12" sliding compound miter saw Ridgid

[Woodywoodchuck]

Anybody here own one and doesnt use it for rough construction? The two bad things I have heard about this saw is the locking mechanism when setting an angle isnt very smooth and I have alos heard of accuracy problems.
Im aware of the high rated saws, I.E. Milwaukees new one, Bosch, Makita and the older dewalt 708 (newer one I guess sucks compared to).

My question is, is the ridgid anygood? The reconditioned ones are only 300 verse 500 new.If Im buying new mine as well buy a highly rated one like bosch.

Thanks

[Tom W]

I had two scms and now have zero. The first one the brake went bad and the blade continued to spin after it was shut off. I brought it back and was given a second one. It developed a blade wobble. Brought it back and got a refund. I am back to my old Black and Decker non-slider. After all these years it still works great.

There are threads here about alignment problems but both mine were good right out of the box.

-Tom

[Frankiarmz]

Anybody here own one and doesnt use it for rough construction? The two bad things I have heard about this saw is the locking mechanism when setting an angle isnt very smooth and I have alos heard of accuracy problems.
Im aware of the high rated saws, I.E. Milwaukees new one, Bosch, Makita and the older dewalt 708 (newer one I guess sucks compared to).

My question is, is the ridgid anygood? The reconditioned ones are only 300 verse 500 new.If Im buying new mine as well buy a highly rated one like bosch.

Thanks

I had a 10" bosch slider and it was really nice for the small projects I had but I decided to trade a friend who had a 12" DeWalt slider. I won't bad mouth the DeWalt but it is too big and overkill for my needs. Do you really need a 12 inch slider? If not please consider a 10".

[Woodywoodchuck]

Thanks, I decided on the new slider Milwaukee. Its ion the truck. Not hearing anything on here about the ridgid one for a few days and hearing it wasnt accurate made my mind up quicker.