[Shop-talk] Mitre Saws

[Tim]

Thanks for most of the replies. At least one was, in my opinion, 
somewhat out of line.

Anyway,

I won't have a use for the portable stands metioned--I don't do 
construction professionally, so the saw will be only used at home. Great 
looking feature though! Those of you who use them must LOVE them!!!

I did look at the sliding saws at HD. They were WAY out of my price 
range but way cool tools!!!

I tried the only pawn shop less than 45 minutes from my house--it was 
closed (on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week) with no mention of this 
on their web site. Wasted gas that trip. Pissed me off big time!

I ended up with the 10" compound slider from Horrible Freight (I always 
seem to forget about this place). I figure this saw should hold up fine 
for what I need to do through out the house since the saw won't be moved 
or worked all that hard.

Thanks again to most of you.

PEACE

Tim
Still Clueless but always learning



On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Tim wrote:

> This has probably been cussed and discussed here but since I am fairly 
> new to this forum, I need to ask for help/advice please......
>
> I want to buy a mitre saw for use on home projects only. I am not a 
> carpenter but have several projects in mind as part of the 
> "restoration" of this 105 year old craftsman style house we bought a 
> few years ago.
>
> I just looked at saws at home depot and realized I have a dilema: I 
> only want to spend around $200 at the most but the saws in my price 
> range can only handle up to 6" boards. The base boards I need to 
> replace in two rooms are around 8".
>
> Am I screwed unless I buy a bigger saw which would pretty much be 
> wasted on this "hobbiest" wood worker?
>
> TIA
>
> Tim
> Dairyland Datsuns
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