Contractor table saw to a cabinet saw?

[glenn bradley]

Did we scare him away with all the good responses? I was going this way but, veered off. It seemed to work better for me to use the saw as it was until I was ready to upgrade. My saws were 1970's Rockwell and a 1970's Craftsman/Emmerson. Neither would hold alignment at a bevel angle due to frame/trunnion flex under the stress of the motor weight. I still have Granpa's 1950's Emmerson that I plan to use as a 90* rip-only station and will undoubtedly build it into some sort of base if/when I do.

[Mike Kees]

Glen I have noticed a big improvement with my saw holding adjustments better since I mounted it on the "box". Really a big torsion box. However I am a carpenter using this saw for ripping plywood for framing and building stairs. I did however use it for woodwork for two years when I ripped down my old shop and was in the process of building my new shop. Very few bevels were cut however. Mike.