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.... I would recomend this saw to anyone but not the single bevel....
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Why is the double bevel so critical to you? I have not opened the box yet on the inexpensive single bevel I bought, anf thought that just having a chop saw would make my occasional use better.
Thanks for you insight!
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Miter Saw Review - Which to buy Chop Pull Bevel
I guess I recommended the double bevel cause I am a carpenter by trade, now retired. I am also a tool freak  .
Let me say I think a single bevel will do ya just FINE, but there may come a day if you're gona do some more wood working projects ( crown molding--picture frames etc.)---you may wish ya had a double bevel. ( I think a double bevel is $100 more but not sure).
Hope it warms up a bit for ya------I don't know where our winter went here-----it's 48ºf here
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Miter Saw Review - Which to buy Chop Pull Bevel
Skip, my miter saw is a single bevel and before bought it talked with a good friend who is a cabinet maker for years. He uses the same saw and said the give up is you will have to filp the molding since you can not the saw. The little I have used it seems to be correct. Will admit for a short piece of molding no issue fur for a 16 foot piece inside an issue at time. But the price I found for double bevel was much more and saw much heavier but that could have been due tothe models that Lowes had in stock.
Is my experience on the flipping wrong being the big difference between the single and double bevel?
As to crown molding...that is a good test for thinking ability.
Dennis, one simple tip I have for anyone cutting molding is take a pencil and draw a line the direction the cut is to be on the surface that will be cut on the angle. Helps me.
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Yup KT-----"Dennis, one simple tip I have for anyone cutting molding is take a pencil and draw a line the direction the cut is to be on the surface that will be cut on the angle. Helps me."
I do that on the edge of flat stock also----to remind me which way the bevel is supposed to be---I get turned around quite easy
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Don't feel bad, I make a Bo Bo now and then too.
I had several drawers to make for a desk recently, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
I must have been daydreaming or something as I ended up with all right hand drawer sides and no left hand ones.
Frank.
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Yup KT-----"Dennis, one simple tip I have for anyone cutting molding is take a pencil and draw a line the direction the cut is to be on the surface that will be cut on the angle. Helps me."I do that on the edge of flat stock also----to remind mewhich way the bevel is supposed to be---I get turned around quite easy |
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Amen to that... have to do that as well or I get messed up. Also try to mark the cuts with the wood in place so I can be sure of the lengths and angles.
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Nother thing I do Dennis---is to mark the wood as to which piece is the one I want & which is not. I use 'O' (O = I want this piece)for the piece I want & 'X' for not wanted. Helps me & trust me---I need all the help I can get
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When I was a teenager I was cutting some wood to nail to the back of 4 shutters we were hanging with hinges on my parents house. I did a quick measure of about 11 inches. So I cut all the the eight pieces 10.5 inches. While it was only the back of the shutters, the gap was quite large. My Dad and Brother referred to me as "Ten and a Half" for many years after that and occasionally mention it to this day !
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Dennis 10.5, much better than many policians are referred to.
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Because of the weather I have not used the 10 inch Hitachi miter saw I bought at Lowes. I stopped in to look at the dual bevel 12 inch Hitachi and they has it on sale for $249. So I bought it and returned the single bevel. It is quite a bit heavier, 43 pounds vs 26 pounds, but still manageable, and as Hardwood said heavy will make it stay put and the 12 inch blade will allow for the biggest cuts.
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