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Subject: Radial arm saw versus 12" compund sliding miter saw question.


On Dec 6, 7:00 pm, "Leon" wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message

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Depth of cut adjustment?

Most major brand SCMS have a dept of cut adjustment so that the blade
will
only go down a predetermined distance.

Item 1.4 on this pdfhttp://www.festoolusa.com/media/pdf/kapex_ks_120.pdf

Festool will do anything for a grand.

This is not uncommon and just because Festool is exspensice does not
discredit the fact that many sliders have this feature.



Page 7, stopper
Armhttp://www.makita.com/en-us/Assets/Images/Products/LS1214L/owners_man...

Intended to keep the blade out of the base (to prevent metal on metal
- a handy thing), not as a dado depth adjustment. I know I'd I'd
never trust dados on a SCMS.

No, the stoper arm is for control of cut depth. Look again. There are two
boss locations. One is absolutely to limit the ultimate blade depth, the
swing out thumb screw adjustable bolt is for adjusting the depth of cut.