Craftsman Radial Arm Saw (RAS) & Control Cut Unit

Did you make sure it’s getting power.. it has it’s own electrical connection, so verify with a meter it’s getting juice. If you can’t get parts and can’t figure out a way to get it working, I would just remove the whole control cut assembly since it’s a separate unit and has it’s own power connection separate from the RAS. The manual for that saw has instructions on how to install it after the machine has been assembled and aligned, so just do the reverse to remove it. These saws have been made for decades without that thing, and it will work just fine without it.

Cheers,
Brad

-- Brad in FL - To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid

Brad,
Thanks for the reply!
The control cut unit is getting power, so that’s not the issue.
I think removing it is probably the best solution – although I do like the safety feature offered by the device of attempting to control the saw carriage “jumping” out at me.
Thanks,

Ryan

-- -Ryan

You’ll reduce that “jumping” considerably if you put a proper blade on it, one with a negative hook angle on the teeth.

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You ll reduce that “jumping” considerably if you put a proper blade on it, one with a negative hook angle on the teeth.

- Fred Hargis

Hi Fred,
Can you suggest a replacement blade?
Thanks,
Ryan

-- -Ryan

Freud LU91, and you can get it without that absolutely hideous red coating. This is not the blade if you plan on doing rip cuts on your saw.

-- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress.

Freud LU91, and you can get it without that absolutely hideous red coating. This is not the blade if you plan on doing rip cuts on your saw.

- Fred Hargis

Thanks Fred – i do not plan on using the RAS to do rip cuts.

I may have bought the wrong blade, but i recently purchased this item:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BIE0SHW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If you look at that URL closely, there’s a non-PC word (kinda funny though).

Anyways, when i got the item, it says for miter and table saws – nothing about RAS, however, the Amazon page says RAS are OK.

Easy enough to return if it is the wrong thing so let me know.

-Ryan

-- -Ryan

Well, I looked at the dimension drawing and could not read the hook angle. It looks aggressive, and I think the description “cutting angle 15º ” is the hook angle (the angle of the forward surface of the tooth relative to the centerline of the blade). That’s much too aggressive (IMHO). It will really try to pull the blade into the wood, the secret of the negative hook angle is that it doesn’t have that same aggressive force. I would try to get something that had no more than a 0º to maybe +2º degree hook, and the -5º is the cat’s pajamas.

-- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress.

Thanks Fred. It’s on the way back to that big shopping center in the sky.

-- -Ryan