choosing a miter saw:

[Woodcrafter]

newsgroupers:

You must have bought a dud. Mine has no such problems and works great, and is accurate. Maybe I was lucky, or you were unlucky?

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[Dave Jackson]

If he'd inquired about a SCMS, i would have directed towards the Bosch, they RULE SCMS! Judging from the price, sounds like you bought the 12" NICE.

[bridger]

something like that. this saw is one that hit the market right after the skil/bosch merger, and it's from the skil product line. the identical saw was released with the skil label on it.

[:wumpscut:]

I am looking for a good miter saw. I was told by HD that i shouldn' think of Ryobi as their not accurate with the cuts. is this true? I' just starting a business and can't waste or invest so much right awa on a more "accurate" saw so the Ryobi's seemed a goo choice. What do you all think? yeah the laser is only good when up the dust bag sucks but what about the angles? is the 22.5 degree cu i want going to be that or -+ a bit? with what i do, a bit is a whol lot

I will be using it to cut and frame crown moulding on top and botto

areas of these

well as larger ticket items like this: [img:ecf4d82ede] that, a client will look close and if the angles aren't on th

money, meaning a 45 isn't a 45 but a 46 or on a hex, if the 22.5 i more like a 23 then it's not going to sell. will this saw help ge the ball roling good enought or is the gauge off like HD says

[no(SPAM)vasys]

It's not.

The angles most likely will be off a lot more than a bit.

You'll probably end up using it as a boat anchor. In my opinion there is too much slop in Ryobi's saws to make them useful for anything other than framing.

[Lew Hodgett]

Spoken like a true landlubber

Lew

[Greg D.]

Hi,

As far as precision is concerned on a mitersaw, you better make sure you tune it well and only good quality saws can be tuned properly and remained precise for a while. Cheap ones are almost impossible to set within fractions of 1 degree.

If you're looking for dead-on precision all the time, the mitersaw is not the right tool. Get yourself a tablesaw with a sled. That's almost the only way to make sure you're not gonna waste wood. If you've never seen one, basically, it's something like this:

you also raised the question of budget... A table saw, even a cheap one cost a little more than a good mitersaw so you may have to revise your initial investment on the up side.

Hope this helps.

Greg D.

[Jay Pique]

JP

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I won't hire you If you are willing to compromise on a cheap saw, I don't trust you to do good work. If you can't waste money, then you MUST invest in a good tool. If the miter saw is an important part of your business and you can't afford a $300 DeWalt over the $99 Ryobi, you are seriously underfunded and won't be in business long. Go to work for someone else and save up another $2500 or so before you think about going on your own. $10k would be better.

[Phisherman]

Makita, Bosch, and DeWalt are good choices for a chop saw. Ryobi is good for a belt sander where precision is not required. You will probably want to make or buy a portable miter saw station with a stop so you can duplicate cuts quickly and easily. Fussing with a saw is not something you want to do when time is important.