Woodworking tools?

[NoChrome]

Im in the market for a table saw and I was wondering what you guys thought of the big brands.

Right now 99% of my wood working tools are DeWalt, the rest are Skil. The DeWalts have been great, I managed to melt parts of my 1/2" drive drill (DeWalt) and it still works like new. But DeWalt dosent have anything other than a 'portable' table saw at Home Depot... soooo what do you guys recomend?

[badjuju342]

Lots of good choices out there. I'd look at Rigid right now.

[Tailwind]

in many years of woodworking there is only two brands if your willing to spend some bucks for a saw that will last forever, and they are the Delta Unisaw series and the Powermatic line. for one with a 3 hp motor belt drive nice fence system and large table size they go for about 1500 up to several thou depending on how much you use a table saw. There are some in the 5 to 6 hundred dollar range by Rigid and especially the one Hitachi sells at lowes for 559. I own a powermatic since 93 now it is used by my brother in law in North Carolina all day every day. I now have the smaller but fantastic Hitachi. For the money it cooks and is super accurate if initially set up correctly as with any saw. I use it to cut 3/4 and 1" mdf and maple or cherry or oak for building speaker cabinets and some furniture. I cuts about as fast as you want to push. Thats with a 70 tooth carbide blade that set me back 170. But leaves a cut that needs no further attention. You probobly allready have made your decision but I thought for future reference i would post this. Good day.

[getn2it]

If you are on a budget I would go with the Craftsman Professional series. I have used Craftsman for years and still have tools my father has used for years. For the money they can't be beat. But if you re looking for quality I would follow Tailwinds advice. As with anything you get what you pay for. I highly don't recomend skil, especially for bits and blades.