Bosch 4410 10-Inch Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Bosch 4410 10-Inch Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw
Customer Review: Not as cracked up as it should be...
Summary: 2 Stars
I've owned lots of Bosch tools over the years and this one really pisses me off. Top of the line tool? Yeah. Micro adjuster? useless. Front bevel adjust? love it. Lock out for miter stops, love it too. But, it doesn't cut properly when beveled. I have to work the saw to get a perfect cut. It won't cut a straight line when beveled. I am a finish trim carpenter and work with stain grade wood on high end homes all the time and thought a 10" might have more precision, not in this case. Fence would come out of square. The slide bar for the gaurd would bind too right at the ball bearing so, it would be difficult to bring the saw down to cut. And under one month out of warrenty the two aluminum pieces that rotate against each other for the bevel, yeah there chewed to hell. It developed an imperfection in two places and it wasn't more than 4 swings of the bevel and now it's junk! I'd need to preplace the barrel slide holder and the miter arm that it attaches to. Can fix this one for over half what it cost just over 1 year ago! I don't think so. So, now I'm in the market for a new saw... Customer Review: sucky saw
Summary: 1 Stars
let me begin by saying that i have many bosch tools, and that they all perform very well. however, the miter saw in question is the worst that i have ever used. i am a professional trim carpenter in the tahoe area. in short the saw is over engineered. too many moving parts make for innacurate cuts.Customer Review: smooth operator
Summary: 5 Stars
Built like a tank and smooth as silk. This 10" can do almost everything a bigger 12" can, but it's a lot smaller and easier to handle. Everything is robust and well made, and even though it's beefy, everything is very smooth and precise. I checked all the alignments from the factory and they were dead on. I didn't have to adjust anything. I don't know how comparable saws are, but the only thing that seemed like it could use some work was the dust collection. There is dust everywhere, but I really couldn't see how the dust collection point could be in a better place. I seriously looked at 4 other saws including DeWalt and Ridgid and I'm convinced I definitely got the best saw and the best deal.Customer Review: You wont regret buying this saw!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the second mighter saw I have ever owned. The first was a plain little delta 10". When I decided to upgrade i did a lot of research before buying. The blade that comes with the saw is very good. The double bevel is nice also, since the adjustment lever is up front. I have operated the dewalt 12", and the bevel adjustment is a pain. So if you want a hard working, acurate, and reliable saw get this one!!Customer Review: Looks Really Are Deceiving
Summary: 2 Stars
This saw has some great features, but falls far short of the mark.
Out of the box I was impressed by the ease of use of the saw's controls. It looked complicated, but was actually rather intuitive. The front located tilt lever is the best thing ever in a slider saw. The mico-adjust feature was rather cumbersome to use. I found it far faster and easier to just move the turntable to the desired fraction of a degree and then lock the table. I install trim in high end houses for a living and trust me, NOTHING is ever square. The micro adjust feature could have been a good thing. The lock on this saw is flawless by the way. The best I have used requiring just a light twist and having no creep. The saw has plenty of power and a good slide range, cutting stock in excess of 12" at 90 degrees.
The features are great, but the overall performance is very lacking. When I went to check the saw for trueness I was suprised to find the fence was out of square by in excess of 3 degrees. No big deal I trued the fence and the saw cut great as long as I was at 90 degrees to the edge of the workpiece. This is where the problems started. I checked the tilt detents and they were spot on. The problem was that while cutting compound miters on wide stock the slide action did not seem to be in line with the blade. This caused severe binding and burning resulting in a "stepped" cut. Left tilted miters were much better than right tilted miters, but neither was acceptable. The binding/burning seemed to be a by product of two things.
1) The slide action was not in line with the blade for some reason while the saw was tilted.
2) There was a great deal of play (read;slop) in both the main arbor bearings and the main up and down pivot (knuckle) located directly behind the saw head. (The slide rod bearings had NO detectable play however)
The slop caused the blade to be able to hunt for a path of least resistence as it sliced through a cut. So the blade would wander causing a wavy cut.
This a great idea in a saw and has some great features, but it is not nearly up the standard it needs to be at. I used to do all the machine set ups and tuning for a large volume cabinet shop. Even with this experience and a Forrest blade installed I could not coax this saw to cut a straight line. I lost 6 billable hours over the course of 2 weeks trying to tune this saw. If you are a framer the front tilt feature alone would make this a great saw for you. For any finer work look elsewhere. I own a dozen or so other Bosch tools and they are all top notch and very durable, this saw misses the mark by a wide margin. I returned my saw to tool crib. Their customer service is second to none.