Franch

Much has been said, thus far, both pro and con about the RAS. The first major powor tool that I purchased,in 1964, was a RAS, that saw is now owned by my neighbor, a Craftsman 9". Neither of us has had a problem or accident with that unit. I purchased another and have used it for 30 some years until my wife provided a sliding compound mitre saw for my shop. The Craftsman is now designated as a job saw. The verstility of the that saw was the criteria for its purchase. However, just like other power tools there are differences between manufacturers of RAS as there are between table saws and other power tools. The Delta Multiplex has to stand out as a "one tool " shop mainstay, as with the Shopsmith. In the May-June 1950 issue of the Home Craftsman periodical this machine is touted to do more than 125 operations at one tool cost {$195.00}. Can this be said about the table saw or the sliding Mitre saw? As far as a safety issue, that is solely controlled by the operator and not by any attachment nor gadget attached to the unit. To say that we need not take the RAS into consideratio when a project is designed for publication in present day publishing is doing a diservice to many would be and presant woodworkers who do not choose to fill there workplace with a supply of equipment that they made be required to mortgage the house to pay for. For what it is worth. Francis Caron BVED