I've realised that _not_ having of one of these is making my life 10x harder than it needs to be!
Uses will be cutting 4x2, joists, floorboards, skirting, architrave etc and anything else that comes along and fits it. (Pity chipboard won't!)
I've been put off by the price of a decent mitre saw for ages (from reading the FAQ I didn't think there was much point buying a poor one which can't cut accurately), but I've realised that the amount of time I've spent fiddling around with a mitre block or making a mess of things with a cheap jigsaw means that one would have been a good investment six months ago, and may still be worthwhile now (i.e. as I start to second-fix the house).
I've found these two, which seem to be the cheapest "good" makes...
HITACHI C8FSE
Has anyone had any experience with either? Am I wasting my money getting something so "good"? I reckon the 312mm cut of the Hitachi might be useful occasionally above the 270mm cut of the Bosch, but maybe not that often.
I need a stand too. There seems to be some badly thought of junk out there (Axminster seems to fall apart). The Bosch comes with a stand at =A3305. There are cheap stands on eBay. I'd be happy with a second hand stand. (I'd be happy with a second hand mitre saw, but the good ones don't seen to come up often, or be that cheap when they do!). To state the obvious: I don't like spending money.
It seems like the kind of thing that will get a lot of use for a few weeks, then go away for a couple of years, then come out and get thrashed again for a month, then go away again. So I want it to last and not rot away, to get my money's worth.
Any thoughts / advice?
Cheers, David.