Good Contractor Saw Inplace of Cabinet Saw...

[Jim Becker]

I hear you, Derek. While I'm not contemplating any downsizing of my shop at this point, we are starting to work on decluttering and "getting rid of" so that Professor Dr. SWMBO and I have the option of downsizing our property in a few years if we choose to and I can see it's going to be a LOT of work! Hopefully, on the shop front, I'll only have to maybe go to a short stroke slider if wherever we choose to move can't support a shop size large enough.

I think your plan is sound for the reasons you state, too.

[Geoff Crimmins]

If you don't mind looking for a used saw, there were some nice smaller saws made in the 1940-1960s designed for home use from Delta, Craftsman, etc. Most of them are smaller and lighter than a modern contractor's saw, without some of the drawbacks of job-site saws. Another used option would be an Inca table saw. They are smaller, but well-built machines. They were made in Europe, though, so the miter slot is probably a metric size.