10" Sliding Miter Saw Recommendations

[smokey0810]

Currently have a non-sliding 10" Rigid. Wanting to upgrade. Looking at the Ryobi at Home Depot. Anyone have experience with this saw?

 

[Skin]

Did a little saw shopping a couple years ago and ended up with a DeWalt in 12" which does the job. I believe the 10" is regarded highly also. What actually sold me was the shadow line add-on. The Bosch with the articulating arm is also well liked. Just be aware that the Bosch is hefty and really isn't man portable unless you're trying to herniate some discs.

Everything I read said Makita downgraded their saws when they moved production to China and the only other brand I looked at was Hitachi which was hit/miss.

 

[Fbmoose48]

American assembled Makitas were still available at HD less than a year ago and solid buys. I had a Ryobi 12" slider and replaced it. It will never properly square up or hold settings no matter how many times you try. Weak mechanisms with too much inherent play to be useful.

 

[Aaron_W]

I have a 12" (non-sliding) Rigid and a 7-1/4" (non-sliding) Ryobi. You have a Rigid, so are familiar with the brand. Personally I'd happily buy another.

The Ryobi is a nice little saw, I put a non-ferrous blade on it and use it to cut brass and aluminum. I have a handful of Ryobi tools and they do their jobs fine, but all are used for fairly light work.

Sliders add another element for misalignment, so I can certainly see Fbmoose's point that quality on the lower priced saws may be more noticeable compared to non-sliding saws.

I've also noticed there is far less available in the 10" size. You may not need a 12" but you might want to consider that simply to have more options. The price of the blades was surprisingly not that much more.

I saw in the other miter saw thread you are making cutting boards. Do you have a table saw? If not you might consider that vs buying another miter saw, similar price range to a sliding type miter and it opens up a lot more options.

 

[smokey0810]

I've got a DeWalt contractor saw, that is on a rolling cart, so sometimes making crosscuts on a longer piece of wood is difficult, hence my use of the miter saw.

 

[Dirtydan69]

I have a Kobalt 10" sliding compound miter saw. (179 on sale) It's my every day saw. If I need to do fine work I pull out the Bosch 12" compound slider.

 

[stonesfan68]

I used the 10-inch Ryobi sliding miter saw to redo the first floor trim in my flooded house. It is an excellent saw for the money- it was aligned/squared right out of the box. It has a couple of limitations: It is a single bevel and the motor is on the right-hand side and gets in the way sometimes on certain cuts. I managed to work my way around these issues. I'd buy another if this one died.

 

[619DioFan]

I have the ryobi 10 inch miter saw from HD. really like it. cuts a 4x4 no problem. I have a lot of ryobi tools that have worked great for me over the years which is why I went with this saw.

 

[Skin]

American assembled Makitas were still available at HD less than a year ago and solid buys. I had a Ryobi 12" slider and replaced it. It will never properly square up or hold settings no matter how many times you try. Weak mechanisms with too much inherent play to be useful.

Makita does appear to be assembling saws here. I'd swear 2-3 years ago they (LS1216 in particular) were China assembled.

Also looks like they've released a new saw design last year and that one is now assembled in China. Its like COO roulette.

 

[kctyphoon]

Fact is any one will work just fine. It's all a matter of what you wanna spend. Craftsman HAD nice compact sliding model my friend bought and he loves.

It was cheaper in Sears I believe - might be cheaper options if you look - but this is the model

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NZI94DI/?tag=atomicindus08-20

The compact rails are a nice option as you can leave the saw set up on a stand and push it back to the wall.. there's no rails that slide back demanding more clearance.