Scott Lurndal wrote:
"Mike Marlow" writes:
Scott Lurndal wrote:
"Mike Marlow" writes:
dadiOH wrote:


Ditto and I wouldn't part with mine either. Sure beats a table
saw when you need to whack a foot off a 10' piece 8/4 oak.

Yeahbut, I so prefer my SCMS over any radial arm saw for this type
of work.

One area where a RAS beats the SCMS is when crosscutting dadoes.

Up to the point where you're working with extremely wide boards, I
don't see this being the case. I can easily set the depth of my
SCMS to plow dados up to 14" wide.

I don't believe that the arbor on my DeWalt 12" SCMS is long enough to
mount a dado blade, unlike the RAS.

I suppose one could make repeated cuts with the SCMS, but not on a 14"
wide panel side.

You are correct - I cannot mount a dado blade. But I can make repeated
cuts, and I'm not opposed to doing that. On my SCMS, I can cut a 14"
board. Not all SCMS's will make that width of cut.

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-Mike-