I have my grandfathers 10" Craftsman RA, and I also inherited the MRS. grandfathers 12" RedStar RA. He had a cabinet shop that he used it in. He used it to build the bleachers in the gym at the high school he attended years before.My old Craftsman radial arm saw can be seen in this pic from earlier in the thread. I looked up the serial number. It was made in 1968. My Dad bought it to fix up the old farmhouse we lived in. I know there are sliding miter saws, but for me, nothing crosscuts like this old saw. It cut every one of the 150+ boards that cover the walls in the basement and the stair treads that lead to it.
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