▶ A magnificent piece of
engineering, Makita’s
cordless 10-inch saw
has power to spare and
dead-on accuracy, straight
out of the box. Its 36-volt
brushless motor is pow-
ered by two 18-volt LXT
batteries. The saw’s large
blade combined with its
slide rails and a space-sav-
ing direct-drive gearbox
gives it outsize cutting
performance. You can cut
nearly anything, from 65⁄8-
inch crown nested against
the fence to 5¼-inch base-
board vertically oriented,
or a 4-by-12 lying horizon-
tally on the saw table. $649MAKITA
BEST CORDLESS
MITER SAW
▶ The Bosch Blaze
GLM400C makes other
laser measures look like
yardsticks in comparison. It
reaches up to 400 feet with,
Bosch says, accuracy within
1⁄16 inch. It also reads angles,
can determine the length of
a roof slope, and calculates
volume.$229
BOSCH
BEST LASER MEASURE
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