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Markem[_2_]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:58:33 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Just Wondering writes:
On 7/15/2016 2:17 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Electric Comet writes:
the only advantage of radial arm saws over a cms seems to
be the ability to cut wider material

Spoken like someone who has never used a RAS.
You can't dado (as opposed to grove) with a CMS.
You can't rip with a CMS.
You can't put a moulding cutter on a CMS.

You can do all those things with a table saw.

So what? The OP compared a RAS to a CMS, not a tablesaw.

In any case, I'd much rather dado a wide panel on the RAS
than the TS.

My choice would be a router