Ras

[jack duren]

Good RAS saws have become hard to find. I have a Delta turret I have been searching for safety parts to complete the saw for two years with no luck. I’ve tried to look for a complete saw or partial just to get parts, no luck..

Are you seeing the same thing? Lack of quality RAS saws on marketplace, etc…They have disappeared…

[Warren Lake]

I still see them they come up on auctions and schools.

[Edward Weber]

IME, auctions are the place to find them.
I got a deal on an Omga a while back, used and a bit abused but still a deal.

[jack duren]

I watch auctions too. Still no luck…

[Nick Crivello]

By safety parts, do you mean the guards? Unless you're trying to keep it original, all manner of solutions can be fabricated to facilitate safe use.

[jack duren]

Mainly the kickback assembly..

[Warren Lake]

arent they only for ripping and not the best machiness to rip on. You can swivel the guard to come down low to just over the wood close and that helps a bit if you have to rip on them.

[Thomas McCurnin]

The kickback arm/prongs are used only for ripping. Are you really going to rip stuff with a radial arm saw? You should check Craigslist regularly. Incredible deals on RASs there.

[jack duren]

The kickback arm/prongs are used only for ripping. Are you really going to rip stuff with a radial arm saw? You should check Craigslist regularly. Incredible deals on RASs there.


I just want to complete the saw

[Warren Lake]

machinery max and Kijiji or forums ive seen some of the ones you mentioned as well as Wadkins and others.

[Tom M King]

That was usually the first thing that everyone threw away.

[Warren Lake]

not sure where you are

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[ray grundhoefer]

I see old delta turrets and dewalts almost every day on marketplace in central minnesota

[John TenEyck]

There are old RAS on FB Marketplace in my area all the time. Sears junk, but also some nice old Dewalts and Delta's, and a few others, often for very cheap. Look on your local Marketplace; it's where stuff is these days.

John

[Thomas McCurnin]

If that Delta 14" RAS is your model, I am envious. That thing is a beast and I would want to restore it as well.

[Warren Lake]

no not mine but Ive seen them up here for sale. Think last one on a forum. I ended up with a wadkin 14". Pay off for too many years with the Craftsman.