I got rid of my cabinet saw almost as soon as I got the Hammer C3 combo. I've never used the rip fence as you would on a cabinet saw (in fact I barely use it at all). On the rare occasions that I do use it, it functions as a bump stop. Nearly all of the ripping operations can be done with a Fritz and Franz jig. Occasionally if I'm ripping very thin stock I might use a parallel fence.
I would recommend pushing yourself to only use the sliding table for rips and get away from using it as an expensive cabinet saw. There are plenty of videos on You Tube on how to rip all sorts of different stock
