I'm thinking of buying a present for myself, unfortunately sight un-seen. Has anybody done a similar comparison between these two saws that could share thoughts? To me used for hobby/craftsman projects. The differences I can gather are:
- Price...obvious
- table casting on SC2 is narrower but actually 7 inches longer if the spec I read is correct SC2 is 40" x 13" and SC3 is 33" x 22"...seems greater casting length on out feed side? Seems like should be a good thing?
- both have 5.5' stroke
- SC3 is in a traditional sliding saw footprint vs SC2 in more of a cabinet saw footprint. What impact does the SC3 footprint have on using the saw for traditional ripping, or once you have a slider one no longer does traditional ripping?
- SC2 arm mechanism is different, seems lighter. But does that impact capacity, function, for cross cutting a sheet of 3/4 ply? What about 8' long butcher block table top, Ie pretty heavy?
- are there significant difference in the internals?
Sorry for so many questions, any help would be appreciated.