This is a fantastic video information-wise and the restoration is super! Thank you so much! Saw some new ways to put my old $5 DeWalt MB to use, can’t wait to try them….
I've owned several dewalts and delta radial arm saws. The largest was a 16 " model ge dewalt. If you turn on a 16" radial arm saw you should have instant respect for it and if you don't you shouldn't be using it !!! If you buy one of these used be sure to check for uneven wear in the tracks where the saw carriage hangs on ! Many of these saws were just used for primarily for standard crosscutting in just a portion of their travel . This will produce a lessthan straight crosscut and is nearly impossibe to correct without regrinding the tracks. The larger delta ras have reversible hardened rods that can be rotated to accommodate for wear. I believe dewalt made ras as large as 20" !
Neat video. I was given one of these 16 inch 7-1/2 hp. Its complete. I used one many years ago at a prefab mill. These machines are incredible. Although they can be dangerous to operate, abit of common sense goes long way.
Great old video! Although it wasn’t this same saw, I have two vivid memories of a RAS I owned 40+ years ago. The first was ripping a board. The kickback pawl failed, and the board was ejected across the garage, taking out a window as it left the room! The second was how frustrating it was to adjust the table parallel to the travel of the blade! I wouldn’t give up my DeWalt sliding compound miter saw to have it back!
Very nice! I don't know if I'm more impressed with your restoration quality, or with the original film itself! These were wonderful machines to have and use. There is another film around that shows these saws being used to build an army training camp during WW II. Periscope Film has a copy of it on UA-cam, and maybe you have also found it and restored it. I'll have to dig thru what else you have on your channel, this is the first thing I've seen of yours, and it is very well done!
Nice work on the upscaling! Thanks so much for posting this. My father worked at DeWalt in the 1960s as a designer and draftsman on the next generation of these machines. I have fond memories of my dad and I working in the shop with this machine as a kid and I feel lucky to have gotten the saw which one of my grandfathers had when he died. I need to rebuild the motor to get it functioning again, but hope to do that again soon. Thanks again for this!
Awesome that you you and your pop were able to work together... My two sons and I are in business together building post and beam timber construction. We are in the process of purchasing this saw... Any info on this saw would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your story. Best wishes Mark
@@markmorand8068 This should be perfect for post and beam. I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill." Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage. ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
fantastic video, I thought I had seen all the old DeWALT videos there were,,,,,,but now I know.....thank you, by the way, I own a 16", [3] 10" and a 9" MB-C DeWALT RAS.....I love them....
Good!!! I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill." Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage. ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
That is next level reclaim/reuse/reinvent my friend....thanks for the idea. One of these will make very nice lumber from the cants I make with my chainsaw mill. (my logs are well over 10")
Nice, you had to dig deep into archives to find this. This Saw is not your sears craftsmen knock off. Its a much better saw. I went to a tool sale once not long ago he had one of this model for sale it was 240volt 12 or 14" blade great big motor the table top was the same and ran off the side of the table like this. The guy was asking 1,500 for it and he would not budge on the price. Also had an older Jet 72" table saw cabnit style for less money. Even today with all the unsafe issues everyone talks about this saws worth the 1,500 Its no more dangerous then a real edge Shaper of you think about it. I've never once thought about using my craftsmen the ways he showed. My craftsmen is the last style they made, i bought it new in 2002 And i use it all the time. Also have 3 table saws. And i'll rip with the ras. The hardest part is proper set up . Think about it how easy would it be to make your own window sills with this, you could build your own real wood windows and doors. A lot harder to do some of the cuts on a table saw.
I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill." Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage. ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
1960 we need people to buy more tools so don’t allow the motor to turn. 1970 we need people to buy more tools so start making it out of plastic 1980 we need people to buy more tools so produce them in China so we can lower the price and still make more 1990 we need people to buy more tools so use a thinner copper winding so the motor will burn out faster
I love seeing these old movies of when the saws were shiny and new - it made me smile. Excellent restoration work on the video, too.
I have the smallest version of this saw, I think it was made in the 40's. I still use it to this day , a solid well built tool .
This is a fantastic video information-wise and the restoration is super! Thank you so much! Saw some new ways to put my old $5 DeWalt MB to use, can’t wait to try them….
I've owned several dewalts and delta radial arm saws. The largest was a 16 " model ge dewalt. If you turn on a 16" radial arm saw you should have instant respect for it and if you don't you shouldn't be using it !!! If you buy one of these used be sure to check for uneven wear in the tracks where the saw carriage hangs on ! Many of these saws were just used for primarily for standard crosscutting in just a portion of their travel . This will produce a lessthan straight crosscut and is nearly impossibe to correct without regrinding the tracks. The larger delta ras have reversible hardened rods that can be rotated to accommodate for wear. I believe dewalt made ras as large as 20" !
