Homebase Mitre box and saw set

Advantages: Good value, makes the job easier
Disadvantages: Comes with no clamps to hold wood in place

...about the Mitre box and saw --------------------------------- As I said before it comes part assembled so you need to assemble it fully, this is not such a bad thing as it gets you familiar with the different parts. Your main part to this tool is the saw which slides up and down four rods to prevent it from tilting side to side so that you can get a accurate angled cut. Placed on the rods are two depth stops so that you can choose as to what depth of cut you want to make. The rods are attached to the arm that rotates and locks in place of the different pre-set angles and this is attached to the base plate. The arm can rotate to the appropriate angle you require, there is a choice of 90, 45, 54, 60, 67.5 and 70 degrees. The arm has a knob that you press when you rotate it to the required angled and when it is in one of the pre...

mumagain 29.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Homebase Value Basic Mitre Box and Saw

Yay - tool time

Advantages: Everything about it
Disadvantages: None found yet

...Everyone knows that there is nothing worse than trying to do DIY with cheap tools, as the finish is usually poor. Not the case with this saw. Although it is at the cheaper end of the mitre saw market, its build quality and ease of use are excellent. To bore you with statistics, it has : 1.7kw motor, which spins at 5,000 rpm with no load. 10 inch blade Side bars Clamp The 1.7kw motor is unusually large for a 10 inch saw, they are normally used on the 12 inch saws, which are too big and bulky for average DIY jobs. So this saw delivers the power but in a manageable size. I have used mine for making picture frames, book-ends, etc., and am in the process of making a workbench. It is proving to be invaluable. The blade can be set to cut on an angle up to 45 degrees off vertical and 45 degrees in one direction and 60...

Ray45 08.01.2001 (31.01.2001) · Read review
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Review of Power Devil MS 10 RA - Compound Mitre Saw Profiline

~ Slide with the Time ~

Advantages: Excellent story, Great acting, funny.
Disadvantages: None

...~ Slide with the Time ~ Last night I went to visit my mum like I do most Mondays. Since moving I always dedicate a weekday to see her. After catching up and having a rant about the most common crap things in life we wanted something good to watch. Sliding Doors has been out for over ten years and we have watched it about twenty times but it is still really good, and one of those films you can watch however many times. We do actually own the film on VHS somewhere which shows how old it is. I remember first watching it on TV though a few years ago. There are some recognisable actors involved and I quite like Gwyneth Paltrow. I think she is a very good actress and even though she does not appear in big blockbusters, all her films are soft and well performed. So after discovering this was on I was pleased of the choice as it is...

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Review of Sliding Doors (DVD)

I saw saw !!

Advantages: Some good effects
Disadvantages: Wife hid behind cushion for all of film ( is this a disadvantage?)

... SAW (film only review) Details: Director: James Wan Release Date: 1 October 2004 Certification: 18 (UK) Runtime: 103 mins I am not usually one to watch horror films but when my eldest grandson came to stay he put this on for us wrinklies to watch with him. STORY Adam and Lawrence, both with shackles on their ankles, and a dead body in the middle of the room. Adam doesn't know Lawrence, or the dead body so his head is full of unanswerable questions. Why is he here in this dirty room ? Who is this Lawrence? Why is that guy dead!, and who is he? When Lawrence and Adam tell their stories, it turns out they have both been "kidnapped" and taken against their will to this room, and neither of them know how to get out. When they find tapes in their pockets, and a tape player...

baherbc 10.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Saw (DVD)

Sliding Doors

Advantages: Easy To Watch
Disadvantages: Nothing Fantastic

...Sliding Doors is a film which brings to the screens the question ?what if?? it was released in 1998 and is still managing to bring in plenty of viewers due to its unique story and layout which has been copied, but not as successfully, since. What?s it all about? The movie is a romance story about Helen, the film follows her in her struggles through her life, work and especially her love life. The starting and main point of the film is at the beginning, she is catching a train which turns out to be a major pinpoint of her life. The film is then split into two stories, one in which follows on from her catching the train, and one of which follows on from her missing the train. This small event in Helen?s life changes everything and the consequences of either one is flashed back to throughout the film, and she experiences...

