More Radial Arm Saw Fun

[Grandpa Dave]

It's a Delta radial arm saw or is it and now you see it, now you don't!

Radial Arm Saw

[Mr_Mike]

Well, for $50, do you own them yet?

I bought a planer/jointer once. Turned out to be a 20" planer and an 8" jointer.

[blackhat]

I'd be on my way over.

[Grandpa Dave]

Mr_Mike said:

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Well, for $50, do you own them yet?

I bought a planer/jointer once. Turned out to be a 20" planer and an 8" jointer.

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Sometimes one must pass up even the too good to be true deals...

[Axehandle]

Even for 50, that does not seem like a great deal.

[rwe2156]

Axehandle said:

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Even for 50, that does not seem like a great deal.

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Agree!!

[gMike]

Monkey Wards saw

[TDKPE]

gMike said:

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Monkey Wards saw

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Yeah, and it has a universal, or AC brush-type, motor. A hand-held circular saw on a carriage.

Some of those Wards saws had a high-speed motor output shaft you could use for a collet and router bits, and a second shaft running at blade speed. That high speed shaft would be useful as an overhead router.

I don't know what that one has, but the TPC-2608 saws definitely had universal motors. If you look close enough, you can sorta see that the blade center is below the motor center.

[EvilTwin]

gMike said:

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Monkey Wards saw

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Wouldn't be on my quest list..

Axehandle said:

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Even for 50, that does not seem like a great deal.

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Concur. Just my opinion, but just because its an old tool, does not make it a good one. These and the similar sears designs of the late 60s and up suffered from what folks call "value engineering", or how cheap can we make it and people will still buy them.

If you want something pretty cheap but well made, most of the dewalt MBC/MBF saws can be had for a c-note or less and are heads and shoulders better saws in design and manufacture than these saws. Their only downside is that they are underpowered. You could also go with one of the larger dewallys or delta saws from the same era, generally I would recommend any saw with a cast iron arm. They were expensive to make but they hold up over time.