Champion Compound Mitre Saw

BEST MANUEL SAW IN THE WORLD!

Great product - Glad I finally bought it.

You don’t try to fit sawn mitered ends together and expect accuracy. That’s not how you do it. The saw is only for dimensioning, i.e., getting close. You refine the sawn end with a shooting plane and shooting board. You can even change the angle by a fraction of a degree if necessary by shimming the fence of your shooting board with tape or business cards. Buy a shooting plane and make a shooting board. I don’t care how much you spent on your miter saw, you have to finish the joint with a tool designed to do that and saws are not designed to make a finished joint.

I'm not sure about this miter box, but I bought a Nobex Miter Box from Lee Valley. It is made of cheap metal and very important screws strip out the metal at critical points rendering the Nobex Miter Box useless. Also, the clamps intended to hold the wood down do not work. I can't return it since I discarded the box it came in. Be ware of overpriced items sold by Lee Valley. Sign me Disappointed and Disgusted with the Nobex Miter Box and Lee Valley.

Bit pricey but don’t confuse this with it’s cheaper cousins. Quality tool. Well made and accurate. Easy to use, but box needs to be clamped or bolted to work surface. Easy saw glide action after some light oiling. Wide selection of TPI blades available, including Japanese.Assembly instructions a little weak. Diagrams are limited, partially the clamp detail. Onboard clamps work well but are not easy to use and reset.For a serious hobbyist this is perfect. I would definitely recommend and buy again.

For awhile I had the smaller version of this saw. Worked just fine but I needed more of an angle than it would produce. Saw that this model had an ever wider angle so sold the smaller and bought the larger. They do an extremely accurate job of cutting. I'm very happy with it though I don't use it that often (moulding and small pieces that I just don't dare try and cut on my 12" DeWalt compound miter saw.

Initial review after a two week.If it wasn’t for the fact that this was the final piece of my picture framing kit to be delivered I would have sent it straight back. The packaging showed signs of ware and evidence of being opened. To make matters worse the initial assembly is completed with the base upside down so I did not notice the scraped red paint until I was well into putting it together. It appears to me that it has been sold, opened, inspected (maybe assembled) and then returned. I don’t think it should have been sold as new.Having said that ........ it’s a good piece of kit. Fairly straightforward to assemble although initially a bit daunting. Feels solid, fairly easy to use and cuts very accurate 90 & 45 degree angles (have not tried other settings yet) accurate enough for picture frames which assembled with no issues. Is it worth the money? Maybe, reviews of cheaper mitre saws mentioned issues of accuracy when used for picture framing. Would I recommend it to a friend? yes, but use a more reputable supplier.

I set up the saw and started cutting with the rebate flat on the saw's base. When I went to join, the angles were off. Why? I took a closer look at the saw's base and used an engineer's 90 degree tool to see if the base was 90 degrees. It isn't. I looked at the instructions and it said to ensure that the rebate is flat against the wall of the saw's base, not flat against the base. When I clamped the rebate flat to the wall a visible gap is evident between the bottom of the rebate and the base...enough to put a steel ruler under. I clamped the rebate to the wall and the the cuts turned out perfect

Sieht sehr robust aus, ist es aber nicht. Bei 2 Brettche mit schrägem Schnitt, ist das Sägeblatt bereits unten auseinandergefallen. I äch frage mich, wieso man soetwas unbrauchbares entwickeln und danach herstellen kann.