Includes small outfeed table; blade-angle scale is in tabletop; poor parallelism (required difficult adjustment).

On the other eight hybrids, the trunnions are attached to the underside of the table, where they are much harder to access. The good news is that any adjustment should be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

All these saws cut 3?4-in.-thick stock without strain. And, with the exception of the Hitachi, all could cut 23?4-in.-thick maple simply by slowing the feed rate.

All these saws cut 3?4-in.-thick stock without strain.
All with the exception of the Hitachi, all could cut 23?4-in.-thick maple simply by slowing the feed rate.
Except for the Hitachi, all the saws did fine when ripping 17?8-in.-thick stock at a reasonable feed rate of about 5 ft. per minute (fpm). On the Hitachi, the thermal-overload breaker popped and shut off the saw a couple of times during each cut

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