Rockwell RK7323 BladeRunner X2 Portable Tabletop Saw with Steel Rip Fence, Miter Gauge & 7 Accessories

Love this! Can’t beat the price, weight, and ease of use. I did a DIY basement renovation and used this to cut laminate flooring. Couple of things... it’s cheap and does the job but, you have to guide the pieces your cutting precisely. The guides aren’t much use with cutting planks. So a lot is left to your hand to make straight. I drew lines on the wood to make sure I followed the right cut. But for the price and how much it saved me laying the floor myself, it was worth the effort and a couple messed up planks in the trash. It’s light so that was a problem sometimes as the whole unit would move as I was trying to cut something. So finding a way to secure it down helps you make more accurate cuts. It also allowed me to do custom cuts if I took the guard off it and just used it as and open blade. Though, that’s dangerous and not recommended in the manual so use caution. For cutting down long planks, it’s annoying when you get to the bracket that holds the blade in place but if your cut is straight the plank splits perfectly fine at that point since it’s not too wide and you can keep cutting all the way down the length of the piece. All in all, was perfect for my small job.

July 2019... Assuming Amazon has not shadow banned this review... Still have it. The added variable speed control is nice (for this and my other devices). This product is mainly for 1" thick wood pieces, but I still like it. I have cut 3/8" thick 6061 aluminum successfully, once is enough. I guess an "orbital" blade driver would be better, but I have no experience with them. Lots of vibration if you want to use it for hard stuff. But I am keeping it! Again... If you ever wanted an upside down jigsaw, this is it. December 2, 2016... I replaced the hazardous speed control. Bought some 1 foot power cord extenders and stuck it in-line on one of those. Works great. January 24, 2016... Perfect for me. Makes occasional wood cuts a breeze. Use a small quick-clamp to clamp small pieces to the miter attachment, that makes clean cutting something like a 1 x 4 very easy. I tossed the guide arm, no need for that here. Don't even think about building an upside down jigsaw while this thing is available. My original review... I'm enjoying it. The rip fence and miter thingy make it more useful than I thought. Somebody complained about the blade guide being in the way so that the rip fence cannot be precisely the same measurement as it is at the blade. But that doesn't really matter. The blade has a kerf and it will cut accurately right there at the blade even if the other end of the rip fence is slightly misaligned (so that the material passes through the blade guide neck). I might be able to get rid of my miter saw now. Calling this a "table saw" is just confusing. A tablesaw is well defined... It has a circular blade, cuts straight only, and cuts much faster. Something like "jigsaw table" is a much better name for it. Buy some better blades and keep the supplied blades as backup. Bosch blades are sharper. Added a speed controller. There are serious risks involved, so do not try it unless you know what you're doing. WARNING: The way I have the speed controller connected in the picture is too risky for the vast majority of people. Sooner or later, I will get around to sticking the knob through the side of the plastic base so that it can be adjusted while keeping my hands away from the circuit. That will be much less dangerous. I just wanted to show that it can be used with the speed controller. And it has proven so. I notice no difference in the power regardless of speed. By the way... If you don't have one already, buy a modern headlamp like a Fenix HL-55. You'll never have to worry about lighting problems again for anything and everything you do around the house.

I just needed something to cut small pieces for little electronic projects. My cuts need to be straight, but not beautiful. I have used this a couple of times cutting butcher block plastic and small oak pieces to built little boxes to house electronic controls. It works great and it's very light. Keep in mind it uses jig saw blades. In my career I have actually seen guys with homemade contraptions that work almost exactly like this, but of course without the safety aspects. You cannot mill any grooves in wood by setting the blade low and running your work back and forth. It's like a jig saw mounted upside down in a box. It's mitering capabilities are limited. It's scrolling capabilities are quite nice for my needs. It is a small table top. Everything stores conveniently on board and it has a handle to carry the whole package if you need to take it with you. A few blades were included, but they are standard jig saw blades so there are hundreds of options as far as getting the right blade to cut certain materials, including ceramic tile, light gauge metal and aluminum. You can cut just about any material that you can find a jig saw blade for. Blade storage on board. It has a vacuum attachment to collect dust while you are working. I have not tried that yet, but I am sure it helps with clean up a lot. I do not see how it could go wrong. I suggest you watch the video and make a decision on whether this saw meets your needs. For me it is perfect.

