On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:05:43 -0400, Jay Pique wrote:
Why doesn't everyone just get a panel saw for cutting large sheet
goods? Seems like a much better option than even a sliding table saw.

JP

Cooking show (Good Eats -- Recommended) host Alton Brown puts it this
way:

"The only single tasker I permit in my kitchen is the fire
extinguisher." Instead of a garlic press, he uses a marble scrap he got
for free from a tile guy.

Were I making kitchen cabinets for a living, I'd consider the benefits.
BUT, for me, the money-space budget simply doesn't justify it.

I setup sheetgoods on horses with a shop-built guide and cut everything
to finished size at the top of the project with a circular saw. If it's
raining, I might have to rearrange my garage.

Considering it's "Just a circular saw . . " I've done quite a lot of
good accurate woodworking with it. Great multitasker for the guy
(*WAVES*) for whom dissecting sheet goods on a contractor saw is outside
of his comfort/safety zone.

Even if I had a Nahm budget, I'm not sure I'd want one, any more than
I think I'd want his dedicated pocket hole machine and resaw bandsaw,
though obviously if I'm building hundreds of face frames or working with
exotic veneers, that all changes.

*checks to see if SWMBO is reading*

*convinced he's alone, starts sketching how to arrange things to fit the
panel saw, pocket hole machine, Laguna Megablurfl . . . *