If the table is only 8.5’ long, Why would it need 20’ front to back?


My 8'6" slider wagon on the S315WS requires 19' end to end for the wagon to have complete travel from pulled all the way back to pushed all the way forward. That's why I mentioned that if I had to downsize in the future, I'd sacrifice wagon length but not give up the crosscut precision of a slider by going with something like an SC2 or SC3 sized machine. I have a Festool tracksaw if I really need to rip full sheets in that scenario anyway.

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Let's please remember the OP asked about "entry level". That certainly means different things to different people, but probably more of them think about the smaller SCM/Minimax and Hammer machines in that context rather than big, old iron, especially when space constraints come into play.