Anyone have nobex champion 180 mitre saw?

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Just wondering if anyone have, are you able to cut precise cuts with it when cutting larger stock? Like for example 3x3 beam? Mine just cuts at some 2degrees off ( vertical ) obviously there are no adjustment for it, the horizontal mitre you can adjust cuts just fine.
I have bought this saw used (with some accessories missing/broken which i wasn't aware of) and maybe that why the guy sold it because it just didnt cut straight as well?
Also I don't believe its inaccurate because I cut such large stock with it, it seems to do the same thing even with 2cm thick material.

I have re-asambled everything, tightened every screw, put in a new blade- nothing seems to change it.

The reason I even bought this was that this was the only way I could cut 10cm thick stuff for cheap , I have electric bosch mitre saw which can cut only 6cm thick material , if you want one which can cut 10cm you must spend some £500+ :| which I do not have to spend on saw now.
 
Bought one of these S/H recently for exactly the same reason (along with two spare blades for a different model :( ) but can't throw any light on the problem as from limited use, it seems to be spot on.
Only suggestion is that somehow the vertical pillars have been knocked out of alignment or (unlikely) there is something in the pivot mechanism that is throwing it off line vertically.
Or could it be that the blade is more worn on one side than the other, so is veering off the vertical? Maybe try a new blade. (would offer you my spares, but....!)
 
Most probably that why the guy sold it because it was a dud :(
I have swapped the blade for a brand new one, didn't change anything.
there really isn't much that can go wrong for that saw as not really many pieces for it, but still somehow it has..
btw does yours also sometimes makes a sound like its catching something? almost like getting stuck? it starts to friction against the plastic things where the blade slides against, I have put some silicon grease on pretty much everything ,it did helped a bit but still.
 
I use a mitre saw (not the Nobex) and also find it is not very accurate but I think there are too many parts that wear to expect spot on accuracy. I just accept I have to use a mitre shooting board to finish off. However if you are cutting 3x3 I'd take a tip from Paul Sellers and score a knife line all around, chisel a knife wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fss7li9p0 and cut it very carefully with a fine cut saw.

Regards Keith
 
the thing is the cuts need to be joined later on and needs to be spot-on accurate within the 1mm , have made a jig for that mitre saw so I can get repetitive same length cuts,which it does perfectly, can't really do that with a regular fine cut saw and seriously ain't nobody got time for that!
I would seriously expect a £160 saw when new to be able to cut spot on to earn it's name ''precision mitre saw,as they are called'' however mine doesn't wants to do so :(
Thinking now whatever to wait again for some ebay auction and get another nobex champion or just drop the £ and get some bosch/dewalt power mitre saw that can handle 10cm thick stuff.
 
if these saws are normally used for mouldings, hence their apparent capacity, could the blade simply be unable to clear the sawdust created. This happens similarly with bandsaws when there are too many teeth to the blade on thick stock.
 
marcros":3m25eqbp said:
if these saws are normally used for mouldings, hence their apparent capacity, could the blade simply be unable to clear the sawdust created. This happens similarly with bandsaws when there are too many teeth to the blade on thick stock.

Perhaps (therefore) the 10 TPI blade might be worth trying?

BugBear
 
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