pennview wrote: While on the subject of radial arms saws, if you have a Craftsman saw, it may be the subject of a recall notice from Emerson, the manufacturer of the saw. Check out -- http://www.radialarmsawrecall.com/ -- The recall covers saws made from the 50s to the early 90s. Either they'll give you a hundred bucks for returning the motor assembly, or you get a parts kit that includes a new saw guard and fiberboard table at no cost to you.
I did check on that recall sometime back. With my usual luck My Craftsman was not one involved...
I've had 3 radial saws and on each of them had the same problem. (over length sentence follows
) If you you snugged up the key adjustment on the main post but left it loose enough that it would crank up and down without straining, then pulled the saw all of the way out to the end of the track, then pulled the saw to the right and made a mark then back left and made a mark the difference between the marks was about 1/4" or more...I often considered making a support hoop overhead anchored to the back of the base to help brace the outer end of the arm.
My compound miter saw anchors out front onto sort of a hoop rather than back at the pivot point like a RAS.
Here is another hoop example. I have a tractor blade just like this one (except this one has more paint
). The locking point is at the front next to the tractor. I have another that locks at the pivot point kind of like a RAS. The hoop / quadrant design is far stronger and does not flex like the other. Note that on the tractor blade the hoop moves instead the arm but it works the same sat up the other way.[ATTACH]17973[/ATTACH]
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