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Stan,

I'm neither?a hobbyist, nor in a small shop but I can offer you the perspective of someone who is fortunate enough to have all of the configurations you are considering.?

Our shop is 40x100, a co-op space. We have 2 short stroke KF700's with the 80"" slider. One has the 1500 outrigger on all the time,?with the long crosscut fence. It's our favorite machine for cutting furniture parts, anything less than 48x48 or so. It's definitely the most used saw in the shop. KF number 2 is primarily set up as the shaper, no outrigger most of the time. It hangs on a?bracket on the right side of the machine. It's not that bad to take on and off. It's got the short fence on it with no outrigger, and it's a PITA. You don't want that.

Our large saw is a 11' stroke Panhans. All panel work happens there, as well as straight line ripping of solid lumber, veneers, crosscuts of 5" thick beams etc. I've never once used the rip fence on that machine for ripping, just a bump stop when making repeat cuts for cabinet parts. Ripping with the stop on the crosscut fence and a parallel stop is great and so safe in comparison. We also have a Sawstop, which is mostly for dado's and narrow rips.

So my 2 cents is, go with the short stroke slider if you are fine using a track saw to break a sheet down before you?make cuts on the KF. You can also make really good straight line rips with a track saw and a long track.?