Way over critical for a rough cut circular saw. The bottom of that shoe will catch hell after a few uses, so a tiny defect in paint is nothing. It being out of square by a fraction of a degree means nothing within its cutting depth. It's made for rough cut framing, not furniture making. Expecting a circular saw to be absolutely perfect under a microscope is asking way too much of it. My framing tools get treated like a red headed step child on the job site. Hard fast cuts, tossed aside on the cutting tale, sometimes dropped, and rarely treated with kid gloves. They're dirty, scratched and nicked up, but still produce good cuts for their intended use. When I need finish precision, I use a dedicated shop table saw and my finish work chop saw. When I'm slamming through framing lumber, I go for the circular saws.

It's been my experience that almost all power tools could use a little fine tuning and adjustment. Tuning these tools up is no big deal. Even an expensive table saw or miter box usually needs a little adjustment, no big deal. I'd take a very light polish on that rear shoe to bring it down to it's rest. All good my friend. Thankyou.

So what did you ultimately do to the Fuel Saw? My new saw is the same way. I wouldn't try to bend the piece of steel on the rear stop. Probably adjust small area on magnesium shoe.

I have a few Milwaukee power tools. They build them in different countries. China, Vietnam, Mexico. I'm not surprised they have various little issues like this. I once bought a Ridgid circular saw that looked like a quality saw, was one of their top models with a rafter hook, etc. Got it home and discovered the shoe was out of alignment from front to back with the blade as if something was twisted and no way to adjust it. I took it back. Got a Milwaukee instead and it's been good.

Best quality brand

I have had great experiences with Milwaukee Fuel tools. I have batteries more than 8 years old with heavy commercial use. Have had some chucks replaced on cordless drills, but to be expected , especially on hammer drills. Dewalt and Makita batteries on cordless tools have let me down over the years.

@projectpinehills ive been noticing some quality control issues on new milwaukee tools myself also lately. I took back the oscilating m18 fuel twice.

Mine stopped working after a year and half. Only used it 3 times. Can't get it going after a fresh charge battery, tried 2 batteries. Light comes on but it won't start

The safety on my new saw is catching and not allowing me to pull the trigger. Sometimes it will work but I have to fiddle with it. Unfortunately, I bought it a couple of months ago and don't know where my receipt is or if Home Depot would allow a return now. I was expecting an exceptional saw for the price I paid. I really like my older Milwaukee tools.

I wish u would've shown a demonstration of it cutting

I was a little worried about installing the blade after reading a couple of reviews. But it was amazingly easy. Took about 1 minute. Works great kzfaq.infoUgkxjpBI8OOeUXib_iT7UomCrQ-uauwZJ62c . Cuts easily and is perfect for pocket cuts I needed to make for replacing some old deck boards.

Well how’s it cut and work??.. ALL SAWS NEEDS LITTLE ADJUSTMENT / FINE TUNING

I just bought the 6 1/2 and right out of the box I noticed some oil residue. Can you perhaps pinpoint what this is? Just excess factory lube or something?

Good to know.

Where can I find a rip fence for this saw home Depot doesn't carry them and I don't know a model number for the rip fence for this saw. There's so many Milwaukee saws out there and they all don't fit the same. For the price of this saw it should come with one

Bought a Milwaukee drill and saw Drill is terrible Saw was good, then suddenly died. Never had that problem with the old DeWalt and Makita tools. Batteries wore out costing more than replacing tools and tools still worked. Not happy with Makita

Can you cut metal with that?

Since you have a few saws either issues can I have one

Home Depot do me wrong, they got the 7 1/4 for 209 with 6ah battery, they got the 6 1/2 with 5a battery for 219. I like the weight and the left sided blade of the 6 1/2 but..... the 7 1/4's battery is HIgh Output. It's cheaper, and has a better battery? Why does Home depot do this. So which would you get if you were in my situation? I am DIY'er and would like to have a saw handy. Or should I just get a ryobi? LOL.

Perhaps Im being a fool but couldn’t you just bend the tab up a little. I bet its within specs. I agree you shouldn’t have too but it would be a simple fix.

Why not just bend the other flange a little bit

I do hvac and have nothing but Milwaukee tools from screw drivers to power tools and I have not been PLEASED WITH MILWAUKEE QUALITY CONTROL IS NOT THERE IVE HAD PROBLEM WITH 6 batteries also brand new vacuums and drills completely stop after 2 uses I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MILWAUKEE POWER TOOL BACK TO DEWALT OR MAYBE TRY RIGID

all an easy fix give ya 20 bucks for it.

it is not a just problem, saw dust goes into the motor after used few month, stop working. I bought second one is extremely same. I took apart first one found saw dust caused problems inside the motor. Second power drops badly when battery power in the halfway. This saw really badly designed.

Milwaukee! Over priced/ over rated!🤨 battery stuck in mine and couldn't get it out, even after taking screws out of battery! Releases on battery wouldn't release lol! High priced for what? Are they making there stuff in China now days or what?🙆‍♂️🤷‍♂️🙋‍♂️

Lol