Table Saw purchase question

Go for a hybrid. It will at least control dust more easily. And this has more upgrades, fence, weight,

------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this day and age you owe it to yourself to take a serious look at SawStop products.

There are several on the wrec who have purchased SawStop within the last

Have fun

Lew

That's what I was going to suggest. For only $150 more, it's a heck of a lot more saw. The contractor one in your original link isn't any better than the Ridgid from Home Depot which can be found for under $500.

Update:

This is a better link:

Lew

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You needed tinyurl for

Beat me to it - and HD has a better warranty.

For something in between the prices, look at:

The table mounted trunnions alone are worth the price differential.

I'm pretty happy with my Delta hybrid, which I have had for about eight yea rs. IIRC, it has a 1.75 hp motor and mine is running on 110v. The only ti me I wish I had more oomph is ripping 2-inch hardwood; otherwise it handles everything nicely. When I bought it from Amazon there was an option to up grade to a Biesemeyer fence, but I stayed with the Delta. Plan on a 3rd pa rty miter gauge.

Larry

In the past Grizzly's in this price range have used a throat plate that was of thin material that hard to use a zero clearance plate. If that is an issue to you then you might want to check into that.

Excellent suggestion Lew! ;~) But sawstop.com is a shorter URL. ;~)

No back to the OP.

And in all seriousness this is not an inexpensive saw. Entry level is probably going to cost an additional $1K over what you are currently looking at.

Now something you should be considering. You obviously are serious about this hobby and plan to continue woodworking since this is going to be a replacement saw. Don't ask yourself if you can afford the SawStop, ask yourself if you can afford to loose a finger or the expense of the ER.

There are other fine offerings but so far none have your back should you, when you , make that mistake, have a lapse in judgement, or do something stupid.

The first time the saw saves your butt is when the saw more than pays for it self.

--------------------------------------------------------- "Le> Excellent suggestion Lew! But sawstop.com is a shorter URL.

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Grand total: 9 keystrokes + 5 mouse commands.

Devil made me do it

Lew

"allows you to be more of an idiot."

"someone becomes more of an idiot"

Last time I looked "allows" and "becomes" were not synonyms.

And if you don't think that a belief that an activity cannot hurt one allows one to become more careless, I suggest you ask any psychologist.

Yes, the Sawstop is a good saw. Yes, it is the safest saw on the market. No, it is not a revealed truth from Heaven :-).

You call the OP an idiot. Woodchucker calls him a troll. Seems a bit harsh for what to me is a defensible point of view.

That psychologist can also acquaint you with the proclivity of someone who owns a product to get defensive when the product is criticized. The more expensive the product, the more defensive :-).

No Larry, I called him a TROLL because he is. He is an old time guy that likes stirring the pot and calling people names.. He just started mildly, I remember his name from long ago, could have been the binaries, but his name was very familiar.

You might want to straighten out who said what. I did not call the OP an idiot, Tirome called any one using an idiot proof machine an idiot. So by that same token if you wear any safety gear while woodworking you are an idiot. If you wear seat belts you are an idiot, if you don't over ride safety features on a gas furnace you are an idiot, if you take extra steps to insure your safety your are an idiot. In a nut shell that is what Tirome is saying.

And the psychologist will attest that those that don't like something will also voice a less than favorable opinion, valid or not.

I have no issue with any one criticizing the SawStop, I do take offense when that person deducts that I or any oneelse that uses one is an idiot.

On my Win 7 PC using Chrome, my iPad, iPhone using Safari simply typing SawStop.com and pressing enter I get what I expect, the SawStop web site. You don't?

Completely agree. Putting the cost aside, it's no different than a seat belt in a car. Just common sense.

-------------------------------- Yes but that is 11 keystrokes, not 8.

Lew

Ok..

Ok, and the devil made you do it, ;~) I'm going to point out what I was referring too. ;)

Both your and my URLs get you there in one click.

I was referring to the length of the "tiny URL" vs the length of the URL that gets you directly to SawStop.

Now I will add that I should have added the www. to sawstop.com. ;~)