"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...

Well, I can't argue with you about the arbor nut borne lasers. But the
dual
laser line on the Delta and Porter-Cable models is a whole different
animal. Of
course, P-C has something over a decade of experience in this line, so
they
should do it better. The dual line comes on when a switch at the top front
of
the handle is flicked. If it doesn't meet your current needs, flick it off
and
go with a pencil/,marking knife mark. But the lasers are there when the
blade
is up, as well as when it's down. Admittedly, they're slotted when it's
up, but
they still mark the whole width of the board.

I like them.

Now, as to gimmickry...yeah, I guess so. But useful and time saving
gimmickry,
IMO. You get a mark on both sides of the blade, so either cut-off can be
the
useful one with on extra calculation, and no swinging your head around to
see
if things line up. You KNOW the saw is going to give you a kerf right
between
those two lines.

Neat thing. Or so I think.


On the miter saw, I might be able to be convinced that a good (well mounted)
laser could be useful. Being the old and stubborn-stuck-in-my-ways sorta
guy that I am, I tend to resist some things a bit though. Especially if I
get it into my head that something new serves the purpose of dumbing down
the environment at hand. I know, I know, this really does not - it's just
my knee jerk reaction to things. And... it's my reaction to such things as
the current Sears commercial. So I get a little knee jerky from time to
time...
--

-Mike-