I hear ya, but there ain't too many cross-cutting jigs for the table saw that can handle the caliber of board I mentioned, at least not easily. Most compound miter saws can't handle a board that wide either, unless it's a slider. Before I got that RAS (thanks to you!) I had more than a few occasions to break out the Skil 77 or even my old Disston hand saw just to crosscut a big unwieldy board (try *that* on a piece of sugar maple!). Ya gotta do what ya gotta do though, and if ya gotta choose between the table saw and the radial arm saw, I think the choice is obvious: Get a bigger shop! :-)