Evening all,

Well, not having time to work on the kitchen has not prevented me from
picking up a few new tools .

I went to an auction a month or so ago and picked up real cheap this really
cool Delta 10" Radial Arm Saw that is a least 50 years old, but looks brand
new. It was made in Canada and even has a "Beaver" label on it. There is
some sort of funky dado blade on it, but it runs well, just needs a table.
Note that this is turret arm 10" RAS, I have never seen one of these before,
only the 12"-18" were turret arms as far as I used to know (turret
arm=pivots at end of arm). I don't really want or need a RAS, but this one
is such a cool little time capsule, I might just have to keep it.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras1.jpg

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras2.jpg

I have always wanted a Oscillating Spindle Sander, but never really needed
one. If and when I ever finish my folks kitchen, my plan is to make myself a
nice dining room set and I thought this might come in use on the re-sawn
chair backs. Or, at least that is how I am justifying to myself anyways .
USA made, 1/2 hp baldor motor, comes with dual link belts driving the
spindle. It is larger than the photos in the catalogue made it look. I have
an aluminium handled #7 (ever seen one of those before?) that I also picked
up at auction on the table top for scale.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/i...asinthebox.jpg

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/clayton109.jpg

Since I have been doing so much sanding, in the interest in trying to breath
a little less dust, I also picked up a little Delta AP100 air cleaner. For
the few days I have been using it, I really like it.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/aircleaner.jpg

So many tools, so little time...

David.

David F. Eisan wrote:
Evening all,

Well, not having time to work on the kitchen has not prevented me from
picking up a few new tools .

I went to an auction a month or so ago and picked up real cheap this really
cool Delta 10" Radial Arm Saw that is a least 50 years old, but looks brand
new. It was made in Canada and even has a "Beaver" label on it. There is
some sort of funky dado blade on it, but it runs well, just needs a table.
Note that this is turret arm 10" RAS, I have never seen one of these before,
only the 12"-18" were turret arms as far as I used to know (turret
arm=pivots at end of arm). I don't really want or need a RAS, but this one
is such a cool little time capsule, I might just have to keep it.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras1.jpg

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras2.jpg

That "funky" dado appears to be mounted bass ackwards unless, of course,
you were cutting some PVC piping with itg

It does look like it came out of a capsule though. I recognize the
style of the legs on the stand. Match those on my 60 year old Delta
Rockwell bandsaw.

Enjoy!

"David F. Eisan" wrote in message
...
Evening all,

Well, not having time to work on the kitchen has not prevented me from
picking up a few new tools .

I went to an auction a month or so ago and picked up real cheap this
really
cool Delta 10" Radial Arm Saw that is a least 50 years old, but looks
brand
new. It was made in Canada and even has a "Beaver" label on it. There is
some sort of funky dado blade on it, but it runs well, just needs a table.
Note that this is turret arm 10" RAS, I have never seen one of these
before,
only the 12"-18" were turret arms as far as I used to know (turret
arm=pivots at end of arm). I don't really want or need a RAS, but this one
is such a cool little time capsule, I might just have to keep it.



My neighbor has a similar RAS, but I think his is older. Seems to me his is
a 9", but I may be mistaken.
I should drag my camera over there and post a pic.
Greg

So many tools, so little time...

That's a fine howdydo. Haven't seen you 'round in a while... an when you
do return you gotta go and insult us all.

Now I was all about to jump up'n'down, asquealin' like a school girl
when I saw those first few pics - then I lay my eyeballs on that Clayton
109 pic. Now I'm just sittin' here, not jumpin' up'n'down or asquealin'
- just confused. You finally use yer shirt tail? You got two cameras now
Davey? Them signachur dust specks don't appear in any but the 109 pic. -
'supwifat?

--
Owen Lowe
The Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
Corporate States of America and to the
Republicans for which it stands, one nation,
under debt, easily divisible, with liberty
and justice for oil."
- Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, 1/24/05

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:45:47 -0800, the inscrutable "David F. Eisan"
spake:

Dear Mr. Shims,

Now I was all about to jump up'n'down, asquealin' like a school girl
when I saw those first few pics - then I lay my eyeballs on that Clayton
109 pic. Now I'm just sittin' here, not jumpin' up'n'down or asquealin'
- just confused. You finally use yer shirt tail? You got two cameras now
Davey? Them signachur dust specks don't appear in any but the 109 pic. -
'supwifat?

