"James Williams" wrote in message
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Believe the older Craftsman Contractor Saw was made by Ridgid's parent
company Emerson.

Right! I have one of the fewer Craftsman "made by Ryobi" contactor saws
(aprox 4 yr old) made after the Emerson/Craftsman split and it also has the
yellow spot. I had always thought that either craftsman or emerson had a
patent on the yellow spot, guess it was a mutual deal.
As a Sears retiree I got a real deal (hell of a deal) on the close out
Craftsman/Ryobi saw and like it just as well as my old craftsman/emerson
and some features even better. The one thing I don't like on the
craftsman/ryobi are the hold down dogs attached to the splitter. I have a
complete guard splitter assembly from an old craftsman that I am going
to try to adapt to the new saw. If that doesn't work, guess I'll look at
some after market splitters or make one from scratch. RM~