I don't mean to hijack at all. I posted about looking for a used sawstop ICS, and someone else suggested a slider siting its safer design. I can see the design being safer from a crosscut perspective and the riving knife, but now a lot of traditional saws now even have that. For ripping boards, which I do a lot, I don't see them any safer than a cabinet saw. Now if you buy the biggest hammer or fielder with the longest sliding table, you don't get the full advantage. Am I missing something. I even went to youtube to look for videos to see if I was just missing something? (my question is only releated to the statement that slidders are more safe by design). While I can do the ICS, the slidder questions has peaked my interest. (again did not mean to hijack thread)