Well, it really isn't that I dunno how to clean off the camera lense, it is
that if there is *any* dust in the air when I shoot a pic, it shows up as a
snowflake.

You obviously don't have a LensPen, Davey. From $6.95USD at photo
stores. GET ONE! They're really handy. A retractable soft brush is on
one end and a chemically coated chamois is on the other. Fingerprints
and dust are history around one. (std disclaimer applies, happy user)

--
Life's a Frisbee: When you die, your soul goes up on the roof.
----
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development

David F. Eisan wrote:
Well, it really isn't that I dunno how to clean off the camera lense, it is
that if there is *any* dust in the air when I shoot a pic, it shows up as a
snowflake.



I used to have the same problem with underwater photography. The solution is to
separate the light source from the lense. What is happening is that your flash
is sending light out which is then flashed right back in the direction from
which it came... and back into your lense. Offsetting your flash and
illuminating at other than 90° angles to the subject should tame that snowstorm.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Hello there,

That "funky" dado appears to be mounted bass ackwards unless, of course,
you were cutting some PVC piping with itg

Ackshully, it is facing the correct direction, see the arrow on the blade
cover? .

It does look like it came out of a capsule though. I recognize the style
of the legs on the stand. Match those on my 60 year old Delta Rockwell
bandsaw.

I think I will make a table for it and use it for a while.

David.

Hello there,

My neighbor has a similar RAS, but I think his is older. Seems to me his
is a 9", but I may be mistaken.
I should drag my camera over there and post a pic.

Please take a pic and post it, I would be interested in seeing it.

David.

Dear Mr. Shims,

Now I was all about to jump up'n'down, asquealin' like a school girl
when I saw those first few pics - then I lay my eyeballs on that Clayton
109 pic. Now I'm just sittin' here, not jumpin' up'n'down or asquealin'
- just confused. You finally use yer shirt tail? You got two cameras now
Davey? Them signachur dust specks don't appear in any but the 109 pic. -
'supwifat?

Well, it really isn't that I dunno how to clean off the camera lense, it is
that if there is *any* dust in the air when I shoot a pic, it shows up as a
snowflake.

Kitchen - No dust.
RAS - Drove home in the back of my truck, no dust.
Clayton 109 - Made buncha dust with it just before I took the shot.
Air cleaner, - Duh, sucked up the dust.

I hope with the new Delta AP100, my foto's will look less like a Canukastani
snow storm and more like foto's. .

David.

"David F. Eisan" wrote in message
...
Hello there,

My neighbor has a similar RAS, but I think his is older. Seems to me his
is a 9", but I may be mistaken.
I should drag my camera over there and post a pic.

Please take a pic and post it, I would be interested in seeing it.

David.



The pressure of the demands I must endure!!
( no problem! I'll try catch him this weekend!)
Greg

David F. Eisan wrote:
Hello there,


That "funky" dado appears to be mounted bass ackwards unless, of course,
you were cutting some PVC piping with itg


Ackshully, it is facing the correct direction, see the arrow on the blade
cover? .


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...

Stephen Young wrote:
David F. Eisan wrote:

Hello there,


That "funky" dado appears to be mounted bass ackwards unless, of
course, you were cutting some PVC piping with itg



Ackshully, it is facing the correct direction, see the arrow on the
blade cover? .


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...

I did, David. When I went back I looked hard at that arrow. Then I
looked at the saw guard and realized that it very similar to the one on
my 70's vintage Craftsman RAS. Then I realized that if that blade is
correctly mounted, the only way you could cut would be to pull the
carriage all the way towards the operator, slide the wood to be cut
behind it, and then push the blade into the stock and pray you weren't
doing a dado so it could whip that sucker back through your gut.

That's when I decided I had seen it correctly the first timeg

It's still a very nice example of the saw.

Unquestionably Confused wrote:
Stephen Young wrote:

Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...


