OK, I'm a lathe guy. I have a good 16" lathe, and a decent 14" bandsaw, both Jet brand. I've come upon a few times when I also wish I had a table saw. But, since I like nice things, I don't really want to get the $99 compact table saw that I can pick up at home depot. I would use a table saw for possibly making some furniture for my new house (so, cutting sheets of plywood, for example, miter joints for face frames, cross cutting for shelves maybe, that type of regular stuff). I'm pretty stuck on just having 120v tools, by the way, and my table saw would be mobile one way or another, because I'm just working with all my stuff out in the garage.
So, I'm thinking maybe something like a hybrid saw, making cutting sheet goods like plywood, etc, pretty easy to do, good quality so I don't have to fight the tool, etc, even though I would be more of an occasional user.
But even in that category, the price range is incredible. What is the difference between, say, this Ridgid saw from Home depot that gets good reviews and is around $500:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-13...4512/202500206
and something like this Jet, which would match my lathe and bandsaw (I know, matching brands and color is sort of a trivial thing, but still...), but costs closer to $1400:
http://www.amazon.com/Jet-708494K-JP.../dp/B007HC7066
And then throw in the mid-priced option, from Grizzly:
https://www.grizzly.com/products/G0715P
Huge price range, how different would they really be to me, if I'm just using it for practical stuff sometimes, making my own furniture sometimes, and playing around as a hobbyist?
Thanks in advance,
Steve