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Rebuilding a old DeWalt mbf RAS

Matt018888

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I thought I would share this rebuild. I bought the saw for $50. It was sitting in the basement of a early 60s home and seemed to be never used. A young guy bought the house and was selling the saw in the basement. So I decided to take it home and rebuild it. New bearings on the carrier and motor, new capacitor, rocker stand, table and a led light. My plan was to set this up in the shop with a dado, rebuilding this brought back some memories working on my dad's radial arm saw(his was a old craftsman). Anyways the biggest thing I wanted to share was during the rebuilding process I saw the fan had a slight crack and even though I was careful pressing it off the motor fan broke. Hard part to find but during a Google search I found a link to a 3d printable fan, I had it printed than I installed it and if worked flawlessly. So we saved just one more saw from the junk yard!
 

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David99

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Matt, you may be interested in this book-
How to Master the Radial Arm Saw
Sold here - https://mrsawdust.com/ , supposed to be an excellent book on Radial Arm Saws.
(I don't have it yet so I haven't read it, still haven't found an old Dewalt RAS either)
 
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