Which Mitre Saw

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Parsnip

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189 months

Wednesday 18th April 2018
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I have got a few planters to knock up and my usual avenues for borrowing are currently all in use, so I'm in the market for a cheap(ish) mitre saw.

I need to be able to cut a mitre and an angle on the table (which to my understanding, is exactly what a mitre saw does - the office debate of "chop saw" "compound saw" drew no conclusions, but the pictures look right...
A double bevel (which I guess means it can bevel in both directions) would be nice, but not critical.

Screwfix has this
https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-erb719msw-216mm...

Which looks decent enough - am I missing anything obvious? Are the evolution ones a bit more crap for not a lot less money? Will I just be pissed off by it not being accurate at all and better to just shell out for a mid range brand like Dewalt or Makita?

Parsnip

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3,122 posts

189 months

Wednesday 18th April 2018
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I built a massive deck last year using a borrowed Makita mitre saw and just got so used to how easy (and safe) it was to use. I don't imagine a sub £100 tool will be close in terms of quality, but it will be better than some heath robinson bodge using a ripsaw that ends in a trip to A&E.

I'm under no impressions that a mitre saw is overkill for what I'm doing, but it's handy to have and a few times I have done jobs that I would have used it for if I had it

Plus, she gets a few planters out of it, I get a new powertool.

Parsnip

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189 months

Saturday 21st April 2018
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I've decided a mitre saw is complete overkill for doing the handfull of cuts required for making a couple of planters and it doesn't really make sense to buy a powertool just to use up spare wood that a hand saw would cope perfectly with. Thanks for all the advice.

I went for this in the end https://www.screwfix.com/p/evolution-r210sms-210mm...

For the price you really can't go far wrong and its one of those tools that I will rarely use, but when I do I will be really glad I have it.