This probably is just fine for residential and commercial contractor purposes (including finish work), but if you are planning on doing fine wood work with this-I don't think this is the saw for you. I checked the saw table right out of the box for straightness, and it seems like its a little bit out. I didn't run with the guard on, but the guard seemed to be an exact match of its older brother, very easy to put on and off (and the splitter is easily adjustable as well). I noticed that it had more tear out than I'd like. The blade was not very impressive for finish work. I swapped it for a 9AH battery 3/4 of the way through and noticed it sounded reved up the way it needed to be. Checking the battery, it still had plenty of juice. I made about 24 cuts with the 6AH battery, and noticed that after about 30% depletion, the saw began to sound like it got a little less power. So today I got to put the saw through its first test, cutting up panels for cabinet drawer faces and cabinet doors. After the last job, which required a lot of moving of cut stations and crossing over cords, I began to see a lot of potential for cordless stationary tools like a tablesaw or a chopsaw.
I used the corded version of this saw for the last couple of years, and it has to be my favorite jobsite saw. I'm a union professional carpenter with 10 years of experience, and my range of work is primarily commercial.
