Table saws
A table saw is judged on whether its fence stays parallel to the blade along its whole length. Everything else — wattage, blade diameter, table material — is downstream of that. These three are ordered on it.
A fence that clamps only at the operator’s end pivots a fraction of a degree at the far end. That is invisible to the eye, and it is enough to burn the cut, pinch the offcut against the blade and push the workpiece off the line. A fence that clamps at both ends of the rail does not.
Only one saw on this site has that as standard, and it leads this guide.
The Scheppach HS105 gives you a 255 mm blade, 75 mm of cut height, a table that reaches 640 × 920 mm with the extension out, and its own stand — for less than the compact site saws cost without one. It stays where you put it, which for a garage is not a limitation.
None of the three above. A site saw is a different machine, and the compact Bosch reviewed on this site is the one to look at.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
254 mm · double-clamped fence · 3 s brake
The saw on this page whose fence clamps at both ends — the single detail that separates a machine you can trust from one you fight.
Best for: Anyone who wants accuracy out of the box rather than after a weekend of tuning
≈ $1485 / £730 / 330 €
255 mm · 2 000 W · with stand
A full-size blade, a stand and a 640 × 920 mm table for the price of a compact site saw — the most machine per euro on this page, with the compromises that implies.
Best for: A garage or a shed where the saw stays put and space, not portability, is the constraint
≈ 230 €
250 mm · 2 000 W · 85 mm cut
The cheapest way into a real table saw, and honest about what that buys — a big blade, a big cut, and a fence you will end up improving.
Best for: A first table saw for occasional sheet and softwood work, where the alternative is no table saw at all
≈ £120 / 105 €
Between €150 and €350 buys a machine that will do real work. Below that the fence and the table are compromised to the point where you fight the saw; above it you are buying capacity and refinement rather than basic accuracy.
The blade, then the fence. A 24-tooth rip blade and a 60-tooth crosscut blade transform any saw for under €80 — far more than the next €200 of machine would.
Table saws and planers swing by a hundred euros or more across the year, and the biggest "discounts" often land at prices the same model sold for six weeks earlier. UniverTrack tracks the real price history across retailers, spots fake reductions, and alerts you when it is genuinely the moment to buy.
