Sliding mitre saws

[Pep]

I am thinkimg about buying a sliding mitre saw and I thought the ryobi one looks quite good, has anyone got experience with these.

 

[Creampuff]

Hi pep.

I have the Ryobi SCMS and I certainly wouldnt recommend it to anyone that wants accuracy out of the box.

I would however recommend the the Axminster SCMS with the Induction motor goes for about £270ish i believe, but well worth it.

Hope this helps


Andy

 

[Mcluma]

what is your budget?? and what does it need to do??

both left and right compound, how much depth, etc etc

 

[Pep]

I have seen a few saws with a 90mm depth of cut and about 300mm cross cut.
What I really want though is the mitre angles to be correct.
I have looked at quite a few and when you locate them in the 45 deg position they can be moved 1 or 2 deg's in either direction.
Not good if you are making cabinet doors etc.

Any idea's chaps would be much appreciated

David

 

[OPJ]

I have looked at quite a few and when you locate them in the 45 deg position they can be moved 1 or 2 deg's in either direction.
Not good if you are making cabinet doors etc.

Really? I'd guess then that you've been looking at some of the cheaper saws in B&Q or somewhere similar? I've used saws by DeWalt, Makita and Bosch in the past but have never noticed this... A lot of saws now have any 'over-ride' feature of some sort which allows you to make fine-adjustment to the preset angles that locate in the detents underneath.

I'm trying to sell a 12in. Bosch saw at the minute. I wouldn't rate it highly for accurate, wide cross-cuts (I assume it's the same with many saws?) but it's got great capacities and has handled everything I've thrown at it.

 

[Triggaaar]

Have you used the search facility? Search the buying forum for Mitre and you'll find a few threads. One that I started is here

I didn't need too much of a cut, and I wanted a small machine to fit on a workbench, so I went for the DW777. But if I wanted a larger cut and didn't have to worry about the space, I'd probably have gone for the Makita LS1013 which is £348. The reviews on here (search this forum for LS1013) and amazon (go and have a read) are glowing. Bevels both ways, and is accurate.

Popular Woodworking said: "We can't recommend this tool enough. It's won every award this magazine gives out, and has earned a permanent place in our shop because it's tough and accurate"
If you need larger, there's the LS1014.

 

[OPJ]

Triggaaar, where did you find the LS1013 going for £348 please?

If I can sell my Bosch, that is the saw I'm looking to go for - it's probably the one I should have bought two-years ago! :roll: Also, Ben Plewes (The Woodworker and Good Woodworking magazines) rates his LS1014 very highly.

 

[Triggaaar]

Triggaaar, where did you find the LS1013 going for £348 please?

I expect it would've been anglia tool centre - price is now £359 (would've been £351 before vat increase, and i guess they've increased the price a couple of pounds). I got my DW777 from them and had good service.

 

[dance]

I expect it would've been anglia" class="linkifierplus">http://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/makita-ls1013x-mitre-saw-cid351.html]anglia</a> tool centre - price is now £359 (would've been £351 before vat increase, and i guess they've increased the price a couple of pounds). I got my DW777 from them and had good service.

:shock: it's £549.97 inc VAT there now?!

confused.

 

[RogerS]

The LS1013 is fine if you don't mind the sliders feeling like sliding back and forth over gravel every time.

 

[BTR]

After a lot off looking around and trying out a few saws i went for the bosch gcm 12sd excellent cutting capacities and very smooth and it comes with a 3 year warranty have to say very accurate cutting mitres have done a good few and all were nice and accurate.

 

[Mark A]

I don't know how helpful this is but I've got the cheap Bosch mitre saw (GCM800S) which is perfectly adequate for what I use it for and is small and light enough to be stored on a shelf underneath my workbench when I don't need it. I haven't had to adjust the angles yet because it's only 2 thou out of square at full capacity (270mm) so will do fine for me! Anything wider then I use my plunge saw anyway so the saving I made from not buying a larger mitre saw paid the difference between the circular saw I was going to buy and the plunge saw if you get me... but this is my way of justifying it!!

Mark