"Kaiser" wrote in message
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I would tend to agree with you, that's why I pointed him in the direction
of
the £159 Makita. He was looking at 300mm Axminster non sliding saw, which
IMO would be rather heavy and bulky for general DIY work and a 300mm saw
in
that price range(£99) has to be a bit suspect.

With the 255mm Makita at least you can be sure that it's of decent quality
and there is not that much difference in the cutting capacity, even though
as someone pointed out it's not a sliding model, but then neither is the
300mm Axminster.


No. But a 300mm non-slider will handle most things whereas a 255mm won't
quite handle hardwood skirting for example.