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   Jamie_Buxton | Sep 18, 2003 05:33pm | #1

   Hitachi

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   Lou | Sep 18, 2003 10:16pm | #2

   Rigid also makes one.

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   jc21 | Sep 18, 2003 11:06pm | #3

   ......... as does PC and Delta.

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   YesMaam27577 | Sep 20, 2003 01:52am | #4

   The Hitachi is a great saw, with or without the laser.

   You might want to consider how useful -- and how accurate -- the laser truly will be. With a sliding compound miter saw, you can drop the stopped blade directly onto the workpiece, and compare a specific blade tooth to your marked cutline. You can choose to do this comparison with a left-ground tooth, or a right-ground tooth, depending on which is the waste side of the line.

   In my opinion, nothing could be more accurate than that. You can move the workpiece till the point of the tooth is precisely where you want it.

   I've not worked with a laser mounted on a saw. But I have worked with plenty of other lasers that are available to the general public. Until they come out with one that projects a line that is as thin as my 0.5mm pencil, I won't be impressed. (The line projected by most laser levels, for example, is about 1/8 in wide. In the case of a miter saw, where within that 1/8 inch will the teeth fall?)

   Vast projects should not be founded on half vast ideas.
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   bill_1010 | Sep 21, 2003 01:53am | #5

   once you get a feel for the tool and its cutting the laser will be phased out.  Its great for getting close, but if you need to be totally accurate (like most furniture and trim work) youll still need to fudge it +/-.  D

   IMO the laser is just a gimic or a bell and whistle feature.   That laser will never replace accurate measuring and accurate cutting for tight miters and other tight joints

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   dduane | Sep 23, 2003 03:24pm | #6

   Thanks all, for both the leads and the opinions re: laser sighting.