Upside Down Sears 10” Radial Arm Saw

[BoyntonStu]

I finally figured out a way to safely cut tiny pieces of wood on my Upside Down Sears 10” Radial Arm Saw.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwzWDLnuxCs

BoyntonStu

[overtaker]

That is one dangerous machine! I understand you are using a hold down device but the direction the blade is turning is so wrong. What you have is a missile launcher!!!!! Please be careful and maybe post a follow up video explaining the danger of this. We wouldn't want anything to happen to you. Everyone would say it was the MIB. Thanks.

[BoyntonStu]

That is one dangerous machine! I understand you are using a hold down device but the direction the blade is turning is so wrong. What you have is a missile launcher!!!!! Please be careful and maybe post a follow up video explaining the danger of this. We wouldn't want anything to happen to you. Everyone would say it was the MIB. Thanks.

The blade is turning towards the fence and it forces the stock against it.


This is the RAS normal rotation.


The hold-down fixes the stock in place, preventing missile launching.

The slide table stops at a position short of fingers reaching the blade.

What danger remains?

BoyntonStu

[Q-Hack!]

The blade is turning towards the fence and it forces the stock against it.


This is the RAS normal rotation.


The hold-down fixes the stock in place, preventing missile launching.

The slide table stops at a position short of fingers reaching the blade.

What danger remains?

BoyntonStu

I think the difference here is that most radial arm saws have the fence at the back of the saw, thereby reducing the danger of flinging your work at you.

[overtaker]

Stu that may be normal RAS rotation but your feeding it from the wrong side!
When feeding stock into a blade, the blade should cut down into the piece and never lifting it. Just trying to save you some fingers. There is an awesome saw on the market that helps prevent lost fingers. Check out some of the videos on sawstop.com. Pricey but if I owned a cabinet or woodworking shop I'd own one.

[BoyntonStu]

Stu that may be normal RAS rotation but your feeding it from the wrong side!
When feeding stock into a blade, the blade should cut down into the piece and never lifting it. Just trying to save you some fingers. There is an awesome saw on the market that helps prevent lost fingers. Check out some of the videos on sawstop.com. Pricey but if I owned a cabinet or woodworking shop I'd own one.

All I can say is come to my shop and watch it run.

I am cutting from the correct end that Sears designed it for ripping.

Look again at the video and see where the splitter and anti-kickback is located.

AFAIK All Radial Arm Saws are designed ti rip with the blade coming up.


A few minutes ago, I cut a pair of 3" X 3" X 45* hypotenuse.

Using the clamp down it was as easy as using a deli slicer.


I agree, that without the clamp down this cut would have been dangerous.

BTW Like BIG hydraulic Press machines that are designed so that both hands on switches located beyond danger, my hands are pushing the slide table from the extreme sides of the table. At least 18" away from the blade.


BTW Safe table saw practice requires the feeding hands to be much closer to the blade to avoid the stock from angling to the fence.

Do you see danger in my practice?

BoyntonStu

[overtaker]

I myself am GUILTY of some unsafe work habits. I just think if you post a video for the world to see then safety concerns should be addressed on the video. Some ya-hooo might try the same thing and not know the importance of the hold down jig. I'm sure your careful.

[BoyntonStu]

I myself am GUILTY of some unsafe work habits. I just think if you post a video for the world to see then safety concerns should be addressed on the video. Some ya-hooo might try the same thing and not know the importance of the hold down jig. I'm sure your careful.

Thanks.

The hold down jig is in my opinion the best safety feature a saw can have.

It is the equivalent of using a bench vice and cutting with a hacksaw; but even safer.

Look at the video as I push the table.

My hands are spread wide apart, unable to reach the blade.

I sincerely know of no saw as safe to use as this one.


BoyntonStu

P.S. 7 years ago, everyone warned me about safety using my $100 elevator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hom61NxuaE

They were, in a word, wrong.

Deja Vu?

[Q-Hack!]

Thanks.

The hold down jig is in my opinion the best safety feature a saw can have.

It is the equivalent of using a bench vice and cutting with a hacksaw; but even safer.

Look at the video as I push the table.

My hands are spread wide apart, unable to reach the blade.

I sincerely know of no saw as safe to use as this one.


BoyntonStu

P.S. 7 years ago, everyone warned me about safety using my $100 elevator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hom61NxuaE

They were, in a word, wrong.

Deja Vu?

My word... what the H*** do you use that for?

[BoyntonStu]

My word... what the H*** do you use that for?

To make small pieces of wood out of larger pieces.

BoyntonStu