Sawsmith RAS in Dallas area - good deal

Jack Wilson · Post by **Jack Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:58 pm

The Sonicrafter is great for undercutting door trim when putting down hardwood flooring. I just finishing up a bathroom remodel, I found many uses during that project.

Sorry, I guess this is a little off subject.

Jack

ChrisNeilan · Post by **ChrisNeilan** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:13 pm

JPG40504 wrote:If it needs to be explained, would you understand?:D

If you fear ras, ignore this!

Kick back is not the worst of it's hazards.

P.S. Where did you hear that?

Now ripping on one . . . .

I was ripping a board years ago with my former RAS... The board was sucked from my hands and flew like a spear across the basement into my oil tank! Sold the saw for $75 the next day. Have a new tank now:mad:

2centsworth · Post by **2centsworth** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:37 pm

ChrisNeilan wrote:I was ripping a board years ago with my former RAS... The board was sucked from my hands and flew like a spear across the basement into my oil tank! Sold the saw for $75 the next day. Have a new tank now:mad:

So how good a deal is "Sawsmith RAS in Dallas area - good deal" ???

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:14 pm

ChrisNeilan wrote:I was ripping a board years ago with my former RAS... The board was sucked from my hands and flew like a spear across the basement into my oil tank! Sold the saw for $75 the next day. Have a new tank now:mad:

You most likely were 'climbing'.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:18 pm

2centsworth wrote:So how good a deal is "Sawsmith RAS in Dallas area - good deal" ???

I think so!;)

It has the base with casters, and the SPT adapter is worth the price alone(they be rare).

skou · Post by **skou** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:50 pm

[quote="JPG40504"]I think so!]

If it were in Phoenix, I'd be ALL OVER it! In a HOT second!

And, I have ABSOLUTELY NO room for it.

steve

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:50 pm

2centsworth wrote:So how good a deal is "Sawsmith RAS in Dallas area - good deal" ???

Again, can't really see why anyone would ever rip boards on a RAS, unless it's all they had and were really in a pinch (and were extremely careful doing it). As noted above, a RAS needs to be used with a blade that has a negative hook angle or they can grab wood with these kinds of results. Good tool, wrong use, wrong blade, bad result…not the fault of the tool but the fault of the operator.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:01 am

dgale wrote:Again, can't really see why anyone would ever rip boards on a RAS, unless it's all they had and were really in a pinch (and were extremely careful doing it). As noted above, a RAS needs to be used with a blade that has a negative hook angle or they can grab wood with these kinds of results. Good tool, wrong use, wrong blade, bad result…not the fault of the tool but the fault of the operator.

If it has not been revealed yet, IMHO most of the bad rap attributed to the ras is more applicable to mis use than anything else. Sure it is dangerous if not used properly. Sure it requires more knowledge than most power tools. Sure it is unforgiving for mental lapses of the operator. Sure things can go 'south' very quickly if one is careless.

Blaming the tool is the result of an attitude(recently all too common) that everything needs to be safe or someone or something else is to be blamed for ignorant or careless use.

That I consider blasphamy.

Would you consider operating a bulldozer with no previous instruction as a reasonable thing to do, and if as a result it destroyed something or someone, is that the fault of the bulldozer or the manufacturer or the dealer? Not in my mind! But then I make nothing from lawsuits nor do I believe in them.

ChrisNeilan · Post by **ChrisNeilan** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:08 am

[quote="JPG40504"]If it has not been revealed yet, IMHO most of the bad rap attributed to the ras is more applicable to mis use than anything else. Sure it is dangerous if not used properly. Sure it requires more knowledge than most power tools. Sure it is unforgiving for mental lapses of the operator. Sure things can go 'south' very quickly if one is careless.

Blaming the tool is the result of an attitude(recently all too common) that everything needs to be safe or someone or something else is to be blamed for ignorant or careless use.

That I consider blasphamy. ]

The above is true, and that is why I sold mine. That and the fact that it would not cut square no matter how it was aligned. The post had a wiggle that could not be fixed (old and worn Craftsman). I replaced it with a good compound miter saw. Faster learning curve!

algale · Post by **algale** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:28 am

[quote="JPG40504"]If it has not been revealed yet, IMHO most of the bad rap attributed to the ras is more applicable to mis use than anything else. Sure it is dangerous if not used properly. Sure it requires more knowledge than most power tools. Sure it is unforgiving for mental lapses of the operator. Sure things can go 'south' very quickly if one is careless.

Blaming the tool is the result of an attitude(recently all too common) that everything needs to be safe or someone or something else is to be blamed for ignorant or careless use.

That I consider blasphamy. ]

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Sawsmith RAS in Dallas area - good deal

My point exactly....