Spent the morning deciding between a track saw and a table saw upgrade

Went to buy a new saw for cabinet doors this week. Track saw would let me break down sheet goods on site but the table saw gives me repeatability for face frames. I went with the track saw and honestly rip cuts on MDF are way cleaner now. But I keep wondering if I should have grabbed a 12 inch slider table saw instead. Anyone else hit this fork in the road and regret their pick?

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leohart6d ago

So you and @paige514 are in the same boat huh. I gotta say I went the other way and got a 12 inch slider and now I'm kicking myself every time I have to break down a 4x8 sheet in my garage. That big saw takes up the whole corner and for cabinet doors I end up wrestling the plywood through it anyway. Track saw is way faster for that stuff and you can cut right on the floor if you want. Plus a slider doesn't do much for clean melamine cuts unless you spend a ton on a blade anyway.

paige5146d ago

...and honestly I did the exact same thing last year and I'm still second guessing myself sometimes. The track saw is amazing for breaking down plywood without a huge footprint in the shop (plus zero tearout on melamine which is a lifesaver). But every time I need to rip a stack of face frame parts I catch myself wishing I had that big slider for consistency, even though my jobsite saw does the job okay.