Sliding Mitre Saw under £100

[paul24dual]

Can anyone recommend a sliding mitre saw under £100!!?

cheers

 

[carlb40]

This?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Evolution-RAG ... 1e87b7a10b

 

[wizard]

NO

 

[MMUK]

Can anyone recommend a sliding mitre saw under £100!!?

cheers

Are you serious? :roll:

 

[wizard]

I can recommend a heap of junk for just over £200.00

 

[JJ1]

Can anyone recommend a sliding mitre saw under £100!!?

Lidl had one for £49.99 a couple of weeks ago. Might be worth ringing around a few branches to see if they have any stock left. I've bought several of their power tools over the last year or so and for the money they cost and the fact that they're covered by a three year guarantee, they're not bad at all and work just fine for DIY use.

Screwfix often have some of the Evolution machines for under £100. I've not used one personally but I'm sure they'll be fine for diy use as long as you don't expect too much from them. The thing that puts me off them is the fact that their blades don't have a standard bore size, meaning you can't buy a decent, fine cut blade from a decent blade manufacturer, at least not in my limited searching but I stand to be corrected. But, I guess that's not what their designed for, more as a rough cutting, cut anything type of saw.

 

[carlb40]

Can anyone recommend a sliding mitre saw under £100!!?

Lidl had one for £49.99 a couple of weeks ago. Might be worth ringing around a few branches to see if they have any stock left. I've bought several of their power tools over the last year or so and for the money they cost and the fact that they're covered by a three year guarantee, they're not bad at all and work just fine for DIY use.

Screwfix often have some of the Evolution machines for under £100. I've not used one personally but I'm sure they'll be fine for diy use as long as you don't expect too much from them. The thing that puts me off them is the fact that their blades don't have a standard bore size, meaning you can't buy a decent, fine cut blade from a decent blade manufacturer, at least not in my limited searching but I stand to be corrected. But, I guess that's not what their designed for, more as a rough cutting, cut anything type of saw.

Most blades come with reducing rings nowadays.

 

[MMUK]

Screwfix often have some of the Evolution machines for under £100. I've not used one personally but I'm sure they'll be fine for diy use as long as you don't expect too much from them. The thing that puts me off them is the fact that their blades don't have a standard bore size, meaning you can't buy a decent, fine cut blade from a decent blade manufacturer, at least not in my limited searching but I stand to be corrected. But, I guess that's not what their designed for, more as a rough cutting, cut anything type of saw.

All my Evolution saw blades have either a 20mm bore for the 185mm blades or 25.4mm / 1" bore for the 210mm blades. Completely standard sizes :wink:

 

[tool-me-up]

GMC LSMS210 are just over at £120 ish - detailed review here http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/gmclsms210andlsms250.htm
From reviews Ive seen online I wouldn't bother with the smaller SYT210 ( Im sure they missed a 'H' out of the model name) which is only £88 unless you want ti for rough cutting only

 

[paul24dual]

What do you think of this? It seems to have good reviews.

Erbauer ERB234MSW

http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-erb23 ... 230v/93567

 

[wizard]

Screwfix remove most of their bad reviews, i have seen them disappear

 

[marcros]

Screwfix remove most of their bad reviews, i have seen them disappear

at least Rutland's never bother posting the negative ones.

 

[MMUK]

Screwfix remove most of their bad reviews, i have seen them disappear

Yep. They swear they don't but I've seen some of my own less than impressive reviews removed from the site within hours of being posted. :roll:

 

[paul24dual]

Interesting! Naughty Screwfix!!

Changing things slightly. The furniture making book i have bought said i should use a 10" straight mitre saw. Is this right? or would i be ok with a 210mm?

I have about £150 to spend so any recommendations would be very welcome.

 

[carlb40]

I wouldn't buy tools on the recommendation of one book. There are plenty of ways to cross cut timbers without a mitre saw. Personally i would stick with a few better quality tools and get the most out of them.

You have a circular saw, so with a few jigs etc that will do everything the mitre saw can do. IMO you would be better off leaving the mitre saw, unless you have a load of skirting/ architraves to cut? Then save up for a decent small bandsaw/ table saw. For around £250 you could get a used kity 613 and that would be much better suited to furniture making.

 

[paul24dual]

I wouldn't buy tools on the recommendation of one book. There are plenty of ways to cross cut timbers without a mitre saw. Personally i would stick with a few better quality tools and get the most out of them.

You have a circular saw, so with a few jigs etc that will do everything the mitre saw can do. IMO you would be better off leaving the mitre saw, unless you have a load of skirting/ architraves to cut? Then save up for a decent small bandsaw/ table saw. For around £250 you could get a used kity 613 and that would be much better suited to furniture making.

At the moment i have a scroll saw (for cutting out shapes like hearts, fishes etc!!, ornamental stuff for the house!) and a circular saw (for cross cutting & ripping). Would i be better off in the future investing in a bandsaw and can i use that for both applications? It would have to be a benchtop bandsaw because of the space!)

 

[Tom91]

I was looking for a cheap sliding mitre saw as well and went in circles for ages. I went with one of the evo's off eBay in the end so I had something to work with. I accept it's not going to be as accurate as a Makita but it's a start.

I see the sense with what carlb40 is saying about just investing in a good band saw though, I've seen someone suggest the same elsewhere on the forum.

 

[carlb40]

I wouldn't buy tools on the recommendation of one book. There are plenty of ways to cross cut timbers without a mitre saw. Personally i would stick with a few better quality tools and get the most out of them.

You have a circular saw, so with a few jigs etc that will do everything the mitre saw can do. IMO you would be better off leaving the mitre saw, unless you have a load of skirting/ architraves to cut? Then save up for a decent small bandsaw/ table saw. For around £250 you could get a used kity 613 and that would be much better suited to furniture making.

At the moment i have a scroll saw (for cutting out shapes like hearts, fishes etc!!, ornamental stuff for the house!) and a circular saw (for cross cutting & ripping). Would i be better off in the future investing in a bandsaw and can i use that for both applications? It would have to be a benchtop bandsaw because of the space!)

To me the bandsaw is the ideal first workshop machine. You often see/ hear someone when setting up a shop saying the most important machine is the tablesaw. However you cannot do deep rips unless you spend mega money on a TS with a 12 inch plus blade. Circles cannot be cut with a TS.

A good well set up band saw can cut veneers, circles, mitres, dovetails etc etc. It will often be quieter and more compact for the same size TS with a similar cutting ability. So yes, personally i would save for a good used bandsaw and use it. The bandsaw and a few hand planes will go a long way to making furniture / kids toys etc. Rather than have piles of small electric power tools that can only do one or two jobs that could frustrate you.