Thread: 12" sliding mitre saw

Originally Posted by savman

Nah not worried about the laser ive read all the advice here, I need to make a portable bench for it or buy the De Walt stand he offered me for $100.00, unfortunately it was at his bush place or I would have grabbed it. Are these stands a good purchase I think it retails at aound $230.00.

I know lots of stupid questions but ive never owned one of these tools, always been a Triton man LOL

John

I love my stand. When i bought mine it was a few times more expensive than they are now. About 10 to 15 years later it is still going strong. One of the rubber feet may be getting close to meeding replacement. I bought a set at the time but would be going to find them now.

After all thise years of bouncing around in the back of a ute, truck or stiff suspension trailer I have to say the saw clamps that attach to the stand have bent a little from the comtimual poinding of the weight of the saw on the brackets over rough country roads. There are a couple of fixes for that.

1) i could have rested the centre of the bracket on a suitable height spacer when in the ute

2) could have reinforced said bracket with some angle iron

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Paul

Could I be so bold as to suggest that the reason you cant count past 20 is .... perhaps you like the red. That sounds like a viable excuse to me.

Youll be pleased to know that I upgraded my dewalt 12" to a 305mm. I too can boast a larger size now.

Hmmm now I jave to measure to the flange. Can you cut to the flange without fouling on the body or guard. No competition here no.

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Dave

The handsaw count has less to do with bottles of red and more to do with having only two hands and two feet. It is quite convenient to say truthfully I only count 20 saws when asked .

I have absolutely no idea whether the guard will allow my Bosch to cut right to the flange so your DeWalt may be king after all. I do know that no matter what size saw you have it will always be too small for something!

Regards
Paul

Hi savman..I do not know how old the building that you propose to fix up or renovate are, you do not say. I have renovated farm buildings that were built in the 40's and 50's. If the property you are working on is that old you may find very close grained lumber in those buildings that you should try to save no matter how many nails etc. It's unlikely that the lumber used to frame those buildings has warped and it is almost certain that any 2x4 or 2x6's are exactly those measurements.
If you do not intend to re-use them you may discover a market for them. I renovated some farm buildings and even had to lock up scraps to prevent theft.
So if your building has this kind of lumber in it and you salvage some carefully and re-sell it that may make that Dewalt 780 look more practical.
If you are going to re-use that lumber you will need a very good saw with very good blades anyway if you have to re-cut any. And best of luck pulling nails out of it.

Originally Posted by savman

Only down side was he can't fint the user manual so i'll have try and locate one or a download/photocopy

John

John

I went looking for the manual on my bandsaw today: I didn't find that, but i did find the manual for SCMS. It is indeed a GCM 12 SD. If you have any trouble locating the manual I will photocopy mine for you. it is not large. Just send me a PM with your address.

I actually took the time to glance at the booklet today; Something I have never done before .

Regards
Paul

Well done with the saw purchase.

The choice of stands depends very much on how you are going to use the saw and where, as well as whether you are carting it around in a ute like DaveTTC. In my case the saw always stayed in my workshop so the stand that came with it - one of the Bosch 'long rail with splayed legs at each end' style, would have taken too much room (and I would have continually tripped over those splayed legs). Hence, it stayed in its cardboard box until I sold it with the saw. I had a friend weld me up a rigid steel rolled hollow section stand for me and fitted locking castors to it. The footprint of the stand - made of heavy-wall RHS, wasn't larger than the saw itself. Because it was on a concrete floor it was adequately stable for my use as a docking and mitre saw.

But, if you are cutting a lot of long sections of timber the wider stand with supports for long boards would be useful if you have the room, and the Bosch stand shown above is both compact and mobile - though expensive from memory.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

I actually took the time to glance at the booklet today; Something I have never done before .
Paul

Paul,
I am sure that you are not alone there, it is something most of us are 'guilty' of. As they say "when all else fails - read the instruction book." Since most instructions books tell one very little of any use at all - but do so in many languages - it is perhaps not very surprising that they are so little read.

David

Been a bit preoccupied in getting some firewood in, anyway managed to pick up a 2nd hand ryobi stand for $40.00, I mounted a thick lump of chip board to it then the saw to that all good works a treat. Ithink it must be an ealier model than the current one, most of the lock in parts are a simple knob you pull out and turn and a pin locks into a slot. Biggest disappointment was there was no dust bag elbow to fit into the she shed vacum, all there is is a hole in the back of the saw and dust blows everywhere I will have to sort something for this as I have a respitory problem.

Many thanks for all the imput fellas much appreciated

John