So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal to
jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared of
them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to be
to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and compound
miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
Any opinons welcome
Thanks,
Chad
Check this out: http://www.thisoldworkshop.com/review-rigid-raw.htm
"nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal to
> jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared of
> them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to be
> to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
compound
> miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
>
> Any opinons welcome
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
>
Well I am partial to DeWalt but I've been keeping my eye on Ebay and haven't
seen an RAS come up within 200 miles of me (boston). I posted this over in
the Delphi forum you suggested but I'll put it up here too. My company
recently inherited a DeWalt 7770 "Contractor" RAS. Big black thing, square
beam. It needs some love, new table of course, one of the stand legs is
bent, all the adjustments are loose and it needs a new blade guard and anti
kickback device. That being said, we have about zero use for it. (we bought
out a theatre for their lighting inventory and the leftovers of the woodshop
came with.) If I could get my boss to part with it for say $100 would that
be an OK investment? Granted it's not a really old greeny with the cast arm
etc.
"Rumpty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Your $539 would buy a mighty fine used DeWalt RAS.
>
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> "nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> > finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> > online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal
to
> > jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared
of
> > them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to
be
> > to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
> compound
> > miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
> >
> > Any opinons welcome
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chad
> >
> >
>
>
nobody asks:
>Well I am partial to DeWalt but I've been keeping my eye on Ebay and haven't
>seen an RAS come up within 200 miles of me (boston). I posted this over in
>the Delphi forum you suggested but I'll put it up here too. My company
>recently inherited a DeWalt 7770 "Contractor" RAS. Big black thing, square
>beam. It needs some love, new table of course, one of the stand legs is
>bent, all the adjustments are loose and it needs a new blade guard and anti
>kickback device. That being said, we have about zero use for it. (we bought
>out a theatre for their lighting inventory and the leftovers of the woodshop
>came with.) If I could get my boss to part with it for say $100 would that
>be an OK investment? Granted it's not a really old greeny with the cast arm
>etc.
As you say, that's not the really old DeWalt that is so good it hurts to see
someone else have one. I'd offer him 50 bucks, make your (internal) max 100.
With the saw that loose, you really don't know how many parts you'll need and
how much work it's going to be to get it where you need it, so any you can save
up front is good. Hell, offer to haul it away for him.
Charlie Self
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is
sure."
Mark Twain
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes so as
to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut square
and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
thing, maybe.
--
http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
"nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal to
> jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared of
> them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to be
> to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
compound
> miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
>
> Any opinons welcome
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
>
> I know that blade has to go. You can actually see it flex.
The correct blade for any RAS is the Forrest WW1 blade with the "TCP" triple
chip profile and no other. If your RAS draws less than 12A on 110 V use a
8" blade for best performance.
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"KYHighlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The fence on the table of the RAS is made from CDX so that was my thought
> that it isn't as thick on one end as the other. MDF seems to have a pretty
> tight standard on thickness throughout the sheet.
>
> I know that blade has to go. You can actually see it flex.
>
> --
>
> http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
>
>
> "Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > KYHighlander notes:
> >
> > >I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes
so
> as
> > >to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
> > >expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
> > >
> > >One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut
> square
> > >and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
> > >thing, maybe.
> >
> > Change the blade all by itself first. Don't mess with the table and
fence
> until
> > you know it isn't the blade: if you've got a tablesaw, use a decent
combo
> > blade, full kerf, and see if your cove doesn't disappear.
> >
> > One thing I've had to learn the hard way is to make ONE change and see
> what
> > happens (unless the tool is flat falling apart in 7 different ways). If
> that
> > doesn't help, go to the next one. You make all the changes at once and
you
> > probably will get rid of the problem, but you'll never be sure exactly
> what
> > caused it. That means doing the entire process the next time around.
> That's
> > probably OK if each bit takes 5 mnutes and costs zip. But when bits cost
> money
> > and take 30-45-60 minutes, doing 6 unnecessary ones is a big waste.
> >
> > Charlie Self
> > "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success
> is
> > sure."
> > Mark Twain
> > http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
>
>
KYHighlander notes:
>I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes so as
>to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
>expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
>
>One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut square
>and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
>thing, maybe.
Change the blade all by itself first. Don't mess with the table and fence until
you know it isn't the blade: if you've got a tablesaw, use a decent combo
blade, full kerf, and see if your cove doesn't disappear.
