Miter saw and Radial Arm saw station setup
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We rearranged some tools in the shop to better utilize our shop space and made a little video on how we made our combo Mitersaw/Radial Armsaw station. We show you how you can resurface your radial armsaw and realign the blade so you can start making accurate cuts again. Also, we show how to properly line the two fences so they can work together and help increase your productivity.
Time Stamps:
Project Start 2:04
Radial Armsaw Blade Alignment 9:20
Great idea, thinking about doing this with wheels so I can use in driveway to help control sawdust in shop.
Cool idea for a mobile work station!
A lot of precision work and a very practical build. Great job, sir.
THANK YOU!!!!
Nice video. I recently acquired a radial arm saw, and i am currently in the process of building a bench for my miter and radial arm saw. I was planning on putting the miter to the left of the arm saw. Is there a specific reason why you placed yours on the right?
It would work on either side, just landed that way in my shop as there was more room on that side.
I didn't see you check the racial saw for level front to back. I'm in the process of doing the same thing in my shop so this was a great help fome
Thanks for watching! Thinking of doing a separate video on the radial arm saw and setting up the fence and blade. Hopefully we get sometime here in the winter to shoot that.
Good timing! I just cleaned up my Craftsman 12" Radial Arm Saw (model 113.2330) last week. It's been in my family since it's production date. It is also huge, and I was wondering how I would incorporate it into my shop workflow. Thanks!
Now that’s a big girl! Hopefully this video helps you get it all working together.
I have the exact same RAS. just purchased and having a little trouble getting the "play" out of the arm, side to side play. Do you have any helpful suggestions for eliminating this play? TIA.
I know exactly what your talking about, and it’s so annoying. I got it set and tightened a few bolts down, and thought I had it good to go but it’s back. I just know it has a little play to the left and keep that in mind, but I really want to get that corrected permanently. If you know please share!
I like this. I inherited my dad's radial arm saw. I have a new garage / shop to build up. I feel like I might need a mitre saw for doing trim work? Or is a radial arm saw exact/trustworthy enough to do mitre / trim work?
Also, love the continuous work surface w/ fences lining up. I think i need to get dad'd radial up off of the 'stand, on a rolling wood tray' build, and just put it on a cabinet made for it & line up with my other woodworking "furniture" :)
You can get away with one or the other, but in my experience I tend to use the miter saw much more than the radial arm saw. I dialed my radial arm saw to a perfect 90 and don’t touch it so it stays in line. The miter on the other hand gets repositioned constantly. Also, I have resent purchased an incra table saw sled, which is much more accurate than both and has really replaced a lot of the work when it comes to making frames.
You did not align the RAS table to the arm. You just bolted it down without checking it. If you need to know how to do that, just ask.
I actually had a video where I did break down how to get this all aligned and running true, but in editing I didn’t like it (was tough to get good camera angles showing what I was doing) and decided not to post it. Thank you for the offer though!
@@BusyBeeLiving Great. It should work well for you.
Love the build! Question for you. I have the same radial arm saw I got it for free cause, the motor is seized. Looking in it I see plastic melted in it. Might just be the fan blade melted if so I can easily 3d print up a new one for it. I also have an 80's model that works great but the cabinet is too big for my garage. I am thinking of swapping them out soon. Do you think its worth it? How's the power on the older one?
Can you cut into the wall behind your sliding compound saw? If so you can easily get a couple of inches on your radial saw by moving your compound back a little. I also have a Drill Press like yours. Mines an old champion one that I just got a treadmill motor for it. Its a great upgrade with better torque and easy speed control. No more belt moving! You might like to do that to yours.
I know a lot of woodworkers have replaced these with a good sled for their table saw, but I was always raised with on in the shop. As long as you have a good blade mine handles what I throw at it and comes in handy from time to time.
I hope you don't mind me mentioning a couple of safety concerns.
At time 11:46 I was startled when I observed the blade of your RAS extending beyond the edge of the table. This seems unnecessarily hazardous. Typically, in a more protected table configuration, the table extends several inches beyond the end of the blade providing a barrier between the rotating blade and the operator.
In a similar vein, the back table (the bit behind the fence) should be lower than the front table (the bit in front of the fence). This height difference serves to create a safety zone where the operator of the saw can safely let go of the saws handle with the blade still spinning, and not risk the blade/motor assembly inadvertently grabbing the table and self-propelling towards the operator.
More info can be found at Part 6: Table Protection - ruclips.net/video/l7CkmjK0uvI/видео.html