The Delta and Ryobi models are made in the United States, the others in Taiwan. When manufacturers offered more than one model in this category, we left it to them to choose which one to send. Once the saws arrived, they were unpacked and assembled in our shop, checked thoroughly, and then put to work. Details about each saw appear in the summary boxes on the following pages. All of the saws rest on stands made of sheet steel of about the same gauge.
Tables are of about the same size.
With the exception of the Ryobi, motors are mounted on a pivoting frame at the back of the saw cabinet and deliver power to the saw arbor by a single belt. Mostly in the details, not in the overall design or construction. Features like blade and belt guards, miter gauges, and rip fences varied slightly from saw to saw. Coming up with an overall assessment of these tablesaws really amounted to adding up a long list of small things. Assembly instructions ranged from very good to annoyingly obtuse.