Oshlun laser guide for miter saw

[andrew whicker]

So as I will be doing more trim work in the future I did a small upgrade and got an oshlun laser.

Here are the results. For whatever reason the laser shows up WAY better on my phone camera than in real life. Also, I have some colorblindness so red lasers have always been a nemesis of mine.

My conclusion... unless in a dark room it's basically useless for me.


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[Tom M King]

I tried another kind of miter saw laser a long time ago, but the line was too wide and the edges too fuzzy. I like a sharp no.4 pencil for trim work.

[Greg Quenneville]

I bought lasers for my mitre saw when I started building our house, but never installed them. I have by now done quite a few miles of trim without complaint or frustration by just creeping up on the line.

[Paul F Franklin]

I have an aftermarket laser on my dewalt sliding miter saw. Works ok but I only use it for rough cuts. When I have a bunch of precision work to do, I double stick tape a scrap of 1/4" mdf to the table and make a cut through it. Then I use the kerf for alignment by marking the edges of the stock instead of a face. Perfect alignment and provides zero clearance for the bottom of the stock as well. Sometimes I also stick a scrap to the fence to provide zero clearance for the back of the cut as well. Of course this doesn't work so well if you are changing angles a lot as you might for trim.

[Josh Molaver]

I ended up using an LED light which projects a shadow line to cut on for my Bosch 12" miter saw - works very well and very inexpensive. Documented here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHM8K-JS-Wk&ab_channel=MakeEverything

[Cary Falk]

I always thought lasers were too wide either on miter saws or drill presses. I have a dewalt miter saw that has an led that casts a shadow. It works better than a laser but I tend to bring the blade down to the wood to adjust before I start the cut.