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Review of Sliding Doors (DVD)

The Murky Mitre of Manchester

Advantages: Central location
Disadvantages: Rude receptionist

...available were coming cheap. As an arch capitalist who is a firm believer in the supply and demand philosophy I had no real objections to being charged over and above the normal rates though I was still against paying unnecessarily over the odds for just one night. The Britannia, for instance, a three star hotel close to Piccadilly in central Manchester where I had stayed on my previous visit, wanted around £100 for the night. A nice hotel the Britannia may be but cheap it certainly is not. I instructed Expedia to find me an available hotel rated three stars and above without specifying any specifics such as air conditioning and swimming facilities. It came up, amongst others, with the Mitre Hotel. I was intrigued by the description given of this place. It was described as being central, having thirty-two rooms and listing such amenities as...

Beaker66 11.07.2006 (12.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Mitre Hotel

Cutting corners effectively

Advantages: Cuts perfect mitres every time, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: Rather bulky and heavy to store

...I always used to hate cutting corners - probably because I am not very good at it. However at last I have found the perfect solution and at a great budget price as well. A few weeks ago when I was browsing through the Screwfix catalogue (yes I know I lead a sad life!) I spotted an offer for the Titan PSM2541 10" Compound Mitre Saw on sale for just £29.99. I am not sure it would have caught my attention quite so much if I hadn't been planning to lay a laminate wood floor in my kitchen and dining room but as I had a job in mind it certainly looked like a great deal. Personally if I am having a laminate floor I prefer to replace the skirtings at the same time as I think it gives a better finish. Also work I had previously had done to the heating system meant my existing skirtings were looking a little battered so relacements were...

laramax 17.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Titan PSM2541 - Mitre Saw

Saw the first of many

Advantages: : A great film, good effects!
Disadvantages: The story doesn't end!!!!

... Saw (film only review) Details: Director: James Wan Release Date: 1 October 2004 Certification: 18 (UK) Runtime: 103 mins The first of 5 Saw films. Saw came out in 2004, and I don't think anybody knew just how big it was going to get. The problem with the Saw series, is that you have to have watched all of them to watch one of them, otherwise you can get very confused by what is happening! Also, at the end of each film you have to watch the next one to find otu what is going to happen! Annoying in a way, but also very clever by the film makers! Plot: When Adam wakes up in a dark and dingy room with Lawrence, both with shackles on their ankles, and a dead body in the middle of the room, his life comes crashing in around him. And his head is full of unanswerable questions, why is he here? Who...

stephbond89 20.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Saw (DVD)

Saw Point

Advantages: Good concept
Disadvantages: Bargain basement acting

..., so their personalities are slowly revealed. The sadistic Jigsaw Killer is kept in the background throughout, displaying a sadistic streak not seen since John Doe in David Fincher?s ?Se7en?. Deaths are messy and cruel but ingenious. Shot on digital video, the film has the requisite gritty feel, compounded by the choice of grimy locations that are generally seen in semi-darkness or under fluorescent light. It sometimes feels like a student film, as countless tricks of the trade are trotted out to ramp up the tension; using puppets and masks to play on our childish fears, foreshadowing the action by letting the audience see things before the characters, keeping characters deliberately in shadow, using speeded up film to suggest urgency and showing the action as seen by CCTV cameras. It works, but sometimes feels like Wan is going through...

afy9mab 18.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Saw (DVD)

Probably the only saw you'll ever need for that exakt job

Advantages: safe, easy to use and a must for all DIYers
Disadvantages: none at all

...I have been going through a few of my tools lately, reviewing a handful of them as I go, so I when I came across this particular tool I wanted to tell the world, or at least those who read on this site, all about it. The tool in question is, in my opinion, a must for all DIYers, or even if you?re in the trade, and is one genius invention which has changed the world of sawing for ever. The name of this brilliant piece of equipment is in fact the JML ?Exakt? saw, and when they say ?Exakt? they really mean exact, as that is what it is. This saw almost makes most other saws obsolete, giving a straighter cut than a jigsaw, a more precise cut than a circular saw and a quicker cut than the good old handsaw. The ?Exakt? saw is designed to be safe and very very versatile, giving the user 4000 rpm of power which will cut through most...

blissman70 09.09.2009 · Read review
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