Originally Posted by
Jim Seyfried
Pat, I was going to ask for clarification on that too. It would make more sense to me if it was a branch circuit, but dryer circuits are typically dedicated. From my experience, typically for a house the service entrance panel has a bonded neutral. In your panel are the neutral and ground wires in the same bus or have a bonding bar to the panel? If it does I'd say your saw is grounded.
Now for your dryer a three wire plug is outdated. The ground for the dryer has the potential to be current carrying as it is used as a neutral for the light and/or controls. I don't think it is allowed anymore except for existing installations.