I had my doubts at first but I really like this saw.

Let me first start out by saying.... this 21HD table saw is an absolute BEAST!!! I almost couldn't believe just how much power this table saw puts out! You won't be disappointed with the amount of cuts you are able to accomplish with one Milwaukee HD-12 hour battery!!! It's a work of art.... Milwaukee has truly created a Masterpiece. I will definitely be building a custom workbench and incorporating this table saw!!

Wow. So powerful I got rid of my corded job site saws. Battery lasts forever and charges quickly. Had to tighten my fence out if the box. Instructions were unclear how to do that but Milwaukee Tool support responded to my question within hours with a drawing and instructions.

Not the table saw to replace any others. But accurate enough, powerful enough, and portable enough to make it worth the investment. Nice to have such a small unit to take up to the top of some staging or to wrap up a punch list at a project.

A lot of plastic guards that do not feel sturdy. I suspect these pieces will be easily broken. I would have expected a sturdier type of blade guard with Milwaukee tools.

Already heavily invested in Milwaukee 12v and 18v tools. I didn't expect it to work and cut as well as it has. I rarely use my corded table saw anymore.

Lightweight precise with cutting materials up to 1 1/4 inchesPerfect for finish work and pick up Construction

I have a big project coming up and thought that the addition of the Milwaukee Fuel M18 8¼” table saw would make things go much better. I will not go over all the specs you can get those elsewhere, what I hope to do is provide you with some of the features and benefits that helped me come to the conclusion to invest my hard earned money into this product over the competitors. I had several considerations and was very tempted to get a larger 10” corded version on a gravity stand but the more I researched the more I realized I didn’t need it. You see I already have a wonderful 12” sliding compound miter saw so when I need to make cuts on thick (16/4) material I’m covered, what I didn’t have was a quick reliable, repeatable method of ripping sheet material, and this saw seemed ideal to fill this need. Other considerations that weighed into this decision was that I won’t need additional power from an already loaded circuit, I won’t be limited to where I can setup by the length and location of cords and outlets, and this model will allow me to do all the cutting I need in a day with plenty of battery reserve to spare. I’m already invested in Milwaukee’s M18 (and M12) battery platforms so this unit just adds to my repertoire of tools and battery versatility. Additional benefits that convinced me was its portability, and the ability to lock-out the operation via Milwaukee’s “One-Key” functionality. This project is in a church where there will likely be children around and while I wouldn’t expect them to be in or around our immediate work area, being able to lock it out is going to give me peace of mind for sure. I unboxed my new table saw put the new M18 HD12.0Ah battery on charge and while it charged I methodically got to work verifying squareness of the blade to fence, blade to table, blade to miter gauge and of course verifying the 45-degree blade angle setting and checking the flatness of the table itself. I made some very minor adjustments here and there and also calibrated the installed fence scale which was off maybe just a tad more than a thirty-seconds of an inch. Now I am a big believer in getting my tools square as much as practical since error compounds over length and the number of joints, and despite this being a “jobsite” table saw intended for less than absolute precision I will be making cabinet grade furnishings on this project as well, so taking the time now to get these correct and verifying them is going to give me confidence when the project begins that my saw is ready to deliver. I also have heard horror stories of new equipment being taken to a worksite, used and not verified beforehand only to create major headaches after the crew figures out the new saw isn’t square and I have also heard of units being bought that ultimately need to be returned because of some manufacturing error that just can’t be adjusted out. Lastly I can’t imagine a world where any company mass produces these products and they come out to your local big box stores after multiple shipping stops and the consumer would even assume that the unit is completely square, so I verify and while doing this it helps me gain familiarity with my new saw. I really appreciate the design of this table saw, the blade is set well back to allow for most material to be confidently set onto the table and unlike some jobsite table saws this unit offers miter gauge slots on each side of the blade. The ability to be able to rip full 4 x 8ft sheets of plywood lengthwise was a must for my project and this saw offers that and a bit more (24½ inches) while others come up just a few inches short (22 inches), again I’m not sure why the competitors stop 2 inches short but some do. This saw offers the fastest raise/lower ratio of any in its class, I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal but 14 turns to full up versus 36 turns on some of the competitors is a big time saver, especially over the length of a project. This saw also employs a blade brake if you’re old enough to remember or maybe you own a table saw that doesn’t have this feature you’ll notice it right away. While it isn’t that long it does seem like an eternity of waiting for the blade to coast to a stop on saws that don’t employ this nice feature. While the project I’ll be working has a deadline it’s not like I’m in a time critical environment but I just hate wasting time on things that are really unnecessary and these seemingly minor features save me from that and I appreciate that the Milwaukee Engineer’s kept that in mind when planning the gear ratio and including the blade brake on this unit. Having only made some test cuts and not yet started my project I look forward to getting to know this saw, its capabilities and limitations in a real world work environment, but as of today I have no reason to think it won’t do everything I need it to so I would recommend this to my friends and co-workers if they pressed me for my opinion.