I couldn’t honestly comment on the SIP one having never used one myself, looks ok though, although it doesn’t have the double bevel feature you say you wanted.
TBH the moment you go into the 12″ blade category at £300 (and having had a quick scour of the web) all the saws seem much of muchness, so as someone mentioned earlier its probably best to go and get a “hands on” feel for one. Just check that there’s not too much deflection in the sliding mechanism and that it’s joined to the base by a decent amount of casting, it all helps it stiffen up and get those accurate cuts you want.
The Evolution range always seem to get favourable reviews, but, again having never used one I couldn’t honestly comment on them, what I do know is that having used cheaper saws in the past nothing even comes close to my Dewalt, yes they are expensive, but they’re expensive for a reason…. after all, would you want to go MTB’ing on a Halfords special? :wink:

I found that the bevel wasn’t all that handy as hardly any of the corners were right angles. I’d have to use a plane to open up the angle greater than 45 degrees

Thats another plus point of the dewalt saw I linked to. Bevel capacity is from 48 to -2 degrees a feature which you are unlikely to find on cheaper saws, comes in very handy as corners are quite often less/more than 90 degrees.

Camelbak mule NV,(loving the in built rain cover! :lol:) The Good Mountain Biking Guide, bike computer + wine, chocolates, tshirts etc all very nice, not a single naff present in sight. :D

If you dont mind buying manufacturer refurbished there’s this one, granted it’s only a 216mm blade but that is ample for most tasks, it will certainly handle skirting, achitraves, flooring etc.
I’m a carpenter by trade, its the saw I use and it’s fantastic.

It will only bevel cut one way but that isn’t a problem if you just think about how you want the cut to work beforehand.

It will cut 2 degrees the other way which can be a handy feature for under cutting skirting against architraves etc.

Edit OOPS a link might help!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeWALT-DW712N-DW712-1600W-240V-216MM-Sliding-Trenching-Compound-Mitre-Saw-/140814189549?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item20c92e03ed

The hangover.

This ^

Top trolling!

No trolling there every word is true, and I dont doubt that £14 helmet saved me from a fractured skull or worse

I live 20min away and its been raining all morning here, so its gonna be wet, very very wet!

Ive been lurking on this forum for a few months now and this thread has spurred me on to sign up so here’s my view.

Started mtb’ing through a mate who insisted I get a helmet before he would take me along, I insisted I didn,t need one but brought a cheap £14 one from Argos or somewhere to appease him.
Second time out got a very simple descent wrong off piste at Cannock, and got thrown off the bike backwards landing on my back bouncing my head off the ground.
Result? I got up and walked away from it but had one very sore back for about a month and one very dented helmet which would have been the base of my skull had I not been wearing one, best 14 quid I ever spent.

Wouldn’t dream of riding without one now. BTW I used to be a steel erector and would reguarly walk around the steel 30 to 40 foot up with no harness clipped on so not averse to taking the odd risk (couldn’t do it now though, too old and sensible) :lol: