I am looking for a mid range table saw. I am 70 so this will be the
last one that I buy. I don't want to go through the hassle of buying
a used one (been there done that in spades). The two that I am
looking at are the Porter Cable PCB270TS at Lowe's. It is fairly
recent and has gotten a few good reviews. The other is the Ridgid
R4512 at Home Depot, again fairly new with a few good reviews. It is
very similar to the Craftsman 21833 at Sears the has gotten mixed
reviews mostly to an alignment problem which may boil down to some
missing instructions and needing some better washers at a critical
point.

I have been doing woodworking for about 65 years, starting in
kindergarten. I am sort of an intermediate wood worker who has very
inexpensive tools. My present saw is a Delta tabletop with a broken
miter gauge. I looked at the portable contractors saws and it looks
like for a few $ more I can get a very substantial beast. For
examples of some of my work look at

http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra.../woodwork.html

and

http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra...woodwork2.html