On Tue, 18 May 2010 04:08:37 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


They're cheaper. *I guess if you don't need them very often a decent
powered one would not be cost effective.

Well not really.

Rock bottom from Screwfix is £29.99:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/40588/...Mitre-Saw-240V

I think the budget supermarkets have gone even lower.

I wonder how well these would work? My experience of cheap power
tools is not good.

Compare that with the £18.85 for the most basic hand-operated
Axminster model.

I dare say cheaper can be found, but as the OP says, they suffer from
poor plastic guides.

There are also fine joinery applications where the hand-operated tool
can do things that are tricky with a powertool - but I imagine that
sales to people making fine joinery is a tiny fraction of overall
sales of hand-operated mitre saws.
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