{"id":2183,"date":"2008-11-28T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T21:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2008-11-28T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T21:14:40","slug":"relief-is-at-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2183","title":{"rendered":"Relief is at Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long-Awaited Tool Purchase<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m beside myself with excitement. The miter saw I wanted to buy is on sale! In a BIG way! Home Depot knocked $200 off the price!<\/p>\n

A year or two ago I got myself a 10″ compound miter saw, and I felt like a big deal. But I was actually an idiot. Because I did not realize that a 10″ saw that doesn’t slide will not cut anything wider than about six inches. It’s great for tiny jobs. For large pieces of wood, it is utterly useless. You have to flip them over and cut from the other side, and then you get errors because the blade is out of alignment by a fraction of a millimeter. I have it very square, but it’s not perfect.<\/p>\n

Since buying this thing, I have been amazed to learn how many jobs it WON’T do. It’s a great saw, but too small is too small.<\/p>\n

A 12″ sliding saw will cut 13.5″ across a board. You can go right through a four-by-four with it, too. <\/p>\n

Now I have to figure out what to put it on. Very confusing. There are a bunch of good stands out there. Ryobi makes a beauty, believe it or not. It’s also sold under the Denali brand. But hold on! It’s too small for 12″ sliding saws. So are a lot of the others.<\/p>\n

Ridgid makes one, but it’s gigantic and heavy, and the legs that hold up the support things at the ends of the stand are no good. Bosch makes a great one, but it’s $279. Delta makes a nice one, but you have to attach your saw permanently. I’m not sure if that bothers me or not.<\/p>\n

I guess I could flop it onto the Workmate and use two freestanding support doodads. Whatever they’re called.<\/p>\n

This saw would be perfect for deck problems and so on.<\/p>\n

Maybe the answer is to buy the Delta stand and leave it set up in the garage. A miter saw is extremely handy, but only if it’s always ready to use.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what to do with the old saw. Buying it was a mistake. Craigslist, maybe.<\/p>\n

I have been considering turning my old melamine desk into a router table. If I do that, I can put the miter saw on it and use add-on supports. The router is under the table, and the miter saw would be above it, so there would be no conflict. <\/p>\n

Dust removal will be challenging. Maybe I should just put a big fan beside the table, to blow sawdust out into the driveway. I’ve noticed that no matter how much sawdust I blow out there, it disappears in a day or two. And I can pretend it’s mulch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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