Cabinet Saw or European Slider

[John Lankers]

Thanks, John. I appreciate the explanation...it makes perfect sense! 99% of the time, I've use the standard miter fence on my MM slider for normal "dead nuts" 90º cuts, but for a commission I'm currently building, I needed to actually use it for angled cuts at 15º. Like I do when I have the blade tilted, I utilized a sacrificial fence clamped to the unit to provide perfect registration to the blade path. (something I always did with the cabinet saw and the Incra miter I used with it) I suspect you'd do the same with the Incra on the slider wagon. The miter unit I'm referring to can be seen on the right side of this photo...

Absolutely, occasionally I even use blue tape when a backer board won't work .
The Incra is just easier to set for small picture frames or other intricate cuts, especially for compound miters - not necessarily more accurate.

[Alan Trout]

I recently moved from a small slider that I had since 1997 to a Sawstop PCS. There were things that I just could not do with the small slider that I wanted to do. I could not cut dados or larger panels etc. I have not regretted my decision. For what I make and the way that I work the cabinet saw just is a better fit. If I had the room for a full size slider. I would have one. They are great at what they do especially if you are cutting tons of sheet goods. I have friends with full size sliders and they are awesome. Now I just use my track saw when I need to cut sheet goods and happily use my PCS for everything else. While I agree that a cabinet saw is not great at many things it is plenty good and super versatile for most task that a hobby, or one man shop furniture maker needs. I like to say I am a Semi-Pro. I have a day business that pays my bills and at night I make wood art for sale that pays for most of my shop, I also make some furniture and cabinets for myself so the amount I use my saw I will never wear it out and it serves my needs perfectly. The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence.

[James Zhu]

Here are pictures of my Incra miter gauge on my Felder KF700 S Pro

I see, nice! You do have a little modification Thanks for sharing.

James

[marty shultz]

Like many of you I used a unisaw for 25 years before buying a felder 741 combo machine. I was planning on selling the unisaw but decided to keep it since I had the space. I now use the unisaw, equiped with a power feeder, for ripping/dados. The slider is used for everything else. For the most part this combination saves changeover -time of the blades and fences.

I purchased the slider used and my complaints are:

1) the slider won't handle a 8' long board
2) the smaller cross cut fence is very difficult to square to the blade so I keep the long fence mounted.

I also have a track saw. If I could only have one saw I would take the slider (space permitting).

[Jim Becker]

2) the smaller cross cut fence is very difficult to square to the blade so I keep the long fence mounted.

I have the exact opposite situation with my MM slide...the smaller cross-cut/miter fence is dead-nuts on no matter what or how many times I remove it and re-install it. The fence on the outrigger takes effort to get and keep square. So I stopped removing the outrigger to avoid that.

[Chris Parks]

1) the slider won't handle a 8' long board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--M-Iz2pw1k

[Rod Sheridan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--M-Iz2pw1k

Another location is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL54SR0nXgM

at the 1:59 mark, it shows the Hammer accessory for straight lining longer boards..............Rod.

[Jim Andrew]

I bought the 79x48 Hammer slider so I could straight line rip longer boards, but think for most use a 48x48 would be the way to go. Like others, I kept the old Unisaw.