Bob, I hear you with the "middle sized budget and high end want." I
just boight the Laguna LT14SE. In fact, I made my first cuts with it
yesterday. It is a "welded plate" design. It seems preety darn stiff to
me. I've seen the Delta 14" and Powermatic 14" in use (but not used
them myself) and I think the Laguan runs a lot quieter -- a
non-scientific comparision and obvioulsy a biased one, too.