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benush26 wrote:I've been going down the path of acquiring a good cabinet saw. One thing I've found is the quality of the carriage in job site versus cabinet. Because a job site is manufactured to be less heavy, many companies reduce the size (and I presume the strength) of the carriage and trunnions as compared to cabinet. Personally I believe that can contribute to the overall confidence of the repeatability and reliability of the saw.
As with many, I struggle with the significant difference between a job site versus contractor versus hybrid versus cabinet and even the the HP within a cabinet saw!
A good friend convinced me that I would be just as happy with the cuts from a good track saw as I would a dependable cabinet saw. And at 1/4 the cost and significantly less floor space. ... :...:
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Not sure if that has any help for you, just relaying how it helped me.

Be well,
Ben

JPG wrote:I noticed the large magnifying glass and the open garage door.

If direct sunlight makes it through the door, the magnifying glass could become a fire starter. Good idea to keep it 'covered'.

ERLover wrote:Power, not needed unless into thick woods, get a spliter kit to prevent binding, this rib blade, and it makes very clean cross cuts, and add a longer add on piece of something to your miter gauge, or go go with a Kreg miter gauge like this.
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ERLover wrote:

JPG wrote:I noticed the large magnifying glass and the open garage door.

If direct sunlight makes it through the door, the magnifying glass could become a fire starter. Good idea to keep it 'covered'.

Distance and angle would not happen, mag glass would almost need to be turned 90*/ be veritcal not horizontal as is. But you dont miss anything JPG.

JPG wrote:

ERLover wrote:

JPG wrote:I noticed the large magnifying glass and the open garage door.

If direct sunlight makes it through the door, the magnifying glass could become a fire starter. Good idea to keep it 'covered'.

Distance and angle would not happen, mag glass would almost need to be turned 90*/ be veritcal not horizontal as is. But you dont miss anything JPG.

It is mounted on a goose neck Michael. Remote possibility - yes - Possible - yes. Combustibles nearby - yes.

Dansmith wrote:

ERLover wrote:Power, not needed unless into thick woods, get a spliter kit to prevent binding, this rib blade, and it makes very clean cross cuts, and add a longer add on piece of something to your miter gauge, or go go with a Kreg miter gauge like this.
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Thank you, ERLover. I do have a thin kerf blade on my Delta and it works great. On the other hand, that Kreg miter gauge looks mighty promising. Of course, my question would still be whether the accuracy of the contractor's saw can be just as good as that of a cabinet saw. And maybe, I am just making a mountain out of a molehill as to the accuracy issue.