The Germans must be reading Bill's plans

[Bruce Weldy]

Race ya for production work. Run what ya brung.

I'll put a grand on Leland and his trusty table saw.

[tpgreen]

Table saw guys ... I surrender.

Funny, I have yet to find anything that I could do on my tablesaw that I couldn't do with my EZ stuff. Maybe all of our Festool/EZ back and forth earlier in this thread has been resolved by this purchase.

Welcome to the land of sanity where we use the best tool for the job. Where repetitive cuts are truly the same.

That may be true for Festool. Not true for EZ. With my EZ-One repetitive cuts are exactly that, repetitive. And I don't need a $1700+ hotdog proof saw blade destroyer to work safely.

Race ya for production work. Run what ya brung.

I told myself I would stay out of this conversation - but as an owner of an EZ1 PB, TS55 and tablesaw(though nothing as elaborate as Leland's) just felt I would add my $.02.

There is no doubt in my mind Leland would win - but even if I could justify such a saw(I can't) not sure I'd be willing to give up the shop real-estate. If you are in production mode, well, that's an entirely different story.

Also not going to argue that a good tablesaw would be stay in square better - but you can get repeatable cuts with the EZ1 and Festool

Being a woodworking hobbyist - I use the tool that I feel safest and enjoy the most.

The one I enjoy most is the EZ1 closely followed by the Festool.(could change if I had the MFT - but think I would still prefer the EZ track lift/clamping mechanism)

The one I use most is the Festool closely followed by the EZ1.(could change if/when Dino releases a saw that will do bevels)

Each has its pros and cons.

[Jon Barnhardt]

Race ya for production work. Run what ya brung.

I have both the EZ and a TS.

I only use the TS for long rips (60"+) and angles.

Otherwise the EZ is faster. Especially the small stuff. (I have the bridge though on a custom table. Without the bridge it wouldn't be faster.)

Would I go 100% one way or the other? Never.

[jswingchun]

Race ya for production work. Run what ya brung.

Irrelevant. We aren't talking production work in this thread. You may be right, you may be wrong.

[LelandCrooks]

All in fun. If I hadn't come up with my new shop last year I'd have had one for ripping up full panels. As it is now I have enough room to use a table saw with outfeed tables for full panels.

[jswingchun]

All in fun. If I hadn't come up with my new shop last year I'd have had one for ripping up full panels. As it is now I have enough room to use a table saw with outfeed tables for full panels.

I know, I was a bit more short than I intended in my reply and realized it later last night. No offense meant or taken.

I do think though that given the same amount of experience and time to develop jigs and such that a couple of EZ-Ones could keep up with an equal number of tablesaws. One EZ-One run by an amateur who has built five or ten cabs would obviously stand zero chance in a race against an experienced authorized builder with a shop full of jigs and a tablesaw.

[hifibob]

Not to start this one back up but all this Festool talk I had to go buy one.. It has its place but my table saw will leave it in the dust lol..

[AntonZ]

That should have come with a warning label Bob. I am wiping drool off my keyboard and screen.

[LelandCrooks]

Whoa.

[hifibob]

I was thinking we should have a BFM get together and we could have a table saw vs track saw build off

[Harley]

I was thinking we should have a BFM get together and we could have a table saw vs track saw build off

...and beers AFTERWARDS!

[88h88]

That table saw in its entirety is as big as my entire workspace.

Don't mind me, just jealous here.

[hifibob]

I was thinking we should have a BFM get together and we could have a table saw vs track saw build off

...and beers AFTERWARDS!

Oh yes how could I forget!!

[hifibob]

That table saw in its entirety is as big as my entire workspace.

Don't mind me, just jealous here.

Ya shes got a big footprint but doesn't really need an out feed table really .. definite worth the space tho makes handling the large pieces effortless but very accurate.