I too have the Hitachi DP from Lowes. Good luck trying to find it there, as it is an item that Lowes is no longer carrying, which is why they were put on clearance. I too have problems with the laser system. The lasers aren't at 90 degrees to each other, so the intersection point seems to change as the table is raised and lowered. If you always keep the table at one level, and the blanks are all the same length, it seems to work ok. For the most part, I just eyeball it. For those really tight clearance pens, I'll mark it corner to corner, and use the center point on a brad tip 7mm bit to line it all up, then put in the larger bit that the pen kit calls for. So far, haven't drilled out the side of one yet, but somehow, I feel I've just jinxed myself for saying that. [xx(]
Cheers,
Draken