The question is which one moves
Everything here follows from one difference: a table saw cuts by passing the sheet across a fixed blade, and a track saw cuts by passing over a sheet that never moves.
A table saw publishes rip capacity — 32-1/2 inches total on the DeWalt DWE7491RS, 37 inches to the right of the blade on the Laguna Fusion F2 — and that figure describes the widest piece you can take off a sheet while the sheet is on the table. SawStop’s page for the PCS175-TGP236 lists 36-1/2 inches right of the blade, qualified as being with 36-inch rails, which this SKU’s included-items list covers.
A track saw publishes no cutting width at all. Its limit is the guide rail, which is a separate part, and which only one of the four kits here includes.
The SawStop’s cast-iron table is listed at 20 by 27 inches in retailer listings, reaching 44 by 27 inches with both extension wings. Laguna’s is 27 inches deep by 20 inches wide. None of the three lists infeed or outfeed support among what ships in the box, so during a rip the sheet overhangs the table in both directions and whatever carries it is yours to arrange. A track saw inverts the problem: the published saw-body weights run from 10.4 lb on the Bosch GKT13-225L to the 16.5 lb in Makita’s specification table, and the sheet stays where it already lies.
What the depth figures settle, and what they don’t
The DeWalt and Laguna pages both publish 3-1/8 inches at 90 degrees, and retailer listings give the SawStop the same figure. The track saws publish 2-3/16 inches (Makita SP6000J1), 2-1/8 inches / 55mm (Festool TS 55 FEQ-F-Plus), 2-1/8 inches / 54mm (DeWalt DWS520K), and on Bosch’s own page, nothing. Every published figure clears 3/4-inch plywood several times over, so depth only starts deciding anything once you move to thicker material or deep bevels.
At 45 degrees the table saws publish 2-1/4 inches (DWE7491RS, SawStop) and 2-1/8 inches (Laguna). The track saws publish 1-11/16 inches / 43mm (Festool), 1-5/8 inches / 41mm (DeWalt) and 1-9/16 inches (Makita) — Makita’s the smallest, 1/16 inch under the DeWalt and 1/8 inch under the Festool, with Bosch publishing none.
Bevel ranges split cleanly between the two kinds of tool. The three track saws that publish a range all go slightly negative and slightly past 45: -1 to 48 degrees on the Makita, with positive stops at 22.5 and 45; -1 to 47 degrees on the Festool, with an undercut function; -1 to +47 degrees on the Bosch, through a single pivot point. DeWalt publishes no bevel range for the DWS520K. Both cabinet saws tilt one way only — left — and Laguna states 0 to 45 degrees.
Rail length is the track saw’s cutting-width spec
Makita’s SP6000J1 includes the 55-inch rail, part 194368-5, with the saw, a 48-tooth B-07353 blade, a hex wrench and an X-Large MAKPAC case. Festool’s included list for the TS 55 FEQ-F-Plus runs blade, splinter guard, sight window, 5mm hex key, cord and a Systainer3 SYS3 M 337 — no rail. Bosch’s GKT13-225L list covers the saw, a PRO648TS 48-tooth blade, a wrench, a VAC024 vacuum adapter and an L-BOXX-4 case — no rail. DeWalt’s DWS520K kit is saw, 48-tooth ultra-fine finishing blade, blade wrench and kit box, and retailers label the SKU “Track Saw, No Rail”.
Settle the rail question before you compare the saws themselves, because for three of these four it is the difference between owning a tool and owning a setup.
Floor space, in published numbers
The SawStop PCS175 is 408 lb on a 19-3/8 inch square cabinet, 69-1/8 by 33 by 34 inches overall, with no wheels or stand on its included list. The Laguna Fusion F2 is 276 lb net on a 19-1/4 by 42-1/2 inch footprint, 66-13/16 by 39-3/8 by 42-7/8 inches overall, with a 35-inch floor-to-table height; its 435 lb shipping weight is a delivery question before it is a shop question.
The DWE7491RS splits the difference. The folding, rolling stand comes in the box, so the saw parks against a wall between jobs. DeWalt publishes no weight for it; a retailer cites roughly 90 lb for saw and stand together.
