With the reports of inaccurate inconsistent results with these modern sliding miter saws made of plastic and aluminum, having owned and cussed them myself, I decided to go old school and get a cast iron radial arm saw. There are TONS of RAS for sale, top saws can be had for under $200 and under $100 is pretty common for the Craftsman saws.

I opted for this 280 pound beast a 1950's Delta Milwaukee Multiplex 40-B. I could have gone much larger but didn't really have the room for one. This one will take 12" and 14" blades, crosscut 15" of 2" thick stock, has a 2HP single phase motor switchable either 110 or 220, and is built like a tank. Even the base is cast iron I like that.

I found the saw on Craigslist, some guy said he purchased a storage locker and this was one of the tools in there. I'm going to restore this saw to is former glory and this will be my chop saw. I'm 51 years old, for a saw that's 10 years older than me this thing looks pretty good.

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