This is a fantastic, portable multi-purpose saw table. While it's obviously not a real table saw with a circular blade and doesn't have the advantages and total accuracy of a true table saw, it is far safer and infinitely more portable. Despite some complaints from other users, I have found it quite easy to make straight, accurate cuts. The fence and mitre both work well when properly set and used. I wrapped my mitre slide with a little bit of masking tape to reduce slop, and find it best to clamp the workpiece to the mitre to further reduce chatter and slop. When utilizing proper technique and quality blades--I recommend Festool brand--tear-out is non-existent and I get highly accurate cuts. I was able to reduce a 5/8"x5.5"x6' cedar fence board into a birdhouse in about 5 minutes of total cut time--made a great gift for my mother! I haven't given it much of a run as a scroll/jig saw, but I did a couple of free-hand curved cuts just for kicks and was able to get pretty decent results. I have also experimented with cutting a nominal pine 2"x4" (actual about 1.5"x3.5") and had no problems making the cut with a little patience. I haven't had the opportunity nor the need to try cutting metal, tile, or laminate but with quality blades I'm sure those would cut just fine. Tighten everything down (clamp to bench or other surface, tighten arm and blade guard fully) and let the saw do the work (don't rush it or push too hard) and you should find this a very versatile and functional tool. I would further suggest "whiting-out" (or "whatever-other-coloring-out") the tabletop ruler and guidelines by spreading some acrylic paint over the plastic surface tabletop with a sponge brush or paper towel (remove the red plastic insert near the blade first to avoid any chance of affecting the color of that piece of plastic) and wiping away the excess paint with a damp cloth or paper towel. The resulting effect will be clearly demarcated lines and increments that may help you achieve more accurate cuts. I did the same with the miter gauge, and it made it much easier to make accurate cuts without straining to see the markings.

I bought this for cutting 1/8" thick aluminum (6061-T6 extrusion) lengthwise to make angle with unequal wings. The manual was misleading and confusing. The images imply that you should leave the blade grip in the saw; there's no way it will fit. I still don't know what the arrows in the figure after B3 mean. Mine shipped with the bearings in the guard far too far apart; if I'd run it like that I'd certainly have been unable to do a straight line. I wound up using a phillip screwdriver to loosen the screws, and a straightblade screwdriver to simultaneously push the nut inward and keep it from spinning while tightening. After doing this on both sides, the bearing spacing looked a lot more like the pics. This little saw is louder idling than many of my larger saws are while cutting, and slower than any power saw I own excepting only the much smaller cutoff saw (2" blade, 1/2" max depth) from harbor freight. The aluminum-cutting blade worked great - for the first eighteen inches or so, after which it was dragging and vibrating much more than at the start. I switched to the "metal" cutting blade for the rest of my cuts. The fence markings are off, running the piece into the riving knife and the blade is shipped angled a bit, making it hard to hold pieces against the fence. Fortunately, the alignment is controlled by the motor mount, which may be adjusted using a 3/16" allen wrench from below (there are four mount screws). I'm going to keep the saw because it fills a couple of niches none of my other saws do, but far fewer than I'd hoped. It seems to be a good saw for wood, but there are plenty of those out there that appear to be better values.

Super useful. I think it may be the most used tool in my shop for fabricating with polycarbonate sheet. Main recomendation would be a 1000 lumen LED inside the blade protector aiming down on the point where the work piece meets the blade. I find my self wearing a 5000 lumen LED head lamp to see the cut lines buried down inside the guide which seems silly. Some of the parts are cheaply made but it works as promised. Would be more useful if it had a tilt for the blade or work surface available. The way the guard is mounted can make some cuts difficult especially ripping long thin strips where I had to make custom jigs. They should have mounted the support post so it comes out the back of the device with the option to buy a guide with a deeper throat so you can work with larger work pieces. As made it will be more challenging to make a custom jig to allow this. It would also be good to have a way to route vacuum to both the under side and upper side of device. It is relatively difficult get the guides aligned perfectly square and the marketing are difficult to see in anything but perfect light so you have to manually square the guide every time used. This is true for many saws but this saws guide is worse than most. To be fair it isn't any harder to square up than our CNC mill.

