by Sam Bodell
In recent years, a large number of tool
manufacturers have introduced miter
saws. If you've been in the trades for
very long, you probably remember
what it was like just ten years ago,
when we didn't have so many to
choose from. Carpenters used to cut
trim with circular saws, table saws,
and radial arm saws, depending on
the need for portability and accuracy.
Then, in the late 1960s, Rockwell (now
Delta) introduced the first power miter
saw. As you can imagine, every carpenter
wanted one.
Not much happened for the next 20
years, and when other manufacturers
started making power miter saws, they
weren't that different from the original.
True, blades got bigger and saws