First off, I am retired, I tell my wife, my woodwork is a buisiness, but honestly am happy if I sell for enough to pay for the wood and electriciy.
I have an old chopsaw, that works just well enough that I could never justify the cost of a nice new one. I just know not to try to cut anything to accurate with it, and that I have to flip a lot of lumber over to cut all the way thorugh. I also have a old Ryobi BT300 table saw that I have made a number of mods to, but it too is not as accurate as I would like. I made my own table surface and added tracks. There is no splitter or blade cover and I have never put a dial indicator on the blade, but I am pretty sure the slop is a fair amount.
So I first saw the Grizzly G0833P went on sale for $825, and the gears started working. I have enough in the bank to cover it and shipping. So the good guy bad guy battle started in my head. I don't really need it, .... it sure would be nice, I will probably never make enough extra to pay for it..... those safety features sure look nice. etc etc. Then this afternoon, I saw the Dewalt DWS779 went on sale for $349. I had been thinking about a new chop saw for a long time before I started thinking about the table saw, but dang, I can't decide. I can't afford both, but both have me drooling.
Not sure what I am looking for as a response, I am just frustrated and can't decide, buy one or the other or neither. I can't be the only one that does this?