I'm starting to look at cabinet saws for my home shop. So far I'm looking at both new and used. For used, my top choices are a PM66 or a General 650 (very hard to find used). For new my top choices are the Jet Deluxe, PM2000, or Laguna Platinum.
After reading reviews about the newer saws it seems that the Asian made saws actually have some very good specs with regard to initial tolerences for runout, alignment, and table flatness.
My concerns with going with an Asian saw is mostly around the motor and possibly the long term condition of the cast iron.
Without getting into the "US made is better" debate, I'd like to hear people's experience with Asian motors over the long haul or ones that have been used on a more production setting.
Thanks!