DeWalt Mitre Saw

[sg66]

I've several and the Evo rage is most inaccurate of the lot, great for rough stuff and metal

 

[Tractor Tony]

Certainly not as accurate as my old Makita abrasive cut off saw.
But hopefully once I make a dedicated 45* fixture which is the angle I cut most often it will be OK

 

[Tractor Tony]

As I said on the pm I have the Rage 3.

Ok for making sheds but deffo not cabinet making. I have to drag mine out from storage everytime I use it and it needs setting up everytime. I use this sort of thing. Everytime I don't use it I wish I had!

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Yes definitely not a cabinet making tool.
That is an interesting tool for setting up, how long did it take to arrive.

 

[premmington]

+1 for band saw

 

[Onoff]

Yes definitely not a cabinet making tool.
That is an interesting tool for setting up, how long did it take to arrive.

Sorry, I can't remember, was a while ago. Could probably find a DXF and get one laser cut or even 3D print. I'll have a look around.

As for doing 45s on the Rage, I recall trying to do skirtings/mouldings. I found it very time consuming if you wanted to swing the saw and do 45 each way. I had to set it up every time. The 90, 45 factory stops just had so much play in them.

Saying that both nephews have bought later incarnations of my saw and everything seems tighter.

Worst thing I tried on it was to do through housings. So much flex in the rails the bottom of the trench must have been +-3mm. That and there's no depth stop / lock as to how far you can bring the blade down.

For all that I've cut scaffold poles with it and even 1/2" brick slips by fitting the diamond blade.