I did, David. When I went back I looked hard at that arrow. Then I
looked at the saw guard and realized that it very similar to the one on
my 70's vintage Craftsman RAS. Then I realized that if that blade is
correctly mounted, the only way you could cut would be to pull the
carriage all the way towards the operator, slide the wood to be cut
behind it, and then push the blade into the stock and pray you weren't
doing a dado so it could whip that sucker back through your gut.

That's when I decided I had seen it correctly the first timeg

It's still a very nice example of the saw.


I'm not David. I can't understand your logic - that blade is on backwards. Have you used a RAS
before?

Stephen Young wrote:
Unquestionably Confused wrote:

Stephen Young wrote:


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...



I did, David. When I went back I looked hard at that arrow. Then I
looked at the saw guard and realized that it very similar to the one
on my 70's vintage Craftsman RAS. Then I realized that if that blade
is correctly mounted, the only way you could cut would be to pull the
carriage all the way towards the operator, slide the wood to be cut
behind it, and then push the blade into the stock and pray you weren't
doing a dado so it could whip that sucker back through your gut.

That's when I decided I had seen it correctly the first timeg

It's still a very nice example of the saw.


I'm not David. I can't understand your logic - that blade is on
backwards. Have you used a RAS before?

I have used a RAS before. Go back and read the thread. I'm the one who
first commented on the blade being backwards. I was responding to
David's post. I should have taken your line of:


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...

out before I did so. Might have been less confusing. OTOH if you read
my post you should have realized that I was still saying the blade was
on backwards.

Unquestionably Confused wrote:

I'm not David. I can't understand your logic - that blade is on
backwards. Have you used a RAS before?


I have used a RAS before. Go back and read the thread. I'm the one who
first commented on the blade being backwards. I was responding to
David's post. I should have taken your line of:


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...

out before I did so. Might have been less confusing. OTOH if you read
my post you should have realized that I was still saying the blade was
on backwards.


We both need better eyes...

Stephen Young wrote:
Unquestionably Confused wrote:

I'm not David. I can't understand your logic - that blade is on
backwards. Have you used a RAS before?



I have used a RAS before. Go back and read the thread. I'm the one
who first commented on the blade being backwards. I was responding
to David's post. I should have taken your line of:


Look again at the arrow - blade is on backwards...

out before I did so. Might have been less confusing. OTOH if you
read my post you should have realized that I was still saying the
blade was on backwards.


We both need better eyes...


Agreed, and that damn dado blade is still on backwardsg

David, pics are in ABPW of my neighbor's RAS.
Greg

In article , David F. Eisan
wrote:

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras1.jpg

What I'm wondering is what kind of a fence do you use, as the arm is
swung for miter cuts the end of it would move forward, at 45 degrees
the saw would be in front of the fence.

The fence is not all the way at the back with a turret saw. MIne
happens to be 5 inches from the back. The table also has a series of
strips of top. One 1" wide and 3 more 2" wide and then the big one
which is I guess 16x24. One of those three is in front of the fence.
You just move the strips around if you need to move the fence about.
You can come over and look at mine in the basement if you need to.

Frank Campbell wrote:

In article , David F. Eisan
wrote:

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ras1.jpg

What I'm wondering is what kind of a fence do you use, as the arm is
swung for miter cuts the end of it would move forward, at 45 degrees
the saw would be in front of the fence.

David F. Eisan wrote:
Evening all,

Well, not having time to work on the kitchen has not prevented me
from
picking up a few new tools .

I went to an auction a month or so ago and picked up real cheap this
really
cool Delta 10" Radial Arm Saw that is a least 50 years old, but looks
brand
new.


David,

If you want to buy a *real* radio alarm clock saw, I have one up on
Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT


/shameless plug

Steve in St. Louis who *used* to have time for OWWM and making sawdust

Steve in St. Louis who *used* to have time for OWWM and making sawdust


So whazup anyway? Family and life getting in the way of the
more important things?

UA100

Unisaw A-100 wrote:
Steve in St. Louis who *used* to have time for OWWM and making
sawdust


So whazup anyway? Family and life getting in the way of the
more important things?

UA100

Who would have thought that a second kid would be 10x harder than just
one? Or maybe it's the second job. Or maybe it's that I turned 40.

What's this "life" thing you speak of?