As I'm about to start on a renovation of some outbuildings at the
homestead, I'm going to need some form of mitre saw and table saw,
rather than the hand held circular saw and manual saws I currently
posess! Would it be better to go for one of each, or has anyone had
experience of something like the De Walt 'Flip Saw' which combines
both in a single unit? My guess would be that there'd be a trade-off
getting both in the one unit, but whether it'd make too much of a
difference, I just don't know. ( I *have* read the recent mitre saw
thread, and am aware that the one major constraint I'd be putting on
myself would be the absence of any form of 'sliding' mechanism, but I
thought this a sufficiently different question to warrant a posting)

Something like this:
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=1628
And I believe Elektra Beckum also do something similar

My expectation is that the mitre saw won't be needed for anything
bigger than 4x2, but as ever I might find other things for it to be
doing. The table saw - who knows?

Thanks in advance guys

Tim Nicholson