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Joe B. Best all around woodworking saw
July 9th, 2000 08:04 PM
I want to purchase a saw because I'm going to build a deck.
I own a 10"miter saw but it does'nt do every thing I will need
to do.I was thinking about a 10"radial arm saw. Would this saw
give me the most bang for my buck ?
Baquet Best all around woodworking saw
August 3rd, 2000 02:40 PM
It' my personal favorite. Check the comments earlier on this bullitin board.
Gscogg Best all around woodworking saw
July 16th, 2001 09:45 PM
Give the "Worm Drive" saw a try. For me, it's the all around best. It will cut through anything using a appropriate blade and a straight adge if need be.
Adam Chamberlain Best all around woodworking saw
February 19th, 2004 07:24 PM
I've used table, radial-arm, mitre and portable circular saws.

The best bang for your buck would be tied directly in to what type of projects you are planning on doing.

Table saws excel and ripping material to width and can also do cross cutting to length precision jobs.

Radial-Arm Saws are fantastic cross cutting tools and can also do ripping.

Miter saws are specialty saws that do cross cutting only. But, you already own one. Enjoy.

Portable circular saws are very handy to have on jobs away from your workshop. Try to drag either a table or radial-arm saw around with you. The new laser saws offer a new feature. Normally, if your cut starts to wander off the line it's to late to correct it. The laser beam shows the wandering trend slightly over one foot away from the saw blade. This distance give you chance to correct your cut.

I hope this has helped.
CoatsEast Table Saw + 12" Mitre
June 15th, 2004 12:29 AM
I started out with a 10" Radial Arm saw and used it for 20 years...

Last 5 year I have had the pleasure of using a 10" Contractor Table saw with a 52" fence. Also bought at 12" mitre saw (Dewalt). These two combined are much better than the general purpose Radial Arm saw which is not used for rough work only (mostly kindling cutting).



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