28 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Here is another from 2005... Dewalt 708 with notches. Took no time to move and cut. No fiddling around. Positive lock.

 

Nice Thank you!

A big part of the decision would be if you are going to mount to mobile base, or stationary base.  For mobile bigger = heavier and as others have commented that makes a big difference.  For my set up I used stationary and loaded the base up with storage.  No right way, just what works best for you.

 

Good point. It will be put in place where my current miter saw is. It is on a "mobile table". This has all my power tool mounted on there. Table saw, Miter saw, and Jointer. Eventually, once we either find a new house OR renovate our current house I will get a dedicated workshop. 

Here's my setup. For what it's worth.

 

Problem with miter saw set ups is length. 

5 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Here's my setup. For what it's worth.

 

Notice when you move it to say 22.5 it will wiggle in the slot?

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5 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Notice when you move it to say 22.5 it will wiggle in the slot?

I just tried it Billy, no wiggle at all. But I don't use much more than the 45, nothing I have ever really done required much more than that, I have occasionally but I bet that 22.5 slot is still brand new, perhaps that's why it don't wiggle?

Here's what I've noticed on forums about these saws over the years. Everyone said Bosch at one time. Here nothing now. In the day Dewalt was king. Lately all I hear is less than. Milwaukee is generally the price. Makita made changes sinse the 90's I'm not fond of . They make some great tools and some not so great, but that's all manufactures. 

1 minute ago, BillyJack said:

Here's what I've noticed on forums about these saws over the years. Everyone said Bosch at one time. Here nothing now. In the day Dewalt was king. Lately all I hear is less than. Milwaukee is generally the price. Makita made changes sinse the 90's I'm not fond of . They make some great tools and some not so great, but that's all manufactures. 

 

I think for my use anything would probably work, I don't require much out of my miter saw, cross cutting and 45's it about it, but if I were building poker tables with all kinds of crazy angles and such, I bet I'd notice every little shortcoming of a CMS.

This past year I did add a cover for the saw.  Makes big difference on clean up part of shop.

 

Here is my current setup. Because of space I roll this out into the driveway along with my assembly table. I will have to modify the opening for the new miter saw. 

3 minutes ago, John Morris said:

I just tried it Billy, no wiggle at all. But I don't use much more than the 45, nothing I have ever really done required much more than that, I have occasionally but I bet that 22.5 slot is still brand new, perhaps that's why it don't wiggle?

 

It has a lot to do with use. Each time I put it in a preset, I have to lock it. Not so much on a simple miter, but when using the sliding action. 

 

I've got a Makita LS1000 with notches and is a great sw. We used one at the cabinet shop for installation and was great for cutting crown, when the shop upgraded to a newer Makita, they no longer offered the notch but a bearing. I had to lock it each time I cut crown at a angle. A real  PITA

1 minute ago, KevTN said:

Here is my current setup. Because of space I roll this out into the driveway along with my assembly table. I will have to modify the opening for the new miter saw. 

 

Now that is cool as heck Kev! It's a Shopsmith with different brands!

6 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Here's what I've noticed on forums about these saws over the years. Everyone said Bosch at one time. Here nothing now. In the day Dewalt was king. Lately all I hear is less than. Milwaukee is generally the price. Makita made changes sinse the 90's I'm not fond of . They make some great tools and some not so great, but that's all manufactures. 

True. The ridgid now is made in the same manufacture space as the Delta with the same warranty. It has a nice shadow line. The bosch is getting great reviews as well. I like the articulating arm is the zero clearance. 

2 minutes ago, John Morris said:

 

Now that is cool as heck Kev! It's a Shopsmith with different brands!

LOL Thanks John. Every piece used to have its only modular piece. It took me forever to setup and breakdown. Came up with this. Has its short falls but works for 95% of what I do. 

One thing I kept in mind was how far out this handle sticks.  People that hurt when you bang your hip into it, or your head. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Gunny said:

People that hurt when you bang your hip into it, or your head. 

 

I've whacked my head on it a few times after looking for something on the lower shelf.

 

1 minute ago, Gunny said:

One thing I kept in mind was how far out this handle sticks.  People that hurt when you bang your hip into it, or your head. 

 

 

Yes sir. I will need to make some modification. but hey part of the fun isn't it? 

16 minutes ago, Gunny said:

This past year I did add a cover for the saw.  Makes big difference on clean up part of shop.

 

did you put the suction from the bottom?

I had 24' of room between the saw and bench. The slider made it 15'". I have to move my bench out about 9". You'll need Deven more with a 12". I keep thinking it wa a 33" in depth..

 

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