ras1500

Over 25 years ago when I decided it was time to purchase a radial arm saw, I fell for a demo at a home show and bought a Shopsmith with the jointer attachment. It perfors a whole bunch of different operations and doesn't take up a lot of floor space (which I never seem ro have enough of. To date, I have no regrets. Granted, it does not have the capability of a cabinet makers table saw, but it does the job. I never did get the radial arm saw and from the above comments, I guess I really don't want one. I must say though, that my old sears 11 inch bandsaw probably gets the most use out of all my power tools.