Hello all of you seasoned professionals. I am a “DEFINATE” novice as far as my carpentry skills go. With our new house, it has become my duty to build a new front porch and also a rear deck. I realize a good miter (sliding) saw is going to be an investment that could make these jobs go much easier, along with the book I purchased “Decks – planning, designing, and building”. Information needed— I have been looking at reviews, but they seem to favor the manufacturer being discussed at the time. I have also been “window shopping” and have a couple of specifics in mind. Without “Tainting” this discussion for one of the specifics, I will tell you that I plan to build my porch and deck, and then use my saw for making small (relative term) presentation boxes for one of my other hobby’s, I make custom knives and would like to be able to make a fine box for some of them. My wife would also like me to build some specialty furniture for our house. I welcome any advice that will help me “Nail Down” one of the betterest saws currently available…………Thanx.