New Bosch mitre saw...PCM 8 S.....looks good

uncle buck · Post by **uncle buck** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:49 am

Spotted this the other day whilst tool browsing....looks a nice piece of kit with all the bells & whistles...

Price seems to be around the £240 mark.

http://www.bosch-do-it.co.uk/boptocs2-u ... ct_id=9842

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:45 pm

The green Bosch tools are normally made for the diy market and are not as robust as the Blue Bosch power tools.

Not sure if it is worth spending £240 on, as you can often pick up similar Dewalt models for a little more.

owen · Post by **owen** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:31 pm

the green bosch stuff is good, they share many of the same parts. £240 is not a DIY price tag, so it must be reasonably well made.

it's worth looking at, as some of the cheaper dewalt saws are probably not much better.

chippymike · Post by **chippymike** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:18 pm

its london.co.uk are doing the blue bosch version of that for £230 inc vat at the mo, very good saw for the money

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:38 pm

chippymike wrote:its london.co.uk are doing the blue bosch version of that for £230 inc vat at the mo, very good saw for the money

You are right, I think this is the one-

http://www.itslondon.co.uk/pd_BOS110GCM ... treSaw.htm

Plus you get a free blade with it

uncle buck · Post by **uncle buck** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:07 pm

Yeah the Blue Bosch tools are classed as the professional range however the Green tools are still very good.

The Blue GCM8S is a very good saw but only has a 60mm depth of cut, (The PCM8S (Green) has 70mm)
I suppose 60mm would cover most things around the house though.

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:28 pm

i bought a rework dewalt dw701 of ebay for £180 ish. canny tool but it cant do the trenching that the more modern tools can. but as i never need that feature it doesnt bother me