Any plans out there for a crosscut stop?

[Nicholas]

Hi

I have a radial arm saw and want to make an adjustable stop. I'm sure I could fugure one out but I wondered if anyone knew of any plans out there for a shop-built system?

TIA

Nicholas

[Vic Baron]

if I understand you correctly, I used to use a c clamp on the rail.

[Bob Haar]

I mount my RAS at the end of a built in workbench so that the saw table lined up with the bench top. This gives me about ten feet of flat surface tot eh right of the blade. I then replaced the backstop board on the RAS with on that is six feet long, notched so that three feet of it extends over the workbench.

Since I have a table saw, I almost always keep the RAS set at 90 degrees and use it as a cutoff saw.

For repetitive cuts, I just clamp a small piece of scrap to the extended backstop. This work for up to four feet. Beyond that, I might clamp something to the workbench top.

[igor]

Coincidently, in the checkout line at HD today I noticed there is a "tip" about how to build a simple, but well thought-out such a dealie in the March issue of American Woodworker,

[Lyndell Thompson]

We manufacture walk-in-coolers for grocery stores etc., where I work, with

2x4 frames. Several hundred 2x4's get crosscut every week. They use a 12' length of 3/4 black iron pipe with a stationary end of a pony (pipe) clamp on the pipe. The pipe sits on top of the cutting stop (or backsplash area). They back up the pony clamp with a pair of visegrip round jaw pliers. Secure the pipe well so it can't move. I see them slam 2x4's into this thing all day long, and it doesn't move a 1/64 of an inch. I work in the service department know, but when I have worked in mfg. it always worked well. Hope this helps. Lyndell

[Morris Dovey]

Nicholas...

There're pictures of one I built at (3rd and 4th photo down) - they aren't difficult to make and work well.

[George]

Why "build" something so simple? I've done pieces, mitered and un, clamped to the fence, pieces clamped to the auxiliary table, even a brief fling with one of the "tip" types in a magazine which featured a T and jam nut and bolt for microadjustablity. Waste of time.

Only thing you need to remember is if the stop is close to the blade, provide dust relief.