Radial Arm Saw Fence Setup

If you look closely at the tabletop of a radial arm saw you will see that it is constructed of three pieces.

Radial arm saw fence setup. Explanation on how the table on a radial arm saw works. Several people have asked for various kinds of help with their radial arm saws. The rip fence supports the wood and keeps it perpendicular to the blade. Setup and maintenance of a radial arm saw.

The majority of radial arm saws have a three part table. Radial arm saws are notorious for holding their square setup for about three cuts. As i recall 1 2 deep is about right. The rear table serves as a clamp to hold the rip fence in location.

A small vertical fence set just behind the main tabletop. A hand clearance area needs to be routed where the arm elevation crank is located. It is very important that the arm is exactly 90 degrees to the fence at the back of the saw table. The unique table design of a ras is not like a table saw.

The table clamping system accommodates diff. Setting up a radial arm saw. The problem with the setup on the ras is that the fence is almost always in some way separate from the saw itself. Many cuts on the saw will cut through the fence and the work product and into the front table.

Radial arm saw table alignment an easier way. Assuming that your saw is the same model a bill s the 3 4 table won t be thick enough. When looking at bill s saw the original fence supplied with the saw was about 1 above the table top. This is my 10 craftsman radial arm saw 1972 vintage.

Many of these requests would be solved with a manual but that has often been lost by a previous owner. And a narrower section of tabletop that abuts the back of the fence essentially sandwiching the fence between the two horizontal. This instructable will take the reader through the steps involved. Sawdust design in wally kunkel s book how to master the radial arm saw highly recom.

Pull the motor along its travel and see if the blade teeth follow the edge. The front table is the cutting surface area.