You can use an Ordinary radial-arm saw to cut precise joints for making furniture. Curtis Erpelding shows that there's no limit to what you can make with this versatile machine. Your will learn about Making accurate sophisticated joints, laying out open mortise-and-tenon joints, cutting open mortise-and-tenon joints, frame construction using open mortise-and-tenon joints, using a set of simple fixtures as precision cutting system, cleaning up joints with hand tools, how joinery relates to design in a piece of furniture, and laying out and cutting dovetail mortise and tenons.
Curtis Erpelding is a designer-craftsman who has taught workshops in radial-arm- saw techniques and in plane making. His own work has been exhibited throughout the USA.
CA Prop 65 WARNING: Drilling, sawing, sanding or machining wood products can expose you to wood dust, a substance know to the State of California to cause cancer. Avoid inhaling wood dust or use dust mask or other safeguards for personal protection.