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When I saw it on Craigslist I immediately drove out of state to get it. I can tell you that most of these rare birds gravitate to the owmm.org (old woodworking
by RNCTX 6y ago
When I saw it on Craigslist I immediately drove out of state to get it. I can tell you that most of these rare birds gravitate to the owmm.org (old woodworking machinery) forum. They even have a surrogate system in place where they help each other buy machines local to another user and then settle up at scheduled meetups.
A guy on there bought mine when I eventually sold it.
I replaced a Delta RAS with it, that I never got aligned properly.
The problem with long arm RASs is they tend to have inaccuracy along the arm itself. The bigger it is the less likely that is, but throwing mass at it is a poor solution. Having a shorter movement footprint is without question the better design. All of the bearings that guide the movement of a unipoint are within inches of each other and fixed in space. The bearings on a long arm RAS have all of that movement distance to get out of alignment.
Good luck! There are a few floating around out there.
- mauvehaus 6y agoThat is super informative. Thank you. I mostly lurk on owwm, but I've found it to be a very knowledgable and supportive community when I've had questions.