This product is highly rated on multiple sites including Amazon, Lowes, Home Depot, and a general product review site. Pros: 1. Price - I was able to get this at $99, which for what it presents itself as is a good deal 2. If attaching to a table by bolting it down, this might work better for you than it did me. Cons: 1.Does not cut straight. I watched the video review (the long 10 minute intro on youtube) and thought "That's exactly what I need". The guy cuts a piece of flooring that's 3 foot long. I was cutting 15" pieces of 2x4 (1.5x3.5) The moment it reaches the shield arm, it turns ever so slightly. After cutting, you can look at it and see, that's how off that arm makes your cut. I wish I had taken pictures to show you. But after messing up 3 pieces of wood I had cut to 15" length for a project, I was tunnel visioned on getting the tool out of my possession. 2. Says "portable". Is NOT portable. When cutting the 15", the whole time the whole thing shook so much I had to stop the machine because it was hurting my hand holding the wood. I had done the first cut without the arm because I was following the line and didn't want to use the arm. It was a straight cut, but the shaking was outrageous. So I put the arm on hoping it would help. It did not. It still shook and on top of that, ruined both cuts I made after that. 3. People claim it's a durable plastic. Upon arrival, a small piece had managed to break in a not-so-important area. How it could have broken, I do not know. It does feel like a good, thick plastic, but that piece breaking leads me to feel like some other parts might go bad or break from normal wear and tear. I sadly thought it was user error, but my father who has worked in carpentry, plumbing, and the like for 40+ years tested it and gave me his opinion, I realized I was going to have to return this. He said what I said in the pros section: if you're going to keep this in a permanent, solid place like a heavy duty workbench, this might be a perfect fit. My guess is, if you have a heavy duty work bench, you'll want a better table saw than this. In the defense of this tool, I was trying to cut close to the max depth allowed by the machine for wood: 1.5" (the wood was about 1.48"). The tool still won't be able to cut straight due to the arm, regardless of thickness. I don't know how they managed to cut the wood in the video straight, unless it's not as straight as it appears. The usability of the tool would be better served by a miter saw. I'm starting to realize the truth behind multi-tools just aren't cut out to do as good of a job as dedicated machinery. This tool attempts to be too many things but fails to do the main things it says it can do (portability and table saw) well.

I was looking for just a scroll saw but then I say this saw and I will have to say I am quite happy with it so far. I do a lot of crafting and building so this so far has done everything I wanted it to do. It has an easy change blade system, which once you get use to it is quite easy. It come with both the attachments so you can get a straight cut and a cut on the angle. It's very easy to use and it has an hose attachment so you can use your shop vac with it. I like this feature the best I keep them both on the same table and it keeps my vision line clear. It does come with blades so you won't have to buy those right away. It comes with wood, metal, plastic, and ceramic blades. I am looking forward to really using this. It has opened many possibilities. It's light so everyone should be able to move it around quite easily. This is definitely something you should buy if your looking for a good saw that's not going to break your bank.

Es una herramienta cómoda y práctica, la puedes usar en cualquier lugar pero tiene sus limitaciones , los cortes se restringen a materiales suaves y de espesor menor a 2 plg para que haga cortes regulares.

I replaced a table saw with the Rockwell Blade Runner X2 and I have to say, I love it. It's so easy to use and I feel completely safe using it. It cuts through everything and, contrary to other reviews, I have no problem cutting a straight line! I do think Rockwell cheapened out with the X2. It's certainly not as rugged as the original Blade Runner, which had, for example, a metal deck. The X2 deck is plastic, except around the cutting blade, but even still, it's still a sturdy little workhorse and it does what it's supposed to. I also love the fact that in my home workshop, the footprint is so much smaller compared to the table saw I had. It really is just a jigsaw turned upside down, but it's a great concept. Glad I purchased this. Zero regrets.

El producto me llego muy rápido aun cuando lo mandaban desde USA, los materiales se ven duraderos. He realizado varios cortes de madera y ha trabajado bien aunque para Cortés en maderas largas no es tan fácil Dado que la guía de empuje es pequeña, pienso que es más adecuada para trabajos pequeños o maderas no muy grandes

I really like this saw, It is very versatile and compact. I would have given it five stars if not for the instruction booklet. The one part of the saw that was difficult to figure out, the hold down bar, had no setup guide other than how to place it into the saw base. The arm was initially difficult to figure out, as it seemed to have too much play to make it safe or functional. After several attempts I was finally able to figure it out. It could, and should, have had simple picture or word instructions to explain proper setup. I noticed one customer complaint regarding his work pieces flying out of control as he tried to run them through the saw. My guess is he had not figured out how to set up the hold down bar. I consider this to be a serious fault as it definitely affects the safe use of this saw. However, that issue aside, I would recommend this saw to any hobbyist, as it is a lot quicker to use for small jobs that would require much setup time on a regular table saw.

This is a wonderful machine. I bolted it to a plywood baseboard to make it easy to clamp to workbench so it does not move around, and the hold-down arm keeps the work under control. It can be used instead of a bandsaw or scroll saw, and you can cut internal shapes without having to re-mount the blade through the starting hole. Best of all, the convenient vacuum attachment makes for a clean workplace. Remember to wear safety spectacles and ear protection! It does not have a variable speed feature which might improve performance in certain circumstances.