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"  Bosch invited a pack of power-tool journalists out to its Mount Prospect, Ill., facility on June 2 to have a look at the latest and greatest of sharp metal objects that spin. One star of the show was a new miter saw they&amp;#039;ve dubbed The Glide\u2014a 12-inch dual-bevel tool with a very unusual method of pivoting and repositioning its big blade. Typical compound-miter saws slide on rails, allowing the guillotine blade to move back and forth as it crosscuts 2 x 12s and other large stock lumber. Those rails usually protrude from the back of the saw, so the tool needs ample, uncluttered table space to keep the procedure from feeling cramped. Bosch re-engineered that standard over the course of the last several years\u2014its designer refers to the project as his third daughter\u2014and the final product reflects the effort. When it arrives in stores for $699 this October, carpenters will find a strange new saw that moves on a series of six hinges, the blade and body connected by two arms that look like articulating joints on a scissor jack. The arms fold up like the legs of a praying mantis when the saw body is pushed to the rear. Normally, this position is where the rails would stick out the back. But nothing juts out of the Glide, saving compact shops about a foot of precious bench-top real estate. Pull the saw forward, and the cast-aluminum arms stretch out like a triple-jointed limb, gliding on 12 sealed ball bearings and giving the user a truly omnidirectional range of motion.   A couple of dozen visitors got a chance to test a pair of the machines during a competition organized by Bosch in the parking lot of their suburban Chicago headquarters. Bosch tool designers judged three-man teams of tool journalists on their abilities to, in 45 minutes, build cornhole sets\u2014those triangular lumber targets central to the summertime beanbag-tossing lawn game. Although they&amp;#039;re simple objects made of 3/8-inch plywood and 2 x 4s, building, bolting and painting a pair of targets in the 45-minute time window proved challenging. This was due in large part to the tendency of drooling editors to linger by the Glide, testing its smooth action and making precise adjustments for each cut. As the PM team waited for a turn behind the blade while a competitor tweaked the saw&amp;#039;s settings one degree at a time, teammate and HGTV contractor David Wint leaned in to whisper, &amp;quot;Man, how long does it take to cut a couple of boards?&amp;quot; Wint has a point\u2014teams from some of the highfalutin&amp;#039; woodworking publications were mitering corners on the 2 x 4s and pulling all sorts of fancy joinery. Someone was even talking about doing dovetails. Well, none of that for the PM team\u2014we&amp;#039;re happy with down-and-dirty butt joints here, with Phillips screws jammed through the plywood face\u2014half the time without even a pilot hole drilled. We did make the stylistic decision to rout a chamfered edge around the perimeter of our crudely jigsawed, mostly circular 6-inch-diameter target perforation. A quick coat of white spray paint and a blue brush-stroked X marked the bull&amp;#039;s-eye. We wrapped it up just under the 45-minute mark and started tossing beanbags while the Bosch crew judged the work. In the end, the fancypants teams&amp;#039; efforts were worth it, as their winning designs were honestly stunning, given the time limit. One target incorporated gnarly custom white- and blue-painted flames, and another had a fan-like propeller cut from plywood, mounted above the cornhole target so that it faced the thrower like a windmill at a mini golf course. And get this\u2014that team rigged a PM Editor&amp;#039;s Choice award-winning Bosch drill to the windmill&amp;#039;s 2 x 4 mount, then wrapped some rubber bands, strings and screws to the drill&amp;#039;s trigger to make the thing actually spin at about 20 rpm. It was a sight. In fact, the smooth paint, sanded edges and genuine cornhole craftsmanship were about the only things that could have distracted this crowd from the spanking new, slightly sawdusty Glide miter saws nearby. At least, that is, until Bosch trotted out the next shiny sharp object. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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