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I also listen to Bluegrass but I noted you didn't even have country music on your list. I bet a lot of your readers listen to country.

I forgot to mention that once you use a really high end saw it is nothing like a cheaper model. No vibration, no climbing and it stays in adjustment.

Nothing beats a radial arm saw for cutting dados but like most things you get what you pay for (except as noted below). I bought my first a dewalt in the early 70's. I sold it with the rest of my shop in the late 70's. In 1987 I bought a Delta 12" 33-890. Now that's a saw! I used it to build a house and then sold it when I went back to school to become and engineer. Now I am a hobby woodworker and I have a table saw, band saw, etc. but last summer I got a hankering for a RAS. I looked on an internet bulletin board and bought another 33-890 the same as I had before for $300. Apparently when the Canadian Broadcasting Commission (CBC) closed it in-house shop the employees were each allowed to pick one tool. The guy I bought the saw from picked the radial arm saw. He took it home and it sat for 10 years. It had a fine coat of rust and everything was seized up for for $300 I took it. Two days later I had it cleaned up, bought a blade and made a new top and it is like new. So if you want a RAS you can pick up good ones at a real good price. This one retails at close to $3000 and is made in the USA.