The Rigids are good for the price. If you want to pony up more $$, you can get a Deltla or an Original (old DeWalt designs) model.
GTO(John)
Wanting to buy a radial arm saw, but the only ones I can find are the Sears
>and Home Depot (Ridgid) brand. Any suggestions?
Group: rec.woodworking Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 9:45pm (EDT-1) From: snipped-for-privacy@mer.net (hsdfh) Wanting to buy a radial arm saw, but the only ones I can find are the Sears and Home Depot (Ridgid) brand. Any suggestions?
****************************************************** My suggestion is to go with the Ridgid. If you wait long enough, Home Depot will no doubt be having a clearance sale. On the other hand, you probably can find a good used DeWalt like I bought, advertised in the for sale section of your newspaper.Peace ~ Sir Edgar =F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8= =F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8
hsdfh wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
Dewalt or maybe an old craftsman, maybe.
Rich
What ever you finally decide on consider using miter jigs instead of moving the arm once you get it set up so it is cutting accurate at 90 degrees, there is a link to some here:
Try looking here:
Same here, but mine is almost 25 years old.
However, the newer Sears RAS designs don't seem to be as good. The arm mechanism flexes more and the carriage doesn't move as smoothly.
A good plan of attack might be to look for a used one at yard sales and auctions. The vintage might be hard to determine, but one visible difference is that my RAS has iron rails that the carriage runs on versus stamped metal on some of the newer models.
Purchase a used DeWalt and you don't have to worry about moving the arm!
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