Hitachi C10FCH2 10 Inch Miter Saw With Laser

Pros: Built-in Laser guide, 15A, easy transport and storage, easy setup, miter presets for 45/38deg molding
Cons: no slide (x-cut), single sided bevel angle (left) only, no legend for symbols on saw

There are many specialized tools theses days and some of them are hardly justifyable as a standard tool typicall can achieve the same with just a bit of practice. However, everyone who has done custom molding or tried to do cut a standard 45 degree angle ...

Pros: Great bargain, with good quality of material, accurate and adequately powered miter saw.
Cons: The material hold down is wimpy and the instruction manual can be challenging to follow.

My rule for buying woodworking tools is that I never make a purchase until I research the price range, and then also have a project that I MUST have a certain tool. So when I decided to build Adirondack chairs for my grandchildren, requiring ...

Pros: Everything, the laser, built-in stops, clean, precise cuts. Portable!
Cons: None that I can think of - this is great!

I needed to make a ton of 45 degree miters when installing floor molding and bead-board top molding in our room remodel project.  There was no way I wanted to cut all those by hand so I began looking at power miter saws.  I ran across the ...