rjbasta


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Re: Is the Radial Arm Saw on its Last Legs?

Just went through the Sears/Emerson Tool radial arm saw recall info on Emerson's website. Apparently, Sears is not dealing with the recall, Emerson is offering a replacement guard assembly for certain Craftsman RA saws manufactured between 1958 and 1992. The recall notice is posted on Emerson's home page, which directs you a site where you can determine whether your model is 1) eligble for a new guard assembly, 2) already has one, or 3) there is no upgraded guard assembly available for your saw.
For saw models that do not have a replacement guard,they are offering $100 cash if you remove the carriage assembly from your RA saw and send it to Emerson. No mention is made as to what you do with the rest of the saw, but it seems that they are giving you $100 to permanently take it out of service.
Of course, RA saw I have had for 33 years and has given me good service fell into the later category. I guess that would put me reluctantly into the do away with crowd.

posted: 5:53 pm on July 13th