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Re: What Ever Happened to the Radial Arm Saw?

I started banging nails in the early '70's... everyone had a radial. I had a chance to pick up a used Delta for a good price and did; a 10" double arm model. Used it for about two years. Quickly learned that whoever thought you should pull the carriage to you was a *!@3 idiot. And you'd best use feather boards to keep it from pitching 2x's through the wall whilst ripping. But I built a number of houses with it and used it for a lot of cross dado stuff. But in about '75 I sold as I'd gotten a Makita chop and a Delta contractor's saw.