kurt Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Joy of joy, I just acquired (for FREE!) a coveted DeWalt Model MBF radial arm saw, the only radial arm saw I've ever considered worth owning. The entire thing is cast iron & weighs about 220 pounds. Every setting has adjustable dovetail ways, & the thing adjusts like a micrometer. Made in the United States of America when DeWalt was a division of the American Machine & Foundry Company. Anyone else got one of these? I'd love to talk..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Hi Kurt, I have an old 12 inch DeWalt that has the two arm or turret arm set up...is that it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 No, the MBF is the old 8" model that was most commonly used in tool & die shops & by modelmakers. Blade's too small for heavy work, but that's not what it's for. Yours is the old lumber yard model, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Arghh!!! Tool envy is setting in. I can feel myself drawn to my tool catalogs and old copies of Fine Woodworking. Must...resist....have....work...to...do........ OT - OF!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 I just looked at pictures of the saw you bought..it looks like it'd be accurate. My first radiaql arm was a Red Star brand and looked remarkably similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 I'm on a dialup & can't google effectively; does your pic show the green "splatter" finish? This thing has 1/2 degree settings. When you touch the carriage, it glides like a sharp blade on ice; theres' a friction setting so one can set the amount of resistance & response. When you're adjusting this thing & it hits the presets, it clicks like a micrometer. The blade I've got is a pretty good Freud carbide; near as I can tell, there is zero wobble; wood comes out the other side like it's been jointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Is this the model you're talking about? http://portland.craigslist.org/tls/176230860.html I used to have one like it in one of my old shops in Vermont. It worked very well. - Jim Katen, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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