Mitre saws are used to make mitres or crosscuts in the material you are working with. Mitre saws can come as manual appliances and as powered appliances. Today, most people prefer a mitre saw that can be run on power because the cuts that are made by these saws are clean and so easy to make. Though manual mitre saws are simple to use and can be used for simple operations, it requires a lot more effort by the person who is using it so a powered mitre saw makes sense.

Compact Mitre Saws

Mitre saws are compact and can be carried around and are used to make picture frames and to cut moulding. You can make very precise cuts with mitre saws and they come with blade sizes of 8” to 12”. In most mitre saws, you can change the cutting angle though the most popular angle is 90°.

Mitre saws are available in various types and there are many brands that are oh offer today. The types of mitre saws available are the standard type, the compound type, the sliding type and the dual compound type. They range from simple, straightforward cutting operations to more complicated ones. The way mitre saws work is like this: you have a visual indication of where the cut is going to be made and the work piece is locked in place with a clamp. These are usually not dangerous but if the saws are damaged, you should be careful and get them attended to or changed as soon as you can. Most of them are easy to operate and they all come with a table on which to work. The tables can be swivelled and the saws can be tilted, usually only in one direction. This makes it flexible for you to position the surface to be cut. These mitre saws also come with a dust bag for easy cleaning. These tools are very handy in any small workshop or in any home operation where there is a bit of repairing or maintenance work to be done.

Mitre Saw Brands

The brands that are available are Bosch, Draper, Silverline, Einhell, Dewalt, Hitachi, Makita and a few others. It pays to look at the popular brands because they have been around for a while and you can get the benefit of users’ experience. There are reviews to be found for most of the known brands. Depending on the simplicity or the sophistication of the product, prices range from £20 to £400.

• Bosch has a choice of mitre saws in all types and it is one of the most popular brands in this category. This company has been setting the standard in power tools for sometime now and even in mitre saws, they have engineered new products that meet the requirements of any demand. The tools are easy to operate even though some of them are heavy.
• Draper has a range of mitre saws too going from simple precision cut ones to compound sliding ones. They also offer products like boxes for the saws and saw blades.
• Silverline also offer precision and compound mitre saws as well as boxes, blades, benches and roller stands.
• Einhell has a choice of mitre saws – regular, sliding, sliding crosscut and circular. They all offer perfect cuts, whatever the angle.
• Dewalt also offers crosscut mitre saws as well as heavy-duty ones. They also have sliding compound ones and circular saws. You can also buy saw benches and carbon brushes to clean the saws from them.
• Hitachi has a range of mitre saws too and they include sliding ones, compound ones and slide bevel compound ones.
• Makita also offers a choice of electric and cordless mitres saws in types like compound sliding and double bevel sliding.