Aldi and Lidl sliding compound mitre saws

The normal problem with these is the poor dust collection. The Aldi may be a fraction better than Lidl.

What I like about my similar priced Evolution "second" is that it will also cut through dexion, or 1/8 inch aluminium. (Maybe these blades will too).

I have seen such saws advertised to cut through metal including nails etc which could be handy. Any idea what makes a blade suitable for metal?

I saw that B&Q had a special offer on an Evolution compound mitre saw recently (the Fury 3B) for just ?38 but on checking it turned out that it was not a sliding one.

James

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I have a 300mm Bosch and its a dirty b*****d. Sawdust scattered about like snuff at a wake.

I built a dust collecting chute to enclose the cutting point of the

FYI Aldi and Lidl show SCMSs for £80. Aldi's is on Thu 7 May and,

I have owned an Aldi one for approx. 8 years. It hasn't had continuous use but did get a lot of use when I first bought it cutting 4x2s to construct the frame of my 24ft square workshop. I have cut through nails and screws with it not knowing they were there when working with used timber with no issue. The first time alarmed me but close inspection of the blade revealed no harm was done. Dust collection isn't brilliant unless connected to the workshop vacuumed which works well.

Mike

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Observed limitations on both:

Shaping on back of guide suggests it is limited to a LH tilt on mitre and looks as though it wont go below 45deg without fouling.

Dust bag will be fairly hopeless but does mean that it has a port that you can bodge a workshop vac onto.

Overall:

A bit small but serviceable, larger would be a lot heavier.

Can't recommend an alternative however, my B&Q no-name will mitre to both sides and mitre 4x2 but the stop accuracy and marking is dismal.

It really depends what you want it for. I've had three of these sliding saws - each one bigger than the previous, purely because I found the smaller one too restrictive. But obviously, the cost goes up. Other thing is just how accurately will they do say a 90 degree chop. Cheaper ones generally won't be that good. I've ended up with a Makita with a 305mm blade. ;-)

I'm willing to bet anyone buying a small slider for the first time will soon be wishing it was bigger.

replying to James Harris, West mids buyer wrote: Aldi saw: slide length 215 - max cut length 300, LED mains powered, has an adjustable depth stop if needed. Well written manual.