Table saw purchasing advice

[BloomingtonMike]

Are you considering used and non contactor/portable saws?
$600 might buy a heck of a used cabinet saw and is at minimum on heck of a good start money wise for one.
If only new did you look at Grizzly's site?

[s9plus20]

The Delta is by far the best option of the 3. 

The table top is larger both in total size and in the available space between the blade and the front of the saw.  Both of these things make usage easier/better.  The saw weights more which will make it more stable.  It has an induction motor which is quieter.  The induction motor should last much longer too. You will have space on the right side to put a router wing (if you so desire)

The only reason to get a portable saw is if you need to take it onsite to a job.

The other option is to go with a used saw.  The negatives are: unknown quality (bad bearings, cracked mount, bent arbor, etc)  Used will probably not have a riving knife and will be less safe (this is a biggie).  Used may or may not come with a mobility kit. You will have to wait for a saw to come along.

Go for the Delta and start making sawdust.

[K. L. McReynolds]

Have had several saws in my shop and in a business. Currently have a Porter Cable job site saw(10+ years old) and a Rigid contractor model saw in my shop. Have used two of the saws you listed(older models).

If I were buying now, I'd get this contractor model
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[K. L. McReynolds]

Have had several saws in my shop and in a business. Currently have a Porter Cable job site saw(10+ years old) and a Rigid contractor model saw in my shop. Have used two of the saws you listed(older models).

If I were buying now, I'd get http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-15-Amp.../100090444

or http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-13-Amp.../202500206

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[MsNomer]

I like that lifetime warranty.

[Scott W]

Plus home depot here will accept a harbor freight 25% off coupon. I was going to do that but I got a used saw instead.

I have an older ridgid contractor saw and had a Ridgid jobs items saw. Both are good. No complaints.

[Scott W]

Meant jobsite....not job items. Oops

[WilliamHodge]

One thing to consider when buying a tool is what you plan on using it for, if you can fix machinery, and where you want to use it.

What are you making,and where are you making it?

For example, my first table saw had to be small, because the power supply was a 500' 12 gauge wire run from the 60 amp service in the house. (This didn't meet code.)

[knotscott]

Since you've listed both portable jobsite saws and a stationary saw, I'd spend some time learning about the different types and their pros and cons.  If you don't need to move the saw from location to location, a full size cast iron belt drive saw with an induction motor usually trumps a small plastic/aluminum saw with a direct drive universal motor.  Here's some light reading that might help. The ABCs of Table Saws

[TDKPE]

If I were buying now, I'd get http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-15-Amp.../100090444

Does that have a universal, or an induction motor?  The marketing blurb says something about 3450 rpm blade speed, suggesting induction motor with direct-drive, like a RAS, but with 3-1/4" depth of cut at 90 deg and a 10" blade, it must be belt- or gear-driven.  And no continuous hp rating. 

Looks like a nice package.  the 20" x 27" table sounds like the dimensions of the standard Unisaw.