The author looked at 13 popular 3-hp, 220v 10-in. cabinet saws. In addition to evaluating the saws for power and safety, he also tested for tabletop flatness, for runout at the arbor shaft and arbor flange, and for parallelism of the blade to the miter slot. He found that all the saws offered plenty of power, solid rip fences, smooth controls, and flat tabletops. The Jet JTAS-10XL ties with the Bridgewood for flattest table, and its blade/miter slot parallelism is very good. However, it’s one of only three in the test group that you can’t shut off with your knee. Extension table and legs are optional.

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