[Woodworkers] Miter Saw Capacity at 45

[Chuck Steger]

Sid,

   Thanks. Yeah my PM66 will only crosscut 3” (seems like it should be more). I have my dad’s RAS (circa 1950 or 1960) and I use it for rough cuts (precise crosscuts on TS sled). I always said when the RAS dies, I’ll get a miter saw. Now 60-70 years later, darn thing is still running! I’ve been researching miter saws and the DeWalt DWS780 (12”) keeps popping up as top saw. Is yours the slider? I’m wondering if saws that come up over the top (vs sliders) have a greater depth capacity?

 

   I’m thinking I may have to buy a miter saw.

 

Chuck

 

From: Sid Hymes [mailto:rusara at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2019 10:59 PM
To: A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking
Cc: Woodworkers (Sawdusters); Chuck Steger
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Miter Saw Capacity at 45

 

A 12" miter saw (I have a DeWalt) will handle 3" stock at a 45*, as will my 12" table saw. My 10" Delta T/S won't, so find yourself a 12" setup and you should be good to go.

 

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 8:17 PM Chuck Steger via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

For those of you who own miter saws (I have a RAS), what is their 45 degree cutting capacity? My lamp project has my stock at 3” and my TS will barely cross cut it so I know it won’t bevel it. The specs on miter saws that I see say 45 degree capacity is a 2 x 12. Does that mean only 2” thick? Could yours cut a 3” bevel? 

 

My options for my lamp project are (1) use the TS to get most of it, and then hand saw the rest, (2) use the band saw, (3) hand saw it, or (4) use a miter saw. I don’t like the accuracy of 1-3 so was wondering about a miter saw. I don’t own one but maybe this is my excuse J

 

Chuck

 

_______________________________________________
I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.
Woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org

To unsubscribe from this list -
http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org

Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -
woodworkers-owner at lists.sawdusters.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sawdusters.org/pipermail/woodworkers-sawdusters.org/attachments/20190909/4e1a87f7/attachment-0001.html>