On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:26:09 -0500, Roy wrote:

On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:27:31 -0500, "
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:07:30 -0500, -MIKE- wrote:

On 8/5/11 7:42 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
The guard on my old (30 years) crapsman rotates to the front to hold down the
board against kickback. The pawls and splitter rotate down from the rear of
the guard. The guard doesn't do squat for flying sawdust.

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Did you look into getting the free replacement table and guard?

http://www.radialarmsawrecall.com/

Didn't know about the new guard and table. I'll look into it but how does a
guard cover the entire blade? I knew about the $100 for the return of the
motor but even though I haven't used the thing in 15 years, it's worth more to
me than the $100. ;-)


My RAS must be the same as yours. It also is the one the one they offer $100
for the motor. Like you, it is worth more than that to me. If I got rid of it,
I'd have to spend $600+ to buy a SCMS to replace it. I use mine a lot more
frequently than you do. ;^)

Well, I also have the $600 SCMS (before that, a $100 HF). ;-) I'll plug the
model number into the site -MIKE- linked and see. I'll take the freebie, if
offered. ;-)

I could live without it, but it sure can be convenient to have along with the TS
at times. I also have a couple muscle powered miter setups, but don't use those
too often.

I'll set it up again when I get my shop finished. Though it'll probably be
another year before I get it completely done, I should be able to start moving
a few tools in later this fall. I don't care what Swing and Leon say, it's
too damned hot to work out there this time of year. ;-) It probably averages
a humid 140 during the day. :-(