Then there are the track saws, each with a case included: 10.4 lb on the Bosch, 10.58 lb (4.8 kg) on the Festool, 16.5 lb in Makita’s table, and no published weight from DeWalt.
Edge quality is an included-items question
Festool includes a clip-on splinter guard for use with the rail, described as leaving both sides of the cut virtually splinter-free. SawStop includes a zero-clearance insert with a steel core and ABS surface, a 0.078-inch (2mm) riving knife and a polycarbonate guard that extends 5/8 inch right of the blade. Laguna includes a riving knife with a 3/32-inch spreader, a quick-release guard and splitter, and a fence-mounted push stick. The DWE7491RS includes a riving knife and blade guard with tool-free adjustment and onboard storage for both.
Two pages come up short. Makita’s does not list a splinter-guard strip among the included items; the 191J53-1 strip appears only as a separate replacement accessory, so splinter control out of the box isn’t confirmed. Bosch’s page names no splinter guard, no riving knife and no anti-kickback feature at all, listing overload protection, a spindle lock and a lock-off switch instead.
The included blade sits on the same axis. Three of the four track saws ship a 48-tooth blade, and Festool ships one it calls fine cut. SawStop ships a 40-tooth 10-inch blade. The DWE7491RS ships a 24-tooth blade, the lowest published count of any saw here. Laguna’s own page contradicts itself — 40T in the features list, 60T in the specifications — so what actually arrives is unsettled.
Two different ideas about blade safety
SawStop’s page describes one approach; the other six describe another. SawStop states an active injury mitigation brake, alongside a riving knife and a Micro Blade Guard. That is not a higher tier of the same feature, so the consequences are worth knowing in advance: an activation requires replacing the brake cartridge, and SawStop instructs the owner to evaluate the blade’s condition for continued use; dado cuts need a separate brake cartridge and table insert.
Among the rest, the DWS520K pairs a riving knife with a continuous anti-kickback mechanism, a combination the other three track-saw pages don’t describe. Festool publishes a spring-loaded riving knife. Makita publishes an electric brake, a current and torque limiter, and a standard blade guard. The DWE7491RS and the Laguna publish riving knives with guards and push sticks. Bosch publishes overload protection, a spindle lock and a lock-off switch, with no riving knife described. None of the six describes a flesh-detection system.
Motor figures that can and can’t be compared
Four manufacturers state amps on 120V: 15A for the DWE7491RS, 13A for the Bosch, and 12A each for the Makita and the DeWalt track saw, the last of which also states 1,300W; the SawStop’s 1.75 HP at 14A, user-configurable to 220V with an optional kit, comes from retailer listings rather than SawStop’s page. Festool states 1,200W and no amp figure; Laguna states a 1.75 HP TEFC capacitor-start motor and no amp figure. Watts and horsepower aren’t interchangeable with amps, so treat those two as evidence gaps rather than as lower ratings.
Neither the DWE7491RS nor the SawStop publishes a blade speed. Laguna publishes 3,450 RPM at the motor and 4,500 RPM at the arbor, the only arbor speed stated in the group.
Dust ports tell you what else you need to own
Track-saw ports here are small: 1-1/2 inch OD front on the Makita, a rotating 27/36mm port on the Festool, and a universal 1-1/4 inch port on the DeWalt, which also states 90% dust collection efficiency with a vacuum attached. Bosch publishes no port size but includes the VAC024 hose adapter. The table saws go the other way: 2-1/2 inches on the DWE7491RS, 4 inches on the SawStop, and 4 inches plus a separate 1-1/2 inch blade-guard port on the Laguna, the only two-point arrangement published here.
When one tool is genuinely enough
A track saw alone covers the work when sheets get broken down where they land, when no floor space is dedicated to a machine, and when the parts you need are panels rather than many identical narrow strips.
A table saw alone is enough when something else carries the sheet and the depth and dado capacity earn their footprint: a published dado width of 3/4 inch on the Laguna and 13/16 inch on the SawStop with the extra cartridge and insert.
Two manufacturers’ pages here argue with themselves, and both arguments are about something you would check first — Makita’s weight (16.5 lb in the table, 9.7 lb in the features text) and Laguna’s included blade.
