scott37300
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About ten years ago I bought a craftsman 10" radial arm saw from builder. It was in fairly rough shape but still worked and I got it for a really good price. So I didn't have room for it and it just sat around. Well I got around to taking a look at it and trying to clean it up a bit. I got the model number and serial number and did some googling to see if I could find a manual for it and see if any partw were available. While googling I came across a recall due to the blade gaurd. Typed in my info and a week later I have a big package delivered. Opened it up and there was a whole new blade gaurd assembly, a whole new table and fence, and some other parts. I thought it was great because mine didn't have any gaurd on it at all and my table was trashed so was planning on building a new one anyway!
Just thought I would pass this info on to anyone who might be interested in the new gaurd and a new table assembly-for free! The blade gaurd looks interesting, not sure if it will be user friendly or more of a hassle when using. Will have to wait and see when I put the saw back together. This recall goes back quit a ways so even if you have a really old one just laying around you might want to check it out, if nothing else you get a free table out of it. Here is a link to the site to determine if your saw qualifies, http://www.radialarmsawrecall.com/determinemodels.asp
As for my saw, it is in pretty rough shape with rust and has been rode hard. The legs had extra supports welded to them so it wouldn't rack and just overall not up to par. So I decided to trash the legs and when put back into service will build a little roll cart to set the saw on, or if I have room the ideal thing will be to build it into a long bench. The screw to raise it up and down was having issues, think it was dirty and rusted so I had to help it raise and lower. I tore it all down and am going to clean everything up and it should be back to working order in no time.
But at least part of my job is done by getting all new parts and wood for the table and fence. And hopefully the blade gaurd will be a nice additions also, it has a bunch of adjustments so it might take a little to adjust it each time but it looks like it is fairly user friendly and hopefully help keep my fingers-although common sense goes a long way here!
Just thought I would pass this info on to anyone who might be interested in the new gaurd and a new table assembly-for free! The blade gaurd looks interesting, not sure if it will be user friendly or more of a hassle when using. Will have to wait and see when I put the saw back together. This recall goes back quit a ways so even if you have a really old one just laying around you might want to check it out, if nothing else you get a free table out of it. Here is a link to the site to determine if your saw qualifies, http://www.radialarmsawrecall.com/determinemodels.asp
As for my saw, it is in pretty rough shape with rust and has been rode hard. The legs had extra supports welded to them so it wouldn't rack and just overall not up to par. So I decided to trash the legs and when put back into service will build a little roll cart to set the saw on, or if I have room the ideal thing will be to build it into a long bench. The screw to raise it up and down was having issues, think it was dirty and rusted so I had to help it raise and lower. I tore it all down and am going to clean everything up and it should be back to working order in no time.
But at least part of my job is done by getting all new parts and wood for the table and fence. And hopefully the blade gaurd will be a nice additions also, it has a bunch of adjustments so it might take a little to adjust it each time but it looks like it is fairly user friendly and hopefully help keep my fingers-although common sense goes a long way here!
