[jyl]

So I know your lives cannot go on until you learn what saw I bought :-)

As usual there was research to the point of procrastination and mental masturbation. A graduate degree from the University of Youtube. Items placed in and removed from shopping carts. Hunting through Facebook Marketplace to see if anyone is selling a nearly new saw for peanuts. And eventually I forgot about The Quest.

Until suddenly I realized I need that dam saw. So I ordered a Skil SPT99T-01. This is an 8.5” “compact portable” saw with roller fence, 25” rip capacity, worm drive. A little more expensive than the equivalent DeWalt DWE7485. Not obviously better. I just felt like something different, I guess.

Doesn’t come with a rolly stand. Shame as the Skil stand looks great. Maybe I’ll eventually get a Rousseau stand. For now, it’s the $30 Costco plastic picnic table.

Wait, why a wimpy 8.5” saw? My logic is that I want something super small. If I need to rip a full sheet, I’ll use the Makita tracksaw; I find ripping a full sheet single-handed on any “little” table saw kind of scary. If I need more power than a little saw has, I’ll use the 240v Delta saw in my garage. After I unearth it from all the crap piled on and around it. There is too much junk in my garage. Thus, the desire for a super small portable saw.

Mistake? Unmanly choice?