What's Your Dream Chop/Miter Saw

I would go with a DeWalt or other good brand of CMS (not a slider) and an old DeWalt radial arm saw. SCMS’s have 3 to 4 times more flex than a CMS or good RAS (I measured it). If a SCMS or CMS will do the job at hand, it might be my go-to saw. If I wanted more accuracy or had a larger board that would fit on your RAS table better, I would go to the radial arm saw. People that say a miter saw is as accurate as a radial arm saw need to qualify their statement. That might be true if it was a narrow cut or a cheap radial arm saw being compared. Often there is overlap in tool capabilities. If a good table saw can be used for the job, it will have less flex than a RAS or miter saw.

Dewalt 799 with a 96T negative hook blade on a heavy duty Harbor Freight mitre saw stand. Bought it all with coupons and discounts for my birthday last month.

-- Eric

If you want a slider, the discontinued DeWalt 799 is a great bang for the buck right now. Still available in many stores.

I have the Dewalt double bevel slider and love it.

-- Michael Dilday, Suffolk, Va.

Bosch glide 12inch

-- Aj

I also have the Bosch glide 12 and it’s been fine for me so far. Getting ready to set it up as a chopper for my wife to do picture frames (just for us), and am going to lock down the glide, anchor the saw to a built-in stand with laminate bench top extensions on either side (10’ on one side and 12’ on the other side), and put the thickest high tooth count blade I can find on it for minimal blade flex (probably the Forrest Chopmaster).

-- Pete -- Bark less, Wag more, and SHOW COMPASSION to everyone you meet.

I have a hitachi 10 in sdbcm saw and an old craftsman radial arm saw. The hitachi goes to jobsights and the craftsman is a good saw in the shop. Neither one is my dream but i had a 12 in miter saw and thought gee every other saw i got is 10 in why am i buying very expensive blades for 1 jobsight saw? I can swap bldes between 2 tablesaws a radial arm and my hitachi. Makes more sense to me.

-- Who is we and where is here? - bullwinkle

I have mine: the Bosch 12” glider. I am so impressed every tie i use it. My old Dewalt compound miter (no-sliding) is a great saw to have sitting on the floor, ready to take to other places I might work.
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-- Jim, Houston, TX

Bridge City Jointmaker Pro

Clean, accurate and precise joints with almost no noise. I’ve lusted after it since they came out, but price and space are a problem. I can save up for the $$, can’t make the shop bigger as easily.

-- https://www.jtplaneworks.com - In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

The saw I have: Bosch 12” glide

This is mine….DeWalt DWS779…..! I like everything about it…..12” slider…..!!

-- " There's a better way.....find it"...... Thomas Edison.

....An image is worth a thousand words…

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

My Bosch 12” glider. I had a Mikita 12” SCMS for years and constantly struggled with getting repeatable cuts/angles. I am constantly impressed with the accuracy of the Bosch. I use a Forrest 12” Chopmaster blade and have it sharpened by Forrest.

-- Don't let perfection get in the way of plenty good enough

....An image is worth a thousand words…

- Francisco Luna

-- I always knew gun nuts where afraid of something, just never thought popcorn was on the list.

....An image is worth a thousand words…
- Francisco Luna

Yup, that’s my dream saw.
- RobS888

I dream of being able to buy that saw, too. And then going to get the Bosch 12” and having $800 left over to play with. ;-D And I admit that I cannot fully bury my practical, logical mentality.

I don’t really dream about how much i can spend, but rather what i can do to optimize my gear, space, and overall enjoyment.

I think the underlying answers for such optimizing hinge on how you plan to do your work. For me, having a great miter saw is a super nice convenience, and it is really nice to have one set up for easy use, but the table saw is the real heart of the whole machine woodworking setup.

-- Jim, Houston, TX