Crosscuts & angles · review
An €845 mitre saw whose listing publishes one dimension and three abstract nouns — and nothing you could use to choose it.
The end of it Probably a very good saw. The listing gives us nothing to say so with, and at €845 that is not a small complaint.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
A 305 mm (12 in) mitre saw, part number LS1219L/2. The manufacturer feature list on this listing consists of three words: robustness, durability, quality. There is no cross-cut capacity, no bevel range, no motor rating, no weight and no dimension other than the blade.
A mitre saw is bought for two numbers: how wide a board it cross-cuts at 90°, and how wide it still cuts at 45°. Blade diameter is a proxy for neither. A sliding saw on a small blade will out-cut a fixed saw on a large one, because the carriage and not the blade sets the width.
The third number is what the saw manages at full bevel, which is always less. A listing that quotes one capacity is quoting its best one; a listing that quotes none, as both saws in this group do, is asking you to buy a machine on its silhouette.
We can tell you it is a Makita, that the reference and the barcode are the same in Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain, and that the blade is 305 mm (12 in). Everything a reader would actually use to choose between this saw and the Bosch below — how wide a board it takes, what it manages on the bevel, how heavy it is to lift onto a stand — is absent from the page it is sold on.
That is worth naming rather than papering over. A review that fills the gap with figures from a neighboring model is guessing, and the guess would be invisible to you.
| Blade diameter | 305 mm (12 in) |
|---|---|
| Part number | LS1219L/2 |
| Cross-cut capacity | Not published on this listing |
| Motor rating | Not published on this listing |
| Amazon reference | B07FWB48Z2 (identical on 5 markets) |
| EAN | 0088381854634 |
No. The listing carries part number LS1219L/2 and reads LS1219L. Those are different saws in Makita's range with different capacities, and we write up the one the listing names. If you specifically want the LS1019L, this is not the page that will get it to you.
It happens more often at the top of a range than the bottom, because the maker assumes the buyer already knows the model. It is still a failure of the listing: the two capacity figures are what separate this saw from one costing half as much, and neither appears.
Cross-cut width at 90°, cross-cut width at 45°, and the bevel range. Any Makita dealer can supply all three in a sentence, and all three change what the saw is worth to you.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
7.9/ 10
Probably a very good saw. The listing gives us nothing to say so with, and at €845 that is not a small complaint.
A buyer who already knows this saw and is only shopping for a price
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
18 V BITURBO · 216 mm (8.50 in) blade · dual bevel · bare tool
A cordless dual-bevel mitre saw at €430 in Germany and €599 in Spain — the widest price gap in this group as a proportion of the price.
Best for: Second-fix carpentry away from a socket, in a shop already on AMPShare
254 mm (10 in) · 90 × 305 mm (3.54 × 12 in) cut · dual bevel
The only saw here that states its capacity as a cross-section — 90 × 305 mm (3.54 × 12 in) — which is the number you actually need.
Best for: A workshop cutting wide boards and tall sections, where capacity decides what is possible
Bosch Professional · Amazon Exclusive set
A professional-line Bosch slider sold as an Amazon set — and a listing that publishes nothing you could compare it on.
Best for: A buyer already committed to Bosch Professional who knows this model
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
