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If you shop around you can find 12" blades for about the same price as a 10". Same amount of teeth more or less the same price. In MHO.

Madts.

I bought a Hitachi dual bevel 12" compound mitre saw (not sliding) new at lowes last year for just over $200. I’ve been very happy with it until I ruined the blade cutting firewood. LOL. That’s pilot error, not mechanical failure. I should have put the crap stock blade on for that task. Haha… Still cuts clean but smokes the wood like a Hungarian meat market. LOL

But yeah, for $200 you can buy new instead of used. And $400 can get you something really nice. Use the savings to build your own stand.

Thanks both of you for the advice, I ended up grabbing a 12" ridgid slidding compound miter saw on sale for $399, didn’t come with a stand but maybe I’ll buy one eventually because my work beach is fairly high for this beast. I’m super happy with it so far and glad i bought it new for the lifetime warranty. Don’t plan on cutting any firewood with it lol. And I did see some 12" blades on sale so yeah I’m not worried about that after all!

That should serve you well that’s one of the sliders I have,and it’s given me good sevice.