DeWALT DWE7485 8-1/4" Compact Jobsite Table Saw Expired

What? A LOT of woodworking hobbyists would disagree with you. It's one of the most versatile woodworking tool you can have. A panel saw is only good for cross cutting so you are pretty limited on what you can do. Plus every Home Depot and Lowe's have a panel saw onsite and they'll give you 2 cuts per piece for free. A table saw might be useless for a person with 1 arm but for everyone else it's a great tool.

I have the new Skil table saw (TS6307) that retails for $299 as well. 10" blade, stand built into the base (adjustable, collapsible legs), and same rack and pinion fence. It's the first new table saw under Skil's new owner, Chevron, or EGO brand fame. They have revamped the entire Skil line slowly and much more into a pro-sumer line than a starter DIYer line. I was about to get the big Dewalt since I needed a stand for my projects around the house. This Dewalt + stand was nearly the same price as the big one(7491 I think it is?). Anyway, very happy with the Skil. Came out in October 2020 so reviews are/were sparser when I looked, but solid. I learned about it on the VGC YT channel.

For what it's worth, I am much more Team Ryobi, which won't change at this point, but they don't have a rack and pinion fence, which was a must have for me - sturdy stand, rack and pinion, at least 24" rip capacity. I can hipcheck this and instead of wobbling, either it doesn't move or the whole unit skids. That's important because it doesn't feel like it will tip. Dewalt had the only other stand I could knock with my hip and it not feel wobbly - could have just been properly adjusted, but Bosch, HPT, Kobalt, all wobbled at my local stores.

While I do agree with you that almost all woodworkers would disagree with my view on table saws, you did prove why so many do disagree with me.... the lack of knowing a panel saws abilities.

They do far more than crosscut. They rip, dado, miter, resaw, notch, etc. They do everything a tablesaw does, but safer.

I always thought the same about table saws, and how invaluable they are. Then a few buddies showed me their panel saws and it changed the game for me. A lot of the newer blood have started dropping the $4k table saws, and doing panel saws.

The one downfall on a panel vs table saw... dust collection. It's just not quite as good as a table saw. But it's more than acceptable for any environment.

Plus, a panel saw is just easier to use. And far less costly. However, some people buy prefab panel saws, but that's ridiculously overpriced when you can make one for less than a decent miter saw. And then you can go crazy on accessories with a homemade one. My brother-in-law made autofeed motors for his and bought the giant 13in handplaner and mounted it to his panel track. Now he can plane huge slabs with ease and way faster than a router planer does it.

So a panel saw, can be extremely versatile. And it can have multiple tools used on them. However, the "table saw is number 1" mindset, still reigns supreme in woodworkers... As are the injuries caused by it.

So hopefully, I helped you truly think about it. Too many people in the industry have old ideas on certain tools. And when everyone used radial arm saws (death traps) back in the day, they thought the same thing about table saws.

So look into a panel saw... they're realllly easy to make and so much fun to use. You can even use them with one arm.