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Default radial arm saw vs. compound miter saw

On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 5:19:16 PM UTC-7, Just Wondering wrote:
On 7/15/2016 2:17 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:


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.


With the right attachments, a radial arm saw can do planing and
act as horizontal borer, neither of which is a table saw capability,

As a one-man crosscut saw, the RAS can be replaced
with cheap (and light) miter saws, but not easily by a table saw.