I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel, and
I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
Mike
Whatcha planning on cutting?
IOW, any "wide" panels (for example)?
I find that my 12" compound miter handles about everything I throw at
it, though _occassionally_ I do find myself wishing for a slider or
RAS.
Renata
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:53:45 GMT, "Mike in Mystic"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
>non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
>sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
>capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel, and
>I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
>
>Mike
>
>
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
> non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
> sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
> capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel,
and
> I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
>
> Mike
Mike:
Do you ever use the miter saw on boards wider than 8 inches? Do you use it
for moldings?
Bob
>
>
My self, I'd go for the compound sliding saw. But, that is because it would
suit the work I do and the 12" would be over kill. Can't even begin to guess
which would suit your work better.
--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
> non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
> sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
> capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel,
and
> I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
>
> Mike
>
>
It seems that lately I've been cutting boards as wide as 12 inches, but
you're right, the majorit is in the 6-8" range. When I get rough lumber,
however, I sometimes get it up to 3-3.5" thick, and wonder if the slider
would cut this better, just in the mode of cutting action it has. As far as
moldings, when I do case work I use them a lot, but haven't done that in a
while. I usually do the miters on the table saw, but if I had a better chop
saw maybe that would change.
Mike
--
There are no stupid questions.
There are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
"Bob Schmall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
> > non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
> > sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
> > capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel,
> and
> > I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Mike:
> Do you ever use the miter saw on boards wider than 8 inches? Do you use it
> for moldings?
>
> Bob
> >
> >
>
>
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
> non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
> sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
> capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel,
and
> I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
>
> Mike
>
I'm a newbie but I'll take a stab here. I have the Dewalt 12" CMS. (Non
sliding, only tilts one side) I haven't run into any angles I couldn't
manage on my saw yet. Though it can be a pain to flip the board around and
sometimes I have to think for a moment about what face should go up. I do
wish pretty often that I could chop wider boards since I don't have a real
table saw. One other thing that comes to mind is that I tend to be anal
about checking my saw each time I change the bevel angle even though I tuned
the 90 and 45 degree stops. Personally, I think I would rather flip the
board over to cut a bevel from the other side than disturb my saw settings
each time. Depends on what you are doing I guess and on how long of a board
you can cross cut on your table saw. I wish I had bought a slider now.
Oh, I mounted my saw on a folding base with slide out rollers I got at HD.
Ridgid brand. I'm pretty happy with it but some type of length stop would
be nice to have.
-Chris
I forgot that I'll be putting the saw on a mobile cart, and will store it
against a wall, so I am also a little concerned with the amount of space the
sliding saw requires behind it. Is this a big deal for those of you that
own these?
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm ready to upgrade my miter saw. I'm can go with a 12" dual-compound
> non-sliding chop saw for about $350 or get a 10" Bosch single-compound
> sliding miter saw for about $355. Clearly I'll have more cross-cut
> capacity with the sliding saw, but I won't have the dual compound bevel,
and
> I'll lose a little in height capacity. Which would you go with and why?
>
> Mike
>
>