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Old 03-12-2009, 09:11 PM   #1
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miter box need a lil help from experience
Here my question to you trim guys.

Im looking for a new miter box for pretty much just 4-5" base, casing, shoe etc. Nothing to crazy like custom stuff. Looking for something with a stand I can set up and do a whole house that can easly be moved back to the truck. I have a small cheap miter box ive been using and it isnt cutting it specially since I have a trim job with stain trim I want cuts to be smooth and clean.

Any idea's I was thinking the dewalt? Anything high quality in the 250-350 Price range. Thanks.

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Old 03-13-2009, 06:21 AM   #2
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I have a DeWalt 10" slide I like it quite well, if you dont want a slide then I would suggest the DeWalt 10" dual bevel
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The dewalt non-slides and smaller slides are pretty nice (the 718, the current 12" slider is junk). If I was buying a non slider or a 10 or 8 inch slider, that's probably what I would go with.
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Dont forget a forrest "chopmaster" or a ridge carbide "radial" will make that just about any of the smaller saws cut like a dream
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Old 03-13-2009, 05:21 PM   #5
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Well I went shopping to today at lowes just to look and see what they have and found one that really impressed me but was a little pricey.

Its the DEWALT DW716 DOUBLE-BEVEL COMPOUND MITER SAW 12"

It was a little over kill for 379$ but they had a display set up where if you bought this saw you'd recieve the very nice (200$) dewalt miter box clamp stand.

I couldnt help it so I grabbed both went to ring out the cashier says somethings up and calls the manager. Manager says that the free stand only comes with the 650$ dewalt miter box I was bummed, but since there display was wrong they let me have 375$ saw with a free stand.

I tried it out on a little bit of scrap and wow all I can say is im digging the saw and the stand is just amazing.
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That Dewalt's a nice saw.
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That Dewalt's a nice saw.
Funny when I was loading it into the truck in the parking lot a guy getting out of his truck in front of me goes I have that set up and its great it just made me all special inside hahaha
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Here ya go

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...me=Miter+Boxes
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But that's not a compound miter saw.
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But that's not a compound miter saw.
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Here my question to you trim guys.

Im looking for a new miter box for pretty much just 4-5" base.......snipped

But it is what he asked for
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