Rick Potter
09-29-2011, 1:33 PM
I thought this video was interesting. You tube......radial arm saw........"look ma no hands".
I certainly wouldn't recommend it, but it is interesting how it shows that the RAS certainly holds the work to the fence, and even kinda self centers it if you don't have it all the way to the fence. The key here is to have a zero clearance fence on the RAS.
I actually tried it on mine. Same results. I could get down to about a quarter inch wide stock before it would not hold itself on center.
Disclaimer: Like I said, interesting and enlightening experiment, obviously not the way you would actually use the saw.
Rick Potter
I certainly wouldn't recommend it, but it is interesting how it shows that the RAS certainly holds the work to the fence, and even kinda self centers it if you don't have it all the way to the fence. The key here is to have a zero clearance fence on the RAS.
I actually tried it on mine. Same results. I could get down to about a quarter inch wide stock before it would not hold itself on center.
Disclaimer: Like I said, interesting and enlightening experiment, obviously not the way you would actually use the saw.
Rick Potter