Few tools are as central to a workshop as a tablesaw.
Buying one is not a decision woodworkers take lightly, and it's no surprise that heated debates over cabinet saws take up a lot of bandwidth on Internet woodworking discussions, including Fine Woodworking 's own, Knots . That's what we wanted to find out, too. We've used many models of tablesaws over the years, from contractor models to larger industrial machines. Like all woodworkers, we've gotten used to working in our individual ways, and there's no denying that we have our preferences. But as we prepared to spend several weeks poring over a roomful of saws, we cleared our heads and imagined ourselves in the market for a heavy-duty cabinet saw, something you trade up to when a contractor's saw just isn't enough.