According to advertisements for
the Saw Trax, I can get twice the
crosscutting capacity of a radial arm
saw, the versatility of a sliding compound-
miter saw, and a router table
in one machine — all for just over
$300. This sounded too good to be
true, so I had to see for myself. I
asked George Woodruff of
Pulyallup, Wash., to bring his Saw
Trax "Professional" unit by my shop,
and over the course of an afternoon,
we put the tool through its paces
crosscutting 2x4s, mitering thin
trim stock, and chopping up hardwood-
veneered plywood. We then
removed the saw, installed my
plunge router on the table, and ran
a series of through- and stoppeddados,
and cut