Hiya & thanks for reading this.

Need to re-roof a 50ft long shed/'farm building. Thinks: therefore need
mitre saw for cutting numerous rafters. After much net searching have
headache! So many models/makes/types and differing prices.

I'm planning on spending £300/£400. For this dosh it seems I can get a
Dewalt/Bosch/Ryobi sliding compound mitre saw that will cut a 4 x 2 rafter.
So far so good.

Is there anything else I should be taking into consideration? For example,
is the max depth of cut an issue? If I needed to cut a 4 x 4 fence post
could I do this with two cuts, one from either side? And are mitre saws
which have large max depths of cut (if you see what I mean) less accurate on
small cuts such as moulding?

Apologies for being a bit wooly and unclear, but with respect to mitre saws
I'm currently clueless. Hence the appeal for some clarity here.

If you have managed to shine some light into my rather dim mitre saw world,
many thanks! If not, thanks for reading nonethless.

Chris