Pulled your name out of the hat.
My old Craftsman Miter Saw is about to die and I am ready to step up in the world and am looking for some sound advise. Would rather stay with 10″ as my stock of blades pushes me down that path. Sure could use some help finding a good and accurate Miter saw. Space is a bit limited so I thought that Iwould look at Duel Bevel.
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Unfortunately there are not really any "good" 10" saw. The excepton being the few 10" sliders. In general the 10" models are not geared towards serious craftsmen (read accuracy), more for consumers (home owners). I have a Dewalt 706 and it is a great saw. I've used lots of comprable saws and prefer mine. They have redesigned their line of miter saws and the improvements are well thought.
Good luck,
Mike
Mudman
Ditto on the 12". I had a Mikita 10" for nearly twenty years. I liked it but someone else liked it more than me. It was stolen. I recently bought a Bosch 12" with a dual bevel and laser. I like it. The 12" blade gives the saw greater capacity, that is useful, and so far it seems to be accurate. My eyes are getting older and the laser is very helpful in some cases.
Grits
Scrap, go for the 12" saw. It'll be serving you well long after those blades have gone to the big scrapheap in the sky. Besides, you can use them on your tablesaw, right? I held out for a 12" CMS and am so glad I did! Got the Bosch from Amazon and with free shipping and one of those periodic discounts they give (and no tax, Oregon shipment) it was just a little over $200. A tank, and an accurate tank at that! Capacity is significantly better than a 10" saw, and the solidity and accuracy are too.
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Scrapwood,
I have to agree with the other members, go with the 12". Mine is a Delta Twinlaser and it's such a useful tool. It will cut clear through four quarters stock and just doesn't bog down.
I'd recommend doing something about dust collection. The chute on the Twinlaser is ok, but the little bag that comes with it is useless. I have a dedicated shop vac under the saw table with a switch to turn it on right under the right corner of the table. I have a cyclone DC, but with this setup there's no need to reset blast gates for the few seconds at a time the MS runs. Just flip the switch and squeeze the trigger on the saw.
My shop is so crowded I put most everything on wheels and the MS is, too. The table I built has the flip up table extensions, but when folded up the whole tool, table and all can be moved wherever I need it and stores in a small space.
Best regards,
Don
Thanks for your comments. Looks like I am going to start the search top see what I can find. Sounds like the Dewalt 706 is a good saw, so that's where I will start.
Scrapwood
If you are set on a 10" I have the Makita LS1010 (I think...10" slider.) It's a nice saw, comes with instructions on how to dial it in. (Already was good when I got it.) Amazon had a deal for like $375 when I bought it, might still be going. Big footprint though.
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Scrap,
Here's another vote for the 12" CMS. I, too, have a stock of 10" blades but wanted the additional capability of a 12". I bought the DeWalt DW706 and have been very pleased with the results. The blade that came with it is a thin kerf model that I replaced with a beefy full kerf blade. I didn't go with a slider for two reasons: 1)the potential for even slight alignment issues and 2)space considerations in my shop.
Regards,
Bill Arnold - Custom Woodcrafting
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If I didn't have to haul my saw out of my van every morning, I would have bought the DeWalt 12" sliding/double bevel (the 708? hell, I don't keep track of numbers). The sliding action is handy, and accurate. But since it weighs 90 lbs, I opted for the 12" double/bevel saw (again, numbers escape me).
The thing I like about the DeWalts is the ability to adjust any out of square problems quickly and without consulting the manual. But frankly I've only had to adjust in once (ok, twice but that was me just being anal) in the past 8 months I've owned it. And that's pretty good for the amount of banging around it gets in my van.
Hope that helps.
Tim
Scrapwood,
I just read about a new slider that has more capacity. Now where did I see that? Perhaps Woodshop News...
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