Russ,
I have the exact same saw. I ordered my recall kit online. The website
worked great for me and the kit arrived pretty quickly. It was nice to get
a whole new table, which I wasn't expecting. I had planned on buying my own
lumber and building a new one anyway. I probably still will build a
sacrificial surface.

The ripscale is affected. The reason for the new table top is that the new
guard takes more space when returned to the home position. I plan to create
my own offset indicator so that the scale will work properly.

As this type of saw is new to you, (me too), you might be interested in
reading books about them. I highly recommend the "Radial Arm Saw Techniques"
by Roger W. Cliffe. I also purchased "Magic of Your Radial Arm Saw" by De
Christo, but don't really think it is worthwhile. Both of these books are
out of print but can be obtained through Amazon Marketplace.

As John points out below, the Mr Sawdust book is highly recommended too. I
plan to purchase that one soon. The Dewalt users group Radial Arm Saw Forum
use it as their bible, it seems.

Good luck with the saw.

Eric

PS. One week after getting my Craftsman, I found a Delta/Rockwell 14" for
$50 at a garage sale. I couldn't pass on it. It has a 3phase motor, but
thats not that big of a deal.

"Russ" wrote
This is a new type of saw for me as I'm relatively new to woodworking.
Will
the re-sized table from the recall affect the measurements on the rip
scale?
Also, do you ever actually use the scales on the saw, or do you still
prefer
to measure & mark by hand and then visually line up the saw? I'm leaning
towards the manual method, myself.

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...

If you don't have the Jon Eakes book on tuning radial saws

http://www.wired-2-shop.com/joneakes...=3&nPrdImageID
=&CatID=3,
it's worth the price, and if you don't have the Mr. Sawdust book
http://www.mrsawdust.com/index.php you should get that as well.

The original table was 1" particle board, the new one is 1" MDF. The MDF
is
much more satisfactory. Mr. Sawdust tells how to make an improved
table--you might want to read that before you start.