I gave in and sent my RAS back to Emerson. I had compelling reasons...
Anyhow, is there any use for the rest of it? I could hang a router from it, and it would be great for routing dados, but that doesn't seem worth the room in my workshop or the work of building a carriage. It just seems too nice to put in the trash.
Any suggestions? No, I mean useful suggestions.
Drum sander. See Performax.
The $400 Performax 22/44 kit requires the radial arm saw motor. And the bottom conveyor belt is not included. By the time you buy the conveyor belt, and in this case, a motor, you could buy a whole drum sander.
I would put the frame on ebay, craigslist, etc. and if no one picks it up, trash it.
What did you send back? What do you still have? I have used mine, as is with an added collet, for an overhead router, but it isn't really rugged enough. Wanders too easily for accurate work. Maybe you could set up a spindle sander. You could put a top on the legs for a router table.
Steve
The carriage, along with the motor, just slide off the track after I removed a bolt. They wanted that all back, less the blade and guard. I have the arm and the arm support. And the base with nice wheels on it; I am putting my planer on that. The base is almost worth what I paid for the RAS; but it would be nice to find a use for the arm.
Yeh, I figured it would be easy to rig up a carriage, but it might not be firm enough for routing.
Since I own one of these saws, I'm really curious regarding the "compelling reasons". If you're going to trash the rest, I might like a chance to claim some of the small parts such as knobs etc.
Post on Old Woodworking Machines, some of those guys may be looking for parts.
Tom
You asked... My workshop is 280sf. I couldn't get a RAS because I have no place to put it. My wife got sick of my overflow in the rec room and told me to move a wall over this winter. I was at an auction and put a small bid in on a RAS for my future workshop, never thinking I would win; but I did. So, it goes in the rec room; which will just make the remodeling harder because I will have that much less space to move stuff around in. Trying to find a manual, I hear about the recall. They take the saw I foolishly bought and I get a nice wheeled base for my planer. I can buy one with a proper guard next spring when I actually have someplace to put it. Works out great for everyone. Compelling might have been a slight exaggeration.
It was a 113.23100. If there is anything there you can use, let me know. Aside from the base, the only thing I can use is a replacement washer and bolt for my table saw.
so what do you need in your shop in light positioning jigs? I could see a holder for the dust collector hose as a pickup for lathe chips for spindle work. or an overarm pin jig for the router table. or a swing away tool tray for the small parts tinkering bench.
at this point the hardware is free. play around with it- just stop thinking of it as a radial arm saw.
Oh. I was curious in case there was a problem with the saw that led to the decision. Too bad about the space. As I said in my earlier reply it's handy to have the RAS around. I use mine quite a lot but since you've never had one in the shop you won't really miss it.
Do you have the table/fence clamps? Those are about the only things that I can think of that I need.
Thanks, Tom
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