Bosch 4410L 10″ Dual Bevel Sliding Miter
Well it turned out I really needed a miter saw today for the project I’m working on and my choices were to drive 15 miles south through traffic and pick one off of a job there or head 35 mile southeast on a beautiful rural route to another job and get one there. Well I said the hell with that and since I had a few other things I needed to pick up I just bought another one. I went in to the place we buy a lot of tools and without any real thought or consideration I bought a Bosch 4410L. Since there wasn’t a price on the saw I asked a salesman what it cost and after looking it up he started to give me the sales pitch (and he was good and knew his product and I was surprised I didn’t know it had a laser) but I just told him don’t worry about, I need the saw, I’m buying the saw. I was just more interested in saving time this morning and getting to the job.
Well I get to the job and pull it out of the box plug it and and just get right down to working with it without reading anything about it. The second or third cut I had to make I needed to do as a bevel and after a frustrating five minutes poking around at the back of the saw trying to find the lock so I could change the bevel I discover it’s not on the back of the saw, it one the front. Way too kool. I like this saw.
Well as the day went on I discovered all these other neat trick doo-dads and features on the saw and checked it for it’s accuracy straight out of the box and by the end of the day I’m not just liking this saw I’m starting to love it.
Anyone else using this saw? What the word? What’s your experience been?
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I use it a lot, and like it a lot.
The drawbacks: adjustments get a little sluggish with buildup of mdf dust. The detent stops are a pain when you need to go a degree more or less - keeps wanting to pop over to the detent, and you have to wrestle it to get it where you want. The miter adjustment itself gets kinda tiresome when using it a lot. Picking it up and carrying it is awkward for one person, and the designated "handles" are very un-ergonomic.
It takes up a lot of room in the trailer, and, when using it, you can't set it too close to a wall. The slider lock nut doesn't really work all that well, so when you think its locked, its really not.
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Edited 6/23/2006 9:34 am by Huck
I've got two Bosch Miter saws, a 24 volt and the older 10" slider.Both of my saws and I think all of the newer Bosch saws have a detent override that works exactly as it should - allows for free movement along the scale with no hangups.It might be easy to not realize the feature was there - another person a few months ago on these forums mentioned that he didn't even realize his saw had that option.You might take a closer look at the manual - but on my saws (this is from memory - don't have the saw next to me right now...) there is a red metal clip just behind the main table angle adjust/tightening knob - it is between the knob and the rotating table itself.You sort of "unclip" the red piece and it disengages the detents. I think you lift up slightly on it until it no longer is attached at the top - it sort of "levers" off and then to re-engage it, you merely lift it to allow it to hook at the top again.Easy to overlook, I'll bet it's there though.Regards,Julian
Actually, it's the other way around, Julian. You clip the spring latch to disengage the miter detents, then you can set it to even a fraction of a degree off the detent settings. Likewise, at the base of the head there's a pull knob to engage or disengage bevel detents.I've had it for a year and a half and I love it except when I have to lug it out of the van and back. The only goofy thing I found about that saw is that the front and back bolt holes on the base are not perpendicular to the fence, so to use my Dewalt stand I had to first mount the saw on plywood then mount the plywood to the Dewalt stand latching brackets.BruceT
I've had my eye on that for a while, but I haven't found a decent price on it. Plus I'm moving across country next week so a new saw would be one more thing to move. Let us know how it works out.
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Where are you moving from and to? HDT in Marion had a pretty good price, may still have a loose one around.
Bob (Old Fort, NC)
terrific saw to use...however, not terribly portable...I have a simple Dewalt non-slider for most on-site usage, and leave the Bosch in the shop...usually.
It acts almost like a Radial Arm saw in my shop. But I wouldn't be without it. cross cuts up to approx 13" on 3/4 stock. I'm very happy with it.
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For a 10" saw while not easily portable I find it "fairly" portable and that's why I got it. We have two of the big 12" DeWalt SCMS and since I no longer drive a truck (I drive a Mercedes E320) I needed something I could take with me when I needed to do some work in the field that would fit in the trunk of my car. Yeah a 8" Hitachi would be a lot more portable but the 8" Hitachi SCMS wont cut a newel post so I had to have a 10".As for in the shop we happen to have two old (circa 1958) 10" DeWalt Radial Arm saws. Talk about un-portable!
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Glad it works for you! I hear you on the Radial arm Dewalts! Go Blue!!"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a governmental program" -Ronald Reagan
I will add my song to the praises of the Bosch. It is features are worth the extra weight. Huck, my saw is like Julian's, there is a detente override tween the table and the handle.
Paul
Thanks, I found it. Duh. Still getting acquainted, obviously =)"he...never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too" - Mark Twain
I've got the 12 in. version of the tool. The more I use it, the more I like it. It is smartly designed. I just don't like moving it.
I scrapped the laser, though. Hate the things as saw guides.
Andy
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Well while we don't need another 12" right now if we did I would certainly get the Bosch next time around. I like the DeWalts and think they are pretty good but I am tremendously happy with this new Bosch and like all the extra features it comes with.
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I've had mine since they came out with the 10", and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
The up front bevel control is unbelievable.
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