One thing I've had to learn the hard way is to make ONE change and see what
happens (unless the tool is flat falling apart in 7 different ways). If that
doesn't help, go to the next one. You make all the changes at once and you
probably will get rid of the problem, but you'll never be sure exactly what
caused it. That means doing the entire process the next time around. That's
probably OK if each bit takes 5 mnutes and costs zip. But when bits cost money
and take 30-45-60 minutes, doing 6 unnecessary ones is a big waste.
Charlie Self
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is
sure."
Mark Twain
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
The fence on the table of the RAS is made from CDX so that was my thought
that it isn't as thick on one end as the other. MDF seems to have a pretty
tight standard on thickness throughout the sheet.
I know that blade has to go. You can actually see it flex.
--
http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> KYHighlander notes:
>
> >I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes so
as
> >to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
> >expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
> >
> >One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut
square
> >and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
> >thing, maybe.
>
> Change the blade all by itself first. Don't mess with the table and fence
until
> you know it isn't the blade: if you've got a tablesaw, use a decent combo
> blade, full kerf, and see if your cove doesn't disappear.
>
> One thing I've had to learn the hard way is to make ONE change and see
what
> happens (unless the tool is flat falling apart in 7 different ways). If
that
> doesn't help, go to the next one. You make all the changes at once and you
> probably will get rid of the problem, but you'll never be sure exactly
what
> caused it. That means doing the entire process the next time around.
That's
> probably OK if each bit takes 5 mnutes and costs zip. But when bits cost
money
> and take 30-45-60 minutes, doing 6 unnecessary ones is a big waste.
>
> Charlie Self
> "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success
is
> sure."
> Mark Twain
> http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Highlander, I'll be at the Wally World D.C. down in London tomorrow, and
I'll be more'n happy to come by and take it off your hands, heheheheh.
--
"Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
Homer Simpson
Jerry© The Phoneman®
"KYHighlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes so
as
> to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
> expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
>
> One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut
square
> and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
> thing, maybe.
>
> --
>
> http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
>
>
> "nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> > finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> > online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal
to
> > jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared
of
> > them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to
be
> > to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
> compound
> > miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
> >
> > Any opinons welcome
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chad
> >
> >
>
>
Then where would I put all the stuff that I've had piled on top of it since
I found out it wouldn't cut square? LOL
I'm gonna try to fix it. It would be a handy little thing if I could get it
to cut good. I used it when laying the floor in my den, the baseboards
covered the out of square ends, and it was great for that..
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http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
"Jerry Gilreath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:kBaTb.154617$Rc4.1220161@attbi_s54...
> Highlander, I'll be at the Wally World D.C. down in London tomorrow, and
> I'll be more'n happy to come by and take it off your hands, heheheheh.
>
> --
> "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
> They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
> Homer Simpson
> Jerry© The Phoneman®
> "KYHighlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have that saw, can't seem to get it to cut square, the blade flexes so
> as
> > to make a slightly cove cut as well as out of square. It's the most
> > expensive shelf I have in my shop, I just have junk piled on top of it.
> >
> > One of these days I'll rework the fence and see if I can make it cut
> square
> > and change that crappy blade to a thicker one and start using the darn
> > thing, maybe.
> >
> > --
> >
> > http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
> >
> >
> > "nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> > > finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any
reviews
> > > online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough
deal
> to
> > > jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are
scared
> of
> > > them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed
to
> be
> > > to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
> > compound
> > > miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
> > >
> > > Any opinons welcome
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Chad
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
got mine (craftsman - about 40 years old) locally for $175 and I love it.
I don't think I'd pay over $500 for one though.
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:46:30 -0500, nobody
wrote:
> So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal to
> jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared of
> them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to be
> to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and compound
> miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
>
> Any opinons welcome
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
Your $539 would buy a mighty fine used DeWalt RAS.
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"nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So it looks like Ridgid has stopped producing RAS and my local HD has
> finally marked their reaining stock down some. I can't find any reviews
> online for this saw? Anyone got one? At $539 is this a good enough deal to
> jump on or should I keep my eyes on Ebay? I know some people are scared of
> them or don't prefer them for whatever reason but they always seemed to be
> to be a mighty versitile tool. I already have a nice table saw and
compound
> miter so i suppose i could do without the RAS but....
>
> Any opinons welcome
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
>