Thread: What tablesaw do ya'll recommend?

i found that you get what you pay for, that being said you cant go wrong with dewalt tools. the table saw is verry good saw. i cant tell the difrence when cuting read oak or pine , the fence is true and what it reads on the fence is what it cuts, i have had delta, craftsman,hand tools and i wont have nothing but a dewalt from now on, the skill saw is fine to i have worked one for the last 3 years on bulding pourches and garages. and it is still runs like a new saw. same with the drill i have put in no less than 10,000 deck screws with mine and still going strong.

Y'all crack me up. I am a professional maintenance and handyman and have used a Ryobi drill, table saw, compound miter saw, flashlight for years. No they do not have some of the features that the others have, but they have never let me down. The table saw and the miter saw have always cut a straight line. I believe in you get what you pay for but for a budget minded poor person like myself, there is no way that i could afford to spend $400 to $500 on somthing for a hobby. My wife would never allow it either. If you are going to be doing handyman repairs for a business, then start out with something reliable and affordable. Then when you get your business going good and are doing it full time and need a better setup, then go out and buy a higher quality setup. No since in starting your business or hobby in the red financially by buying an expensive set of tools that you really don't need.
That is my own opinion.

+1 Chris
My Hitachi has held up for a few years and of intermitent but not gentle use. Ripped a bunch of yellow pine with it and it did fine. Lowes sells them.

I have a portable Dewalt that works great! I don't use it THAT much so I can't say about reliablity, but I have been using it for 2 years now and it has been nothing but great.

My Ryobi 10" would be ok for hobbiest, but don't think it would be much for contractor or cabinet maker type work. I've had brush issues since I purchased it from Home Depot. It's got a good table on it and all, power is lacking, weight is in what I would consider portable.

Would I recommend it to a friend, no.