Mitre Saws with my budget....

[jim12345]

Afternoon everyone....

I've got £350 burning a hole in my pocket and a house that's desperate for it's architraves and skirtings. I've had a good look around and need a bit of a shove in the direction of a good mitre saw for that price.

I've looked at the dewalt 777 and the makita 0714 and it's a toss up between the two to be honest so can anyone shed some light/experience on using both of these or, alternatively, recommend something else.

I looked at the 0714 because of the trenching facility as it's something i'd use later on however, people have mentioned that the accuracy on these things aren't that great...

Help!!

Cheers gents...

 

[neilyweely]

Hi Jim
I have a couple of sliding mitre saws, and they are both good. The DW 777 is a good saw, in fact their mitre saws and routers are about the only stuff they make that is still worth buying IMO.

However the makita is a better machine. Its accuracy is very good, whatever you may have been told, and it is a very capable saw.

Sliding mitre saws do sacrifice some accuracy as opposed to non sliders, but the trade off is the width of cut . They are of course more expensive (sliding mitre saws that is).

I use mine as a site tool (makita) and have never haD A problem with accuracy; architrave and skirting is part of my 'bread and butter' work. My other one ( which is a B&Q model ) is pretty good too though. In the workshop I have a RAS but still use the mitre saws for mitres.

Either tool will be fine.

HTH

Neil

PS - I also use a Nobex hand mitre saw for REALLY accurate cuts!

 

[joiner_sim]

I looked at the 0714 because of the trenching facility as it's something i'd use later on however, people have mentioned that the accuracy on these things aren't that great...

The trenching facility is absolutley rubbish, it depends n the type of pressure you apply, and then you have to apply that same pressure for every cut otherwise your trench is all over the place!

 

[Krysstel]

If dust extraction is an issue then the DW777 is the one to go for IMO.