Worx WX420L 3 Amp Versacut 3-3/8" Electric Compact Circular Saw with Laser Guide Technology

Worked great to plunge the saw onto my living room floor - needed to cut out just a small section without disturbing the rest and this did the job. Recommend it!

This is a nice little cutter for thin materials. This is a plunge cutter that has a trigger safety that takes some getting used to. It can be awkward to try and manipulate the safety switch while lining up the saw for the start of a cut. The other annoyance is the offset of the blade on my unit is 1 3/16 from the narrowest base edge. I know it’s a minor complaint but it would have been nice for the manufacturer to use an common measurement like most other saws. The chiseled guide in the base is off by 1/8 of an inch, so free cutting is out of the question if you need an accurate cut and the dust collection elbow is so close to the housing it is almost unusable. Since I am only really using this saw to cut textures these issues are not cause to return this item.

Smooth h cutting and the plunge option really makes the cutting much nicer then tilting your saw up then bringing it down to cut boards in the middle.

Love this little saw! It's awesome

If you're looking for something to chop up big sheets of plywood, I recommend an actual circular sar. This really isn't for that.Where this excels is working with smaller, detailed projects. Hobbyists? Build custom picture frames? Work with lots of small bits and pieces? You'll use this a lot.There's also a lot of versatility with the included blades for wood, ceramic, and sheet metal. I never had any reason or opportunity yet to use this for ceramic or sheet metal, but like my advice for wood, it's ideal for smaller projects, not great big ones.One thing that cost it a star was the laser. While it's a good laser, bright and visible, it's not perfectly in line with the blade (at least, not the way I used it anyway) and what's up with it being run off button cell batteries (LR44's, specifically)? REALLY? Now not only do I have to feed my digital torque wrenches LR44 batteries, I have to feed the laser in this thing as well?HUGE not a fan of the LR44's running the laser. Clearly, I'm in the wrong business because I could design a rectifier to take power off the cord before the power switch that would run the laser for INFINITY. Literally, 4 SMT diodes (you could get away with 2, but how much is an SMT diode nowadays? 3 cents?) and a length of wire.Have your engineers never heard of rectifiers? Half wave? Full wave? Converting AC to DC, as diodes only permit current flow in 1 direction?Sorry to rant but...powering the laser off LR44's is a personal thing for me. I both love and HATE my digital torque wrenches...love them because they make setting torque easy, hate them because they always need LR44 batteries.So this saw is kind of a love-hate thing for me as well. On one hand, it deserves strong marks for being a compact, easy to handle "small job" saw. On the other hand, I can't stop cursing at the LR44 batteries. Why? No, why?So let's just say, forget the laser, is the saw itself worth it? Yeah, I can't imagine the hobbyist or occasional woodworker not using this at least occasionally in the shop It might even be good for semi-pro vinyl siding installation. Just...if you buy this, remember that Amazon has GREAT deals on LR44 batteries. I recommend extras.

Compact size and ease of use

Burns through blades. Dont expect great work. Very very disappointed in the mechanics. It works well for like half the project then quits like a 18 year old

I am so disgusted that they didn't integrate a simple printed or wired rectified circuit to the laser on this thing. I've only ever seen that kind of ridiculous afterthought on cheap, no-name brands. Why, God, why?!I'm serious, even if I sound melodramatic. This is a good brand. When they realized, likely late in the design process, that they wanted to add a laser, they should have just added a few weeks to the schedule as necessary, and done it right.The thing about it is this: disposable batteries are the bane of any workshop, especially stupid coin batteries, and especially when you need two of them. And even more especially when it's a tool like this that is super-useful, but you likely don't use it all the time. So you'll have batteries going dead when the tool is on the sidelines, then you go for the tool and you can't use the laser because you'd have to get more batteries for it. So you're probably too lazy to bother and now you're not getting use out of the laser anyway. Or you're just wasting more batteries.But it simply doesn't have to be this way. It shouldn't be this way. And particularly not on a top-brand tool.Anyway, 3 stars - often seen as negative - is probably too low for this otherwise excellent tool. I have only great things to say about it otherwise, but this point needs to be understood by any potential buyer and Worx needs to know we expect better next time.Oh...before I go on to all the positives, I should note the bag is very mediocre as well, although it's always good to have one. It just seems like it wasn't designed for this particular tool, it's longer than it needs to be, and it doesn't have an extra pocket or two to hold blades and accessories (like the edge guide), which would have been very helpful. Again, if you get a really cheap brand, they just give you a junk bag. Sometimes you do better with good brands.------------------Onto all the positives:This is clearly meant for plunge cuts, and the blades are so small so that you can do electrical box cutouts and the like. The trigger safety is built into the depth release in a way which is both safe and ergonomic. The blade always rises above the base of the tool unless you are actively pushing it down - and there is an easy to set depth stop adjustment. Very impressed with the design and functionality of this part.This also allows you to just set the tool down without having to worry about the blade, which makes this a joy to work with.You do have to be very...slow, careful, methodical...when using this tool because it does want to skid around on you, but if you take the time to block the sides, rear, and front of the tool, you can do your cuts pretty much guaranteed error-free. And that's always how fine work is done - time spent normally increases quality.Overall I absolutely like the tool. It's definitely a huge help, but not something most people will use everyday (which does not make it any less important if you will use it). I do think that the laser afterthought reflects poorly on a company which has otherwise proven itself as a serious contender.