Working with a Radial Arm Saw
First a confession: My first real stationary power tool was a Radial Arm Saw, A 1965 Craftsman model... The kind that got recalled in the early 2000 for a safety hazard with the guard. Apparently you could cut yourself with it... Really!! This was followed by a bandsaw and later a newer Unisaw. Circa 90s. Me posing proudly with my first Unisaw, the old Craftsman RAS is in the background. There was a wide range of models affected and the fix was ; Send us the old guard, will send you a new safer one, or in my older model case, send us the complete motor assembly, (the cutting head essentially) and we will send you $100... So you end up with a useless saw carriage and no working tool but with a US $100 check and they pay for the shipping. These carriage would then be destroyed upon receipt by them. So I thought at the time, Nah, I'll keep risking my life every time I used it instead :-) But what brought this question forward was one posed by Brian who was wondering how did th...