Photo Index - Portable Electric Tools, Inc. - Shopmate RAS2

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Portable Electric Tools, Inc.
Geneva, IL; Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Radial Arm Saw
Machine Size:	7"
Submitted By:	Tom Marshall

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Shopmate RAS2
Date of Manufacturer:	1950's - 1960's
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Last Updated	7/15/2005 12:34:27 PM

Comments:

The saw on this can be taken off with relative ease and be used by itself. I am guessing this tool is either an attachment for the circular saw or is part of a combination set of tools since it is tagged on the label "attachment". All the handles that are red on it are a bakelite type material. It is in excellent condition and was sitting in a corner of a garage for years doing nothing. Now that I own it, it is still sitting in a corner of a garage doing nothing. It has about enough power to make balsa wood airplanes. I was thinking of fabricating a plate and turning it into an overarm router of sorts but that is pretty far down on my list of things I am going to do.

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