Unisaw A100 wrote in
:

JD Paddle wrote:
Delta, a saw that I think looks great at the store, is highly toughted
by some and blown to bits by others.


You have to temper some of the reviews here with the plain
fact that some people (OK most of the subscribers to this
forum) have only used one of any brand of any selected
machine.
snippage
UA100, who isn't too wild about his Pantysonik cordless
drill which is way contrary to what you'd normally hear
here...


So three or four years ago, I needed to do some homeowner stuff - an arbor,
a storage shed, some trim & finish carpentry around the house. I convinced
myself that I 'needed' a CMS, and brought home a DeWalt 705 12" from the
local BORG. Worked great for all of those projects. I did upgrade the
blade to a better crosscut blade, however.

Started doing some furniture and cabinetry work (sawdust therapy, sort
of...), and things rather get out of hand. I cut most of my really tight
miters on the Unisaw now, but the CMS gets used on almost every trip to the
garage shop. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

I have used an Hitachi 10" slider at the local Adult Education shop. It
gets heavily used, but has lots of loving attention from folks who know how
to care for it, as well as the other tools there. I can't see the value of
the slider for those things I do. I'd rather use the crosscut sleds on the
big saw.

Patriarch, who is glad to have a bunch of imaginary friends to hang out
with on this very wet day in Northern California...