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| bobted... |
 Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:40 pm |
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In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
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| Larry W... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:44 pm |
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In article <8416d37b-f26b-4104-98b1-5f152562912b at (no spam) f33g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
bobted <dms1casino at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
Thanks.
Get both if you can, if not, it would be tough to do without a decent
circular saw.
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Better to be stuck up in a tree than tied to one.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org |
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| Tom Veatch... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:18 pm |
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:40:50 -0700 (PDT), bobted
<dms1casino at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
Thanks.
For the home handyman/carpentry type projects, the circular saw will
be more versatile. For the woodworker projects in the workshop, miter
saw. For me, but YMMV, miter saw = greater accuracy and precision,
circular saw = higher utility and portability.
For the specific task mentioned. trim work in a fixed location, I'd go
with the miter saw. But neither one really replaces the other. Budget
permitting, get both.
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
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| Phisherman... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:35 pm |
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:40:50 -0700 (PDT), bobted
<dms1casino at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
Thanks.
If you have the money get both. Otherwise a quality 12" compound
miter saw will prove to be very useful. |
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| Ed Edelenbos... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:11 pm |
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"Larry W" <lwasserm at (no spam) sdf.lNoOnSePsAtMar.org> wrote in message
news:h7f9tv$6fa$1 at (no spam) chessie.cirr.com...
Quote: In article
8416d37b-f26b-4104-98b1-5f152562912b at (no spam) f33g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
bobted <dms1casino at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
Thanks.
Get both if you can, if not, it would be tough to do without a decent
circular saw.
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Agreed here, any plywood to cut, or rips, or any of a dozen other operations
and you're out of luck with the miter saw. If it were a choice, I'd spend
my money on a good worm drive saw.
Ed |
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| Larry Jaques... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:18 pm |
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:18:03 -0500, the infamous Tom Veatch
<nope at (no spam) nada.org> scrawled the following:
Quote: On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:40:50 -0700 (PDT), bobted
dms1casino at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
In the course of renovating a room in my house, I need to make some
bevel & straight cuts on a 10' x 6" baseboard. So here's my
opportunity to add to my collection. As woodworkers and possibly home
handymen, would a compound miter saw (non-sliding) or circular saw be
more advantageous.
Thanks.
For the home handyman/carpentry type projects, the circular saw will
be more versatile.
As a working handyman, I can attest to that.
Quote: For the woodworker projects in the workshop, miter
saw. For me, but YMMV, miter saw = greater accuracy and precision,
circular saw = higher utility and portability.
Quote: For the specific task mentioned. trim work in a fixed location, I'd go
with the miter saw. But neither one really replaces the other. Budget
permitting, get both.
But get a 12" _slider_, bobted. I picked up a 10" Delta CMS for $25
and outgrew it on the third job I used it on. My final 45-degree cuts
in 2x10s were with the dozuki (japanese pull saw.) The little 10-inch
miter saw left a couple inches to cut at that angle.
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free
than Christianity has made them good." --H. L. Mencken
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