wholly unrelated, coincidence. In other words, it was as effortless as one could ever hope for.
I was using the saw with an undersized 71/4" Freud blade I already had on hand, so it is hard for me to speak to the accuracy of the depth scale, and I wasn't making any precision cuts anyway. But adding in the 1/2" fudge factor for the difference between an 8-1/4" blade and a 7-1/4" blade seemed to give the result I was shooting for. The blade brake seemed to work reasonably well, although I don't have any experience with other braked saws for comparison. The lighting was moderately helpful when I was working underneath a structure in reduced illumination.
Now for the downside. First, unlike its smaller and nearly identical sibling, the 5007MGA, the 5008MGA does not ship with a case, and according to Makita customer service, none is available for purchase. (NOTE TO MAKITA: THIS IS SHORT SIGHTED AND STUPID. This isn't a cheap saw. Not providing a way to protect it during storage and transport is just poor. Please start offering a case and I promise I will buy it.)
I was also VERY disappointed to discover that the saw was built in China. I have never had a tool built in China that had decent quality. I hope this one will be the lone exception.
For those that are trying to decide between this saw and the 5007, the differences I found are as follows: the 5008 weighs half a pound more, and is about half an inch longer. 8.25" blades are a little less common, but not all that hard to find. (You can substitute the 7.25" blades if you need to, and they work just fine in the 5008.) And of course, as mentioned, no case for the 5008.
So to sum things up, after two days of use I am favorably impressed with the fit, function, and finish of my first Makita product. I will be making follow up edits when I have done some precision cuts, and as I get more hours of operation on the saw. In the meantime, if anyone knows of a good case for this saw, please post a comment on it.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.Best CS for the EZ Track saw system.
By Eurekazone
We modify Circular saws to work better with our track saw system.
We buy retail, via Amazon, and we don't have to support any manufacturers.
After extensive testing we pick the best saws to modify and provide "EZ Ready" saws to our customers. ( dust collection, antichip protection and alignments.)
This is one of the best saws for use on our patented track system.
I can go on and on about the benefits of this saw but you can visit our forum and talk with other woodworkers DIY's and pro's. [...]
Most of our customers use the Makita 5008 MGA.
Much stronger than normal plunge saws and easier to use on and off the track.
Unlike the plunge type saws, you don't have to apply down pressure to keep the saw from lifting. Safer and easier to slide eon the tracks.
The quality, fit and finish of the new line of Makita saws are the best available in the market today. We don't like their plunge saw, Same way that we don't like any plunge saws. But all their MGA's and 5104 including thir 16" monster are very nice saws.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.A serious saw
By James S. Brown
This saw was a big step up from my little Skil saw, and don't let anybody kid you, magnesium or no, it's substantially heavier than an entry-level homeowner's 7 1'4" circular saw. How it compares weightwise to a pro saw I can't tell you. It's manageable, though, and well balanced and ergonomically agreeable.
I bought this saw to use with the Eurekazone track saw system. I needed the larger saw to achieve decent cutting depth with the track. It's got plenty of power for trouble-free cutting through hardwood plywood, a pleasant improvement over my old saw. Of course, the tracksaw keeps it dead straight, and I'm able to get cuts as smooth and true--or more so--than on my table saw.
Features I like about the Makita saw are the light, which is a lot more useful than I expected, and the dust ejection, though with the track saw I usually end up standing right in its path. I don't have a dust port for it, so I generally chase it with the shop vac, and it catches a fair amount of the sawdust. Eventually I'll install a front-mounted dust port per the recommendation of the Eurekazone system. It's a good saw that I expect to last as long as I need it to.
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