Hi,
I'm looking to get a table saw for introductory woodworking usage. We are going to be doing some trim work and wood flooring where a table saw might be slighly useful, but more importantly I'd like to start doing some introductory projects with woodworking to gain some skill and see where it takes me.
Here's the kicker, I've got about $200 to spend right now. But, I also have $200 in mall gift certificates, and where there's a mall, there's a sears. I was looking around and saw a craftsman 10" stationary table saw on sale for $399
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.This looks to be a good notch above the el cheapo benchtop models that would normally be in my budget and would only run me $200 with the gift certificates. It uses a belt driven induction drive motor at 1.5 HP with a decent sized cast iron table, all of which I've read are desireable things.
Now, granted, for slightly more money I could probably get a more respected saw, but given that I get $200 off thanks to gift cards, would this be a good investment for a first table saw at a net cost of $200 to me?