EricAnderson

Oh, by the way...

The Zinio app is a free download.

iPhone Life magazine uses Zinio (a magazine reader app) to provide their print readers a digital experience on the iPhone, iPad and other readers such as the Kindle Fire. I have the Fire and I have downloaded the iPhone Life magazine using the Zinio app.

I really don't have any use for a digital copy of the magazine on my computer. If I can read it on the computer, I would rather use the printed version. I like the digital version when I am in places where I do not have the magazine.

I bought this fence replacement for the Unifence extrusion and have used it for about 5 years. It was a very reasonable price and greatly improves on the ability to add jigs to the Unifence.

http://ttrackusa.com/unifence.htm

Like others, the radial arm saw was my first power tool. I now have a full shop of tools, but the radial arm saw is still one of the top 3 power tools I use (the others being a Unisaw and one of my many routers). I never cut angles any more with the radial arm saw in order to maintain the accuracy of the crosscut work I use if for. I also have a miter saw. I feel the radial arm saw is safer than the miter saw since it stabilizes shorter workpieces much better. The gap in the fence of the miter saw has created some close calls for me. Actually, I built a zero clearance fence in the miter saw for crosscuts.

For cutting long, wide boards I don't know of a better tool than the radial arm saw.

I feel that the miter saw has to improve along 3 areas to take over for the radial arm saw.

1. The miter saw noise has to be much less. The radial arm saw is much quiter and probably contributes to me choosing the radial arm saw for things that could be done just as well with the miter saw, but the miter saw is just too loud.

2. The miter saw has to have a crosscut width that competes with the radial arm saw. The radial arm saw can cut much wider crosscuts.

3. The miter saw has to enable accurate depth of cuts and use a dado set. The radial arm saw can cut repeatable dados to an accurate depth in long boards and enables the operator to see the entire dado operation.