ah, yeah...ok...well at least you kept the ball in play.
Hey, if youse guys want to keep walking around with your head up in the
clouds thinking the RAS is a worthless POC, be my guest! I make good $ with
mine, and if you walk into my shop don't go looking for the TS because there
ain't none.
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"David" wrote in message
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ah, yeah...ok...well at least you kept the ball in play. 
Doug?
Dave
Rumpty wrote:
Naw, I don't argue, the RAS is more accurate, easier to use, safer, can
do
more, but I'm not going to argue.
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"David" wrote in message
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I've never seen you shy away from a RAS argument before. C'mon...go for
it.
Dave
Rumpty wrote:
Rumpty may take issue with this, but IMO they are *not* as accurate
as
a
table saw.
I'm not getting in the middle of this.....
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , Robatoy
wrote:
In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:
You've been insisting that radial arm saws are
dangerous, and, by implication, more so than other tools. This is a
position
based more on prejudice than on evidence.
What my opinion is based on is personal experience. I feel way more
comfortable with a table saw than with a radial arm saw.
That's not the same as the inherent safety (or lack thereof) of the
tool.
I'm just not big on whirling blades on the end of wobbly little
carriages dangling from floppy arms.
Neither am I. If my RAS had a wobbly carriage and a floppy arm, I'd
either
fix
it, or replace it with one that was more solid.
I don't like the concept, lack of accuracy, and inherent danger of a
radial arm saw. I think the whole machine is an answer to the
question
nobody asked.
"Concept" is a matter of opinion, and I won't argue with you over
that.
We
can
agree to disagree there.
"Lack of accuracy" I won't argue with, either. Rumpty may take issue
with
this, but IMO they are *not* as accurate as a table saw. And they're
more
difficult to set accurately, too.
"Inherent danger" is where you jump off the cliff. Operated with the
proper
care, a RAS is no more dangerous than a TS (and IMO safer for most
operations).
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his
butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?