I have been thinking I will probably need to replace my little 3/4 hp Craftsman table saw as I get into higher quality woodworking and more hard wood. I have been fire wooding a lot of pallets and saving a few choice pieces when I find them. I have an old 3/4 hp table saw I have been using for part of the demo. I was cutting up full pallets on it but they get to be a pain to handle and there is a lot of binding. The little motor gets bogged down and trips my circuit breaker once in a while. I gave that up a long time ago as a bad idea and just use it for cutting individual pieces. The crappy wood will still occasionally bind on the blade. If that saw were a 3 or 5 hp, this would be a really dangerous activity! I am wondering if lesser tools for most projects would be more appropriate and safer. Still counting to 10 without using toes ;-))