+1 on safety. I have seen way too many gross safety violations from various remodeling companies here, which is really nothing more than your average weekend warrior who wanted to make money at this. They are VERY unprofessional, they bring table saw on site which is really nothing more than a desk with an upside down Skil saw bolted under it. It had NO guard, the guy using it isn't wearing safety glasses, and worst of all, his back is facing the street with many cars and pedestrians walking by! I am afraid to go near one of these to be honest because I know table saws can throw pieces of wood hard enough to cause significant injury. That's not to mention other things that can go wrong with table saw and it makes me wonder why don't they get a proper table saw (you can get one for as much as a good Skil saw and you can bolt that to a larger table if you need the extra space) considering they are doing this to make money...
The general attitudes amongst tradesmen in Taiwan seems to be "cha bu duo" (it means screw it in chinese... basically they just don't care about doing it right) which is why I rather do all the work myself than to let anyone else here do it for me.
