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Postby wallace » 28 Mar 2020, 17:52

I had a week spare recently so knocked this nice little thing out. I haven't done a full resto thread because theirs one already some where. This one dates from 1945. Its going to live over the pond so the motor was rewound for 22Ov. My motor guy tried to tease out the star windings but the bitumen was too brittle and brought off the insulation on he windings.
These are really nice little saws and this one has presets for various angles and compounds. They can take the old style gun metal trenching head which work really well. They come up pretty cheap as well.

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Postby kirkpoore1 » 28 Mar 2020, 18:25

Nice. I laughed at the blood colored interior. :)

Can you get far enough away to take a picture to give us an over-all look?

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Postby Rod » 28 Mar 2020, 18:31

Nice work but I cannot work out what holds the timber?

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Postby Malc2098 » 28 Mar 2020, 19:40

Nice.
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Postby wallace » 03 Apr 2020, 10:01

Heres a couple more pics to see it in the whole. You make a sacrificial top with a fence attached

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Postby Malc2098 » 03 Apr 2020, 10:03

Blimey! That's a beast!
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Postby DaveL » 03 Apr 2020, 10:37

Malc2098 wrote:Blimey! That's a beast!
Absolutely!
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Postby kirkpoore1 » 03 Apr 2020, 13:20

Wow, that's an odd looking RAS. I've never seen one with a hand wheel up on top like that. Great job on the restoration as always.

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Postby wallace » 03 Apr 2020, 17:19

Malc2098 wrote:Blimey! That's a beast!


Wait till you see its dad the CC, it spins a 2O" blade and some variants had a 4' cross cut. I've got one but its well down the list.
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Postby Malc2098 » 03 Apr 2020, 17:31

wallace wrote:
Malc2098 wrote:Blimey! That's a beast!


Wait till you see its dad the CC, it spins a 2O" blade and some variants had a 4' cross cut. I've got one but its well down the list.



Can't wait! :P
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Postby Jonathan » 03 Apr 2020, 21:01

Beautiful as always!
What's the arm like, is there any sideways movement at all?

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Postby Andyp » 04 Apr 2020, 07:19

Gorgeous.
I am not normally one to comment on such things but is there no guarding at all on the bottom half of that blade?
I do not think therefore I do not am.

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Postby wallace » 04 Apr 2020, 09:42

Jonathan wrote:Beautiful as always!
What's the arm like, is there any sideways movement at all?

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They lock really firmly, I've used the one I have with an old gunmetal trenching head for tennons with good results.

Andyp wrote:Gorgeous.
I am not normally one to comment on such things but is there no guarding at all on the bottom half of that blade?


It has a adjustable nose piece but other than that theirs no more guarding just like all RAS's. They are still allowed to be used in factories by the HSE as long as the blade goes back into a enclosed box and have a return spring
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Postby max power » 04 Apr 2020, 19:09

Slightly off topic Wallace, but wheres the best place to get some of those little brass oil caps on an RS. I've got a couple missing the little lid on mine, also is there a specific oil I should use in them ?
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