Been woodworking for over 50 years and used RAS's for all of that time. the first 40 years commercially, and the most recent 10 years as a hobbyist. Still have yet to have anything dangerous happen.

All though the years, I've heard wooder's warn of the dangers of RAS's. Most of them never used one, many used them a handful of times and almost all were never properly trained in the correct and safe use of one.

It is the reasons above that lead to so many uninformed opinions and heresay about one of the most versatile and valuable wood shop tools in American history.

When speaking valuable, the first brand that comes to mind are the better models of the DeWalt. However, there are other brands and models that can perform well if properly tuned and cared for, and operated by a trained technician who is not well known to be an idiot.