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Default Radial arm saw versus 12" compund sliding miter saw question.


"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:

I'm not denying that one can stall an RAS. In fact I believe I stated
that
that was what would happen. However if it cannot withstand without
damage
any force that the motor can produce then it is a poorly designed piece of
crap.



Yeah... and ... that might by why most RAS's have such a bad reputation, why
many are always out of calibration.

But the stall happens after the blade has climbed up higher on the cut.
That will cause undue stress to something.