Toolbox: A Pair of New Compound Miter Saws

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