axial glide miter saw

[davestanton]

Hi guys.Has anyone purchased one of these and if so, how is it in real life?

[Beechwood Chip]

Isn't that the miter saw that was sent to our time from the future to assure that woodworking power tools would eventually rule the Earth?

[Onboard]

Here’s a report from January 2011 just after the Bosch Axial Glide Miter Saw came out. You can also check the Amazon customer reviews here.

[davestanton]

Isn't that the miter saw that was sent to our time from the future to assure that woodworking power tools would eventually rule the Earth?

Old red eye, from battlestar Galactica, lol.

My concern is lateral flexing in the arm. This is why I have stuck with a simple compound mitre saw instead of a sliding version.

[davestanton]

Here’s a report from January 2011 just after the Bosch Axial Glide Miter Saw came out. You can also check the Amazon customer reviews here.

Thanks for the links. My fears of the amount of lateral flex appear to be justified. I would like to see one in the flesh before I purchase.

[jimmykx250]

Too many piviot points for my liking. way more opportunity for failure vs. rails. JMO.

[Texfire]

I have one, but only have one project with it under my belt. No complaints about it so far, seems to make good cuts with no deviation I can see. I used it to cut the a beveled setup template for the project and it was very accurate. After a couple of times checking the setup with the gauge, I became comfortable that when I set the bevel to 7 degrees, it was going to be just that no matter what direction the bevel was rotated. I made a couple of cuts at full extension, but most of them were 2x4's so I had the arm in the locked position, making it a simpler operation. The movement is really smooth, and fit and finish is good.

[davestanton]

I would love to hear how it handles angled cuts in 2 x 12 hardwood.

My normal test for a sliding compound mitre saw is to fully extend it and see how much sideways movement there is when I grab the front and try to move it back and forth to judge how much resistance there is.

[Texfire]

I'll see if I have some stock to do some tests with, I think most of my thicker stuff is pine that used to be my stair treads.

[davestanton]

One other question. The radial slots in the surface of the turntable, are they for mounting accessories into, similar to a t track of some sort?

[VitalBodies]

I looked over a number of saws on brief trip to the BIG hardware store.

Since I had very little time, I focused on only one thing - dust collection.

Even within the same brand (including Bosch) dust collection was a fore or after thought.

Choose well, look closely.

In that video the dust is flying - "just say no" to poor dust collection...

[davestanton]

That is a huge consideration but I am also of the opinion of creating a hood for what ever miter saw I purchase to catch the stray dust. My main focus is on the saw's ability to hold the blade true whilst laboring in a cut. Is there such a saw?

[VitalBodies]

Bosch (at that store) had some of the best and worst for dust collection.

Having the wok piece locked down using the correct blade, zero clearance fence and making a slow deliberate cut goes a long ways towards accurate.

But how will you measure or decide?

[Texfire]

I have to admit that the dust collection being not as good as the Festool was one of my tradeoffs. But it also costs about half as much as the Festool miter too.

[VitalBodies]

On thing I noticed is that you can not get the full picture from a side view of the dust collection. Some looked large on the outside but were not through out the length of tubing.