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A table saw is judged on one number you can measure and one you cannot see: how parallel the fence stays to the blade, and how honestly the riving knife is set up. We compare saws on fence design, table flatness and rip capacity — and say which ones need a better fence before they are usable.
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 €
2 200 W · 80 mm at 90° · Ø 254 mm · stand included
A €171 table saw that cuts 10 mm deeper than the Bosch above at a quarter of the price — in a plastic housing, on a stand, with everything stated.
Best for: A first table saw in a home workshop, used occasionally rather than daily
≈ £220 / 170 €
255 mm · multi-material · 1 800 W
The one saw here that will cut steel as well as wood — a genuinely useful trick, and a compromise on the wood cut that goes with it.
Best for: A mixed workshop where the same machine has to handle timber one day and steel section the next
≈ £490 / 430 €
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 €
210 mm · rack-and-pinion fence · 65 mm cut
The most refined compact saw here: a rack-and-pinion fence that moves squarely by design, in a body small enough to carry in one hand.
Best for: Site work and small workshops where accuracy matters more than capacity
≈ £540 / 480 €
216 mm · 1 600 W · 30 mm bore
Bosch’s compact site saw: lighter than the class, sensibly guarded, and built around a blade small enough to limit what it can rip.
Best for: Trim, second-fix and repeated small rips, where the saw has to move between rooms or sites
≈ $845 / 340 €
260 mm · with stand
A 260 mm stationary saw with its stand, from a brand with a real service network — and one of the thinnest published specifications we have come across.
Best for: A buyer who already knows this machine, or who values the spares network above the paper specification
≈ £1010 / 885 €
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 €
18 V · 70 mm cut height · 216 mm blade · bare tool
A cordless table saw with a 70 mm cut height and no battery in the box — and a French price nearly €300 below the British one.
Best for: Site work and small shops already holding Bosch Professional 18 V batteries
≈ £820 / 620 €
254 mm · sliding carriage · 2 000 W
The only saw here with a sliding carriage built in — which is what turns a table saw into something that crosscuts panels accurately.
Best for: A workshop that regularly breaks down and squares sheet goods
≈ 635 €
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
