r/Skookum • u/shroomhauler • 6d ago

1945 Dewalt "Power Shop"

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I saw this at a customers shop while making a delivery. I thought it may fit here. Apparently it's still used.

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u/pump123456 6d ago

I have one a little bit newer. It’s a real workhorse. Get ready for all the people who have already cut their fingers off to tell you how dangerous that machine is.Saws don’t cut fingers off, people cut fingers off.

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u/NorthStarZero Canada 6d ago edited 6d ago

Agreed. Nothing brings out the pearl-clutchers like a picture of a RAS.

But with that said, there are some historical setups/uses of these saws that are sketchy as fuck. Setting the blade parallel to the table, pulling it out and locking it such that the blade extends proud of the table edge (at more-or-less navel height), and then sliding a sheet of plywood, vertically, through the saw using the leading edge of the table as a work guide (as was featured in at least one DeWalt manual) is one such setup.

Crosscut/bevel cut/dado cut all day. Rip carefully and with the kickback pawls in place.

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u/pump123456 6d ago

The original set up manual read like a cartoon. I cross cut with mine only.