Radial Arm Saw Recall!!!!

[Shack]

If you have a Sears Craftsman radial arm saw built in the mid nineties or older, you may be under a recall for them. I had gotten this saw from a fellow F.M.’er and found out from another that these saws are under recall for a new guard system. I basically searched “radial arm recall” on the net and found the site that helps with this. You will need a serial and model number an then call a phone number and they send you out a large kit with all the needed items. It also comes with a new table. A couple of hours installing new parts and dialing in my saw, I have a brand new saw for free. Figured I would shout out this info, that I found out on here (FM).

Before

After

The old guard.

The new guard.

[sparcebag]

Shack I got mine also from your post back then,Altho I already made a table top for mine I now have a spare,Shack did you leave the fence for a reason?

[Shack]

No Sparce, I did not get one with recall kit and there was not one with the saw. Good question! What do you use for the fence. 1"x2". I still have to align. the paws after I get a fence, so my next step would be to find out what a fence should be.

Thanks

[sparcebag]

I used a 1x3 oak,installed then run the saw through @90,45,22&1/2

I also shortened the rear table piece so a longer cut can be made,but not short enough to interfer with blade rotation.

my kit is yet unopened i'm workin on boat and the garage is too crowded.with 1x3 i cant remember but I may have taken a bit off to clear saw body with blade set to cut 1/8 inch into table top.the higher the fence the more accurate with deep material as to square.

[Tom7227]

Thanks for the post. I called yesterday and found out my saw was involved. I also sent e-mails to nearly everyone in my directory - in about 5 minutes another guy responded saying he had one also. (a woman friend wrote back and said she didn't know what a radial arm saw was.)

[sparcebag]

Thats the saw the doc uses to repair your radial arm bone,the ulnar saw is for the other bone.

Isn't it??

[Dragonsm]

Thanks for bringing this post to my attention also!

I personally don't have a radial arm saw, but the first thing I did was call my father as I know he has one that I used growing up. He checked his model and serial # and sure enough, it fell under the recall. He was going to try and give them a call today so I'll have to see how it goes.