Woodworker's Journal 2006-30-2, страница 61
Them's Fightin' Words! into your face. I also wish the rod that holds the anti-kickback pawls had a splitter to keep the saw kerf from closing up behind the blade. All in all, the American-made 3512-01 was a strong performer here. At $3,100, it will take some pretty deep pockets to put one of these saws in a home shop, but the price tag seems justifiable for such a bulletproof, heavy-duty machine. This saw should easily last a lifetime or more. Delta 33-595X Delta's X5 tool series includes the 33-595X Radial Arm Saw (Delta also makes three other similar 12" saws). At a street price of around $2,000, this saw doesn't match the crosscutting capacity or heft of Original Saw's 3512-01, but it packs many good A little over a year ago, a reader's letter expressed the sentiment that the radial arm saw (RAS) was about to go the way of the dodo bird, i.e., extinct. Woodworkers reacted with passion. It was like we'd shot their puppy. James Beisharn encouraged our original letter writer to "find the on-off switch of his RAS and get some better use out of it" Bruce Kinsey sneered at those who say a table saw is superior: a RAS, he said, "doesn't need all that open space in the center of your shop," nor "fiddling below the table in cramped spaces and poor light, and no losing the blade nut into a pile of sawdust," Peter M. Spirito summed up the feelings of the radial arm saw afficionados toward those who dared to denigrate their tool: "I guess if you'd use a radial arm saw to cut firewood and frozen food, you'd probably haul wet concrete in the trunk of your car." — WJ Staff features and performed like a champ. Instead of a single-piece arm, this saw has a two-piece "turret" arm. The yoke slides back and forth on a shorter inner arm that pivots on a longer one above it. There's a nice design advantage here: the turret keeps the motor more centered on the table. You can't extend the blade off the edge of the table with this style, and the table provides more useful workpiece support. Delta outfits this saw with sturdy control levers that lock the arm and motor yoke positively wherever you set them. The radial scale is closer to the front of the saw, so it's easier to see. It would be even more legible if the stampings were filled in with black paint. The bevel tilt scale is tucked The new JDS Cyclones are here! With a compact design powerful motor, and efficient 1 micron filtering, these cyclones are perfect for any shop. 3 HP Cyclone 3000-CK 2 HP Cyclone 2000-CK 3 HP - 2050 CFM ^ 12.4" Static Pressure 87" Tali a r 2 HP -1900 CFM 11.2" Static Pressure ^ IT Tat! Another quality product from 800.480.7269 Complete Unit $999.°° For more information visit our website www.jdstools.com Complete Unit $1495°° (Circle No 36 or PRODUCT INFORMATION form) Woodworker's Journal April 2006 61 |