Neat video. I was given one of these 16 inch 7-1/2 hp. Its complete. I used one many years ago at a prefab mill. These machines are incredible. Although they can be dangerous to operate, abit of common sense goes long way.
Cool video. I still use a radial arm saw I got from my dad and I love it.
Great old video! Although it wasn’t this same saw, I have two vivid memories of a RAS I owned 40+ years ago. The first was ripping a board. The kickback pawl failed, and the board was ejected across the garage, taking out a window as it left the room! The second was how frustrating it was to adjust the table parallel to the travel of the blade! I wouldn’t give up my DeWalt sliding compound miter saw to have it back!
WOW you can rip with a SCMS?
Very nice! I don't know if I'm more impressed with your restoration quality, or with the original film itself! These were wonderful machines to have and use.
There is another film around that shows these saws being used to build an army training camp during WW II. Periscope Film has a copy of it on UA-cam, and maybe you have also found it and restored it. I'll have to dig thru what else you have on your channel, this is the first thing I've seen of yours, and it is very well done!
Nice work on the upscaling! Thanks so much for posting this. My father worked at DeWalt in the 1960s as a designer and draftsman on the next generation of these machines. I have fond memories of my dad and I working in the shop with this machine as a kid and I feel lucky to have gotten the saw which one of my grandfathers had when he died. I need to rebuild the motor to get it functioning again, but hope to do that again soon. Thanks again for this!
Awesome that you you and your pop were able to work together... My two sons and I are in business together building post and beam timber construction. We are in the process of purchasing this saw... Any info on this saw would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Best wishes
Mark
@@markmorand8068 This should be perfect for post and beam.
I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill."
Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage.
ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
That guards on this saw are better than I have ever seen on a radial arm saw.
What a cool video! Thanks so much!!
It's obvious how revolutionary this was at the time.
Thanks for doing this!
the restoration was fantastic too.....
Great video!!!
fantastic video, I thought I had seen all the old DeWALT videos there were,,,,,,but now I know.....thank you, by the way, I own a 16", [3] 10" and a 9" MB-C DeWALT RAS.....I love them....
New American woodworking company has started building these old DeWalt machines again
Do they have a website? I can’t find them in a search
Good!!!
I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill."
Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage.
ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
That is next level reclaim/reuse/reinvent my friend....thanks for the idea.
One of these will make very nice lumber from the cants I make with my chainsaw mill. (my logs are well over 10")
Original Saw…the executives bought the rights, patterns and prints back in the 1980’s and continued building saws…..
I use my DeWalt for virtually everything in my shop, I got rid of my tablesaw years ago in favor of this machine type.
My next ras will be a 50's-60's Dewalt.
Fantastic 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Great! probably American made heavy duty
Nice, you had to dig deep into archives to find this.
This Saw is not your sears craftsmen knock off.
Its a much better saw.
I went to a tool sale once not long ago he had one of this model for sale it was 240volt 12 or 14" blade great big motor the table top was the same and ran off the side of the table like this.
The guy was asking 1,500 for it and he would not budge on the price.
Also had an older Jet 72" table saw cabnit style for less money.
Even today with all the unsafe issues everyone talks about this saws worth the 1,500
Its no more dangerous then a real edge
Shaper of you think about it.
I've never once thought about using my craftsmen the ways he showed.
My craftsmen is the last style they made, i bought it new in 2002
And i use it all the time.
Also have 3 table saws.
And i'll rip with the ras.
The hardest part is proper set up .
Think about it how easy would it be to make your own window sills with this, you could build your own real wood windows and doors.
A lot harder to do some of the cuts on a table saw.
I wood like to be known as the one who gave this classic saw one more movement to complete what should start a new revolution. I call it the DeWalt Radial Arm "Sawmill."
Believe it or not this added feature makes for the "complete saw" from the log to a what ever you can imagen in the end. The original table and fence can still be attached by fabricating the parts needed to fi to the now called the carriage.
ua-cam.com/video/Oq7fOd_O5yM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/k7cBLq1rgPo/v-deo.html
1960 we need people to buy more tools so don’t allow the motor to turn.
1970 we need people to buy more tools so start making it out of plastic
1980 we need people to buy more tools so produce them in China so we can lower the price and still make more
1990 we need people to buy more tools so use a thinner copper winding so the motor will burn out faster
And then they sold it to B&D
NOT A DIY TOOL.
Thanks for your work on this, David.
AbnRgr51 Tim