On 8/24/2010 9:56 AM, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:36 am, wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote:

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I used to have an ras but I switched to a sliding miter and a table
saw, both on fold up rolling stands. Using a ras for ripping was just
a pain.

That's what the RAS in the table alleviates (as well as having a
hefty-enough one, of course ). And in garage area, can usually work
it in the wall side and leave in place rather than the roll-around
hassle of the TS and associated table(s) for it for long/sheet goods.
Ideal, of course, is both which I'm lucky enough to have and have room
for w/o moving either...

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I had a similar arrangment once with a big ras in our garage on a
workbench. We had changes, added a boat to the 2 car garage and then
the acqusition of a lake house, that made me switch to the portable
setup. I usually roll out onto the driveway at home and that cuts
down on the sawdust in/on the boat and when I'm doing something at the
lake house I can roll both saws into the back of the pickup using
ramps and take them out there.

My brother was a carpenter. He used a station wagon as his work
vehicle. He had a small RAS he kept in the back of the station
wagon. At the job site he would open the back and pull the RAS
out onto the tail gate.

Bill