On Sunday, August 7, 2011 3:51:46 PM UTC-4, Doug Miller wrote:
In article , "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

"Robatoy" wrote:

RAS should be O U T L A W E D ! !

Why should it? I've never understood the antipathy that many guys here have
toward radial arm saws. One person used to call them "radical harm saws"

I've seen radial arm saws that weren't aligned correctly, and that had
missing guards. They ARE dangerous. It's all correctible, and I've
corrected one or two.

Table saws, likewise.