jonny round boy said:
1. There is a detent override - it's the black paddle that locks the head into place. Mine locks firm & won't drop into the detent even if it's right next door.
2. There is a hook for attaching the cord once it's wrapped round the cord holder. It's in the middle of the cord wrap.
As for 1/10th of a degree - are you serious? No one needs that amount of accuracy on a mitre saw. You'd get more deflection than that depending on whether you were breathing in or out when pulling the handle down. I don't think anyone could even measure the angle of the corner the crown was going into to that degree of precision.
The scale on the fence is do-able but would be more hassle than it's worth - the saw is set by moving the fence, so if you ever adjusted anything chances are the scale wouldn't be right afterwards.
I haven't heard of the UG frame moving in use, but then again I don't own one. I have used one, though. You're right about the pneumatic tyres though, same for the Sys-Roll.
And the rain cover - don't you have bin bags in Canada? [big grin]
My friend, I live and die by the 1/10 degree. It becomes easy after a short while. For instance, I use the bosch angle finder. I measure an outside corner, and it reads 88.4 deg. subtract that from 180 and you get 91.6 degrees. divide that by 2 and you get your miter saw setting = 45.8 degrees! yup, it's that easy. "CUTTING NESTED!!!!" if you use the buldcalc app and you cut your crown on the flat, then just enter 88.4 into the app, and push the button - tada!
Lots more on that but I won't bore you. I need this accuracy with larger crown moulding. My kapex does NOT deflect LOL I let the saw blade do the cutting, I don't force it.
My old 12" chop saws? yes, deflection big time.
I used to have this on my old 12" Milwaukee, it had the digital readout. That was ok, but the brains went out in about 3 years, and being old school I see no reason that a "mechanical" vernier scale (just draw the lines already!) wouldn't work great.
That detent over-ride? yes, but it takes one hand to hold it squeezed up - I need it to be hands free. Other saws have this!!!! it should be a no brainer to incorporate this into the next gen.
That darned cord wrap holder - ya, sorta works but not really. Put the little rubber "U" on there and solve the problem already!
About the scale on the fence: I don't need it for measurement to the blade, I just need something that I can use quickly - sometimes I need a 5/8" measurement on crown (for those round corners (45 deg) , the minor measurement is 5/8") although this is not a biggie, I can probably put a sticky tape on one side and that would solve the issue.
Again, the garbage bag saw cover? noooooooo. This is a Cadillac sir, not a yugo. We must look the part. Custom made cover or nothing!!!
ok, I've said it before but here goes again: some sort of "detent" override so that when I need a 45.2 deg cut it doesn't jump into the 45 degree detent. Also a much larger scale (both) with a vernier scale, to get to that 1/10th deg. accuracy. No need for this to be electronic, just a large scale with a magnifier so that we could see the 1/10th degree graduations. This is critical on cutting large crown.
till the brains went out and anything over 45 deg read as 60 degrees.