anyone familiar with proxxon tools?

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Originally Posted by rossco

:O What do you two do?

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Dewalt was the original manufacturer of the radial arm saw, and back in the eighties B & D purchased Dewalt, making a few B & D/Dewalt saws before ceasing production.

In the 90s, B & D resurrected the name to trade on quality in represented, and here we are.

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Thanks for the info.:)

Was dewalt always yellow or just since the 90s?

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Dewalt was reborn yellow as an attention-grabber for display purposes and marketed as a visibility aid on-the-job.

My Dad's old Dewalt RAS (early 50s vintage) is kind of turquoise with white speckling.

My 70s model RAS is black and a kind of harvest gold.

My '82 Super-Duty long-arm RAS is black with white speckling.

Yeah, yellow was new in the 90s. :)

J2, what do you do where you need two RAS?

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Originally Posted by Tempestv

J2, what do you do where you need two RAS?

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I don't-the Super-Duty is 3-phase/480V; I scavenged it in great shape, and I'm looking to deal it.

I don't have room to set it up for use anyway, it's a real monster; 900 lbs.-it can rip 48".

The equivalent saw (same castings) from Original Saw Company is about $9K.

I'm working on a little parlay with a guy down in Iowa.

Hell, if I could actually plug the damn thing in, I'd brown-out my whole neighborhood. :)

how many amps does it draw?
48 inches- that's a panel saw

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Originally Posted by Tempestv

how many amps does it draw?
48 inches- that's a panel saw

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Not a panel saw, nosiree.

Free-run draw is about 13 amps @ 5HP, on up to whatever it would draw at developed HP (14).

Probably on the high side of 20 amps.

Here is a picture of the short-arm version of the same saw, which will out-rip a little over 40".

http://www.exfactory.com/seephoto.as...um=SR%2D010648

Panel saws go straight only and are basically a circular saw mounted on a large table type thing, aren't they?
Or is that something different?

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Originally Posted by rossco

Panel saws go straight only and are basically a circular saw mounted on a large table type thing, aren't they?
Or is that something different?

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Yeah-a panel saw is little but an almost vertical easel-style frame to hold (for ex.) a 4X8, and mounts a circular saw to do the cutting.

What I have is every bit the traditional RAS, but very heavy-duty and over-sized, though only large enough to cross-cut perhaps 36".

It can rip over 4', though.

As I said, it weighs about 900 lbs.

My little 10" model weighs perhaps 100 lbs. by comparison.

@J2, according to my math, at 460 volts, 14hp is equal to 22.7 amps. anyways I saw that it rips 48 inches and figured the same for cross cut, which would be wide enough to cut sheetgoods, which would mean that you could use it as as a panel saw. that's what i ment. ether way, it's a massive saw.

http://www.khubani.net/vishal/upload...c02-710036.jpg
yup