[sudo-discuss] dangerous radial arm saw

[Jake]

honestly Alice I think that before fixing anything else about it, the 
radial arm saw needs THE POwER SWITCH to be working properly..

right now it starts fucking spinning as soon as it gets plugged in.  That 
could mean that while one person is preparing to use it, their friend 
helpfully plugs it in and it starts cutting immediately.  not safe!

the safety lock and trigger seem to physically move in the normal way, so 
possibly it's an easy repair, but unfortunately i don't have time at the 
moment.  But it needs to be done ASAP, much more than a new platform is 
needed.

it's a really cool tool but i would also be OK with you taking it back, it 
takes up a lot of space already and i'm not sure if it's really 
appropriate for sudoroom.

-jake

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, beehappysolutions at gmail.com wrote:

> I am interested in 3/4" plywood scraps to make a new table top for the 
> radial arm saw that is sitting in Sudo. The saw tabletop was made of 
> particle board originally and lasted for 30 years but due to lack of 
> interior space for tools it was used and stored outside for 8 years 
> under a tarp. I know how to manufacture it. It needs 48" strips of ply. 
> One about 4"-5", one about 1.5", one about 8" and 1 about 14".
>
> One reason it doesn't take up much room in Sudo is because it currently 
> has NO tabletop.
>
> Does any one want to give some input on wether we/I should make the 
> tabletop only 24" or 30" wide to save space?