I'm curious about hybrid saws. I have a 1985 Delta Contractor Saw that has given me many, many lineal feet of outstanding use. But, it may be time to move up to something new. I'm sort of waiting for the Contractor Saw Stop but I'm beginning to wonder if it will ever come to pass.
That said, as I have casually looked around I have become convinced that there is no standard definition for a "hybrid" table saw. As one who goes back to a 1960's Unisaw with some years as an assembler/mechanic of power tools for a large distributor, all I have concluded it that "hybrid" saws are less robust overall but there are no consistant mechanical characteristics that can define a "hybrid" saw. The labeling of a saw as a "hybrid" seems to be mostly marketing rather than something meaningful.
Just wondering what others though about this issue and what are understood to be the characteristics that define a hybrid saw.
That said, as I have casually looked around I have become convinced that there is no standard definition for a "hybrid" table saw. As one who goes back to a 1960's Unisaw with some years as an assembler/mechanic of power tools for a large distributor, all I have concluded it that "hybrid" saws are less robust overall but there are no consistant mechanical characteristics that can define a "hybrid" saw. The labeling of a saw as a "hybrid" seems to be mostly marketing rather than something meaningful.
Just wondering what others though about this issue and what are understood to be the characteristics that define a hybrid saw.