Modified Radial Arm Saw In Action
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Here are the first 2 build for the mobile base and dust collection guard on this saw:
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Awesome job!
i was thinking that exact thing lol
Brilliant, Andrew! Really well done! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Happy almost Friday from us over in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. This was a fun video to watch. I radial arm saw is one of a few tools I’ve never owned or played with.
Nice job man... Very neighborly of you to help them out with such an awesome solution...
Brilliant solution. I love my old 10” RAS but its limited crosscut capacity makes it awkward for working on large panels so have had to defer to a combination of track saw and cabinet saw. Would love to see a longer build video on this!!!
Compound Sliding radial arm saw. Good going!
OMG, this video is so awesome. This makes me really happy. I've been studying the radial arm saw and using them for a few years now, and I feel like they are the most underappreciated and unrecognized woodworking tool on the planet. Where are you guys finding these Rigid radial arm saws? I don't know if they were ever sold in the USA? I have the same exact saw, it is a Model 113 Craftsman from 1978, which has almost the identical castings, and same motor, and same housing and handle and levers as the new Rigid saw I keep seeing around. But the Rigid looks even better and probably has smoother carriage bearings. I believe that the Radial Arm Saw is going to have a huge resurgence in popularity soon, because it's not just a tool, it is also a hobby.
Good use of some spare twin turbo parts. 😊
Thanks, reject prototypes, just to be clear
Sweet Buckeye themed refrigerator!
the sliding table is dope, do you know what the full cut capacity is now?
Thanks, full capacity is 3 1/2” tall by 21”, so enough to cut 12 2x4s at once
I would like to see more cutting with different camera angles some closer shots. Thank you
a low tech/cost improvement for the dust escaping the bottom could be lining the rear 1/3rd of the bottom of the guard with bristles
i modified my radial arm saw and put a trigger switch handle on the it to make it so you dont have to reach up to turn it on or off just let off the trigger
Might need to clean dust out of the angular stop mechanism, maybe clean it with acetone to get it bone dry, to keep the stop actually stopped
Great idea well implemented! Thanks for sharing.
Pretty cool. I'm still frightened to use mine lol.
Andrew, All Power Tools are only as safe as the person operating them. ( Be Safe )
We used a weight to pull the saw back to the fence after the cut (its a safety feature but also handy) some people set it up on an an incline so gravity returns the system but I don't favour that!
Here in the UK, any commercial workshop with a radial arm saw must have a return system in place. Easiest way is a spring system, for the safety reason.
He was using the saw CORRECTLY..... keep his left arm locked straight, good job!
See Frank Howarth for his dust collection design for RAS.
It looks like appropriate technology.
A dust approach that seems to work quite well at low cost is to make the blade guard quite narrow and pull from there with a shop vac. At the same time a DC pulls from a box behind the cut as you describe. The combination gets better performance out of marginal equipment.
maybe a spoil block on the outfeed(?) side. I know he has his hand on the lock in theory, but there is a lot of exposed blade at the end of the cut.
@6:50 Or maybe modify the mitersaw dust hoods. That might catch most of the sawdust. And the current "square root of negative one"-1HP motor may do.
Yes, a better dust hood, or additional larger box around the back of the saw would do a lot better
Now the sliding thing is an interesting thought... think it'd be doable to set up a scissor like or reflex mechanism so as you pulled the handle forward, it automatically actuated the table backwards?
Edit: shoot, now I think on it, a couple of pulleys could do that. The drawer slides should ensure perpendicularity. This is an interesting thought. I may experiment with this on mine.
I've had one set up as a permanent dado station with one of them dial-a-width blades for years now. They're perfectly safe on non-through cuts (which a dado is kinda by definition) since they can't climb and eject the workpiece, and they stay true that way too. but I WOULD love another 12 inches of cut capacity for bookshelves and carcasses and the like.
Likely will never get the machine ridgid enough (ironic given brand) because of fundamental flaws of the cost saving 1990s design and material choice. Best transfer the custom sliding mechanism to a larger solid cast iron dewalt or delta from the 50s-70s. They are usually no more expensive.
Why not go get a 12 inch delta radio arm saw?
If they had found a good deal on a 12" saw they would have gotten one, just couldn't find one
I think you mean radio alarm saw, right?
The calibration. That handle on the top is to release from a stop. There are two stops (steel slots) that lock at 90 and 45. The saw should be locked in the 90 slot, take off that plastic piece on the back of the arm. There are two to three set screws somewhere. Someone picked up that saw by the arm and moved the arm.
BTW, there is a whole process that needs to be done to make the saw accurate. The first step is to turn the saw without a blade and the motor shaft must be exactly the same distance from the table no mater where it is moved to. I’m not sure your drawer slides can do keep the top flat. Even if the accuracy is not required for cutting 2x4’s the saw needs it to be safer.
Link to adjustments. th-cam.com/video/GpZX93s8WrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=uWnsKvVqpJ_zuLrm
Worst case: if the blade comes loose, would it shoot through the cover? Maybe cover the cover with a (thin) metal strip?
Good job, but needs shark or dino jaws painted on.
couldn't you have just made the arm and table parts longer and/or wider?
How would I go about making the arm longer?
@@AndrewKleinWW you might be able to use some extruded aluminum for a guide rail that the saw rides in along with extending the power cable I’d have to get a good look at it to give a better answer tbh
your dust hose is too high, it'll work a lot better with suction inline and level with the rooster tail coming off the back of the blade... i dont think attaching the hose to the guard and having to pull it along each time will do much better than just having the hose be fixed just behind the cut..
It's a twofer