Just bought an Ozito compound mitre saw
Thought I'd just mention, after getting tired of cutting mouldings, dowel, and small pieces of timber by hand with a wonky workbench and hand me down saws, I decided to take a look at the cheap compound mitre saws at Bunnings.
Ideally a Makita 305m sliding compound saw would be nice, but for the limited use for large timber I can get it supplied cut. Therefore after nearly dropping dead at the low price, decided to fork out the huge sum of $55 for the Ozito 1200w 210mm compound saw. Only cuts 120mm, but most of the stuff I cut is no bigger, and cut a few bits this afternoon. With a decent 40 tooth blade (which costs nearly as much as the machine), it cut nice, accurate cuts. And GOD, so easy!!
I know they can get a bagging here, but I am so pleasantly surprised with this thing, and even more stoked with the price! At that price if I decide to upgrade to a larger machine, I'm not exactly going to cry over $55. I spend more than that a week in smokes! I also have a cheapie Ozito router, which I have used a fair bit for simple grooves in particle board and it is great too. Other than the depth guide seems to slip if I push down too hard - quite easy to stuff a good piece of board if you aren't careful. Personally I think if they spent $5 more on the little things like that, and sold them for $10 more, they'd be an abolute ripper item to own if you are a basic woodworker.
Anyway, thats my rave for the day.
Night!