Hey All,
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> Been trying to find a new radial arm saw but it looks like nobody
> builds them today? What happened? ??
Original Saw Company
Delta is, of course, merely a (very) faint shadow of its former self and has ceased to make much of anything anymore.
Just went out of style; it's much easier to build a decent portable/smaller contractor- or job-site style TS than a RAS that will hold its true. Never were nearly as widespread as the TS altho while Sears was still healthy their mass marketing got quite a number of theirs out there. They were, of course, like most Sears products quite variable from some very, very good models to pure junk.
DeWalt dropped their line quite a long time ago but for a serviceable inexpensive tool, they're not bad. What I started out with solely lo! some 50 year ago, now. The one dad bought when he was redoing the house is still here some 40 yr later and is still going altho I brought the
16" Delta from TN when we came back so doesn't get much use any more...
I've got a table saw but it's very poor compared to the radial arm I had a few decades ago.....
Well, they're two totally different tools; trying to compare is difficult. 'Pends on what one is trying to use for most.
I've both, wouldn't willingly give up either, nor the chop saw. They all have different strong points.