Any one with a B&D RAS 1512 Owners Manual?

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15th July 2009, 12:22 AM
Ramps

Any one with a B&D RAS 1512 Owners Manual?

Hi guys
I have revently picked up an old Black & Decker (Australian made!) Radial Arm Saw model 1512 ( I think it means it has a 15" movement and a 12" blade.

It's been out in the weather for 2 years but otherwise looks a lot like this one sold on this forum a couple of years ago

A couple of hours into "making all the parts move again" I decided that I'd better plug it in to check out if I'm wasting my time! She just hums, what a beauty. Another hour or so and I have all parts that are meant to move, move and all that are meant to remain stationary, bolted down. Things are still a bit stiff in a couple of directions. A couple of new knobs are in order (I busted the brittle things trying to get some movement into it).

It came with over 4m of metal framed benchs and a really thick cement sheet top.

Over time I will blast it all and give it all a coat of paint but in the mean time I think I will just use it to continue the house building and check out any idiosyncrasies but would like to have a look at the owners manual if anyone has one of these knocking around the shed??

I will post a couple of pics tomorrow when I take a photo in the light.

Thanks in anticipation
15th July 2009, 10:38 AM
conwood

Hi Ramps,
I have a DW 1251 (b&d) and have scanned the entire manual. From what I can see of your image then manuals would be almost identical as they operate the same way.

Before you get carried away, I would see if you can get the top bearings/runners. Mine have convex edges and seat into a concave track. I have replaced 2 of the 3 and bought them from b&d. From memory they do not stock them anymore. I would try a bearing place as I have found that they usually have bearings for power tools at a fraction of the price of OEM and can be acquired within days.

One of the bearings in the runners will have a cam for adjustment.

Let me know if you want the manual emailed to you.

cheers
conwood
15th July 2009, 04:50 PM
Ramps

would love the manual

Conwood
I will look into that before I do it all up but at the moment they seem to operating well as they were tucked underneath out of the weather. I'm just going to replace the blade as it has a sharp (but a bit rusty) 96 tooth blade on it and I am wanting to wack on one with fewer teeth for decking etc and save the fine tooth blade for the future furniture work.

I will pm you with my email address

thanks very much for the effort
:2tsup:
15th July 2009, 04:56 PM
conwood

manual on way ramps
15th July 2009, 09:23 PM
warrick

Quote:

Originally Posted by conwood

Hi Ramps,

Before you get carried away, I would see if you can get the top bearings/runners. Mine have convex edges and seat into a concave track. I have replaced 2 of the 3 and bought them from b&d. From memory they do not stock them anymore. I would try a bearing place as I have found that they usually have bearings for power tools at a fraction of the price of OEM and can be acquired within days.

I did just that, I tried to find the bearings but had no luck at all. What I did was to soak the bearings in a degreaser to remove all of the old grease and blast them with the air gun I then added some light oil. This worked fine as they are a bearing that don't spin at any great speed. As long as there is no play in the bearing it should be fine.

Warrick
15th July 2009, 11:37 PM
Ramps

Thanks Con
scanned in as high-res, great stuff

Now I will have more confidence in stripping down to give it a good service and also know the order of adjustment.

I think mine is a little older than yours, the blade guard is a little more chunky and the anti-kickback doesn't pivot like the one in the manual.

Would like one of the shaping mouding heads but this one has written on it not suitable for Dado blades but I see that there was a ton of attachments for this in the past, o'head router brackets, dado sets, shaper sets, sanding disks even a jig saw type attachment!

I think I'll be very happy with the natural functionality that it has ... the manual has already stretched my imagination somewhat. Also being a 12" blade on mine, I'm rapt to have that extra depth of cut.

Thanks for the tip warrick, you're right it might be repetitive but it's not high speed and, for bearings, they don't really get a lot of use.

Con, I'm interested in your jigs for the RAS. Might be worth sharing here or on a new thread?

Thanks guys
15th January 2013, 03:21 PM
terryvk6pq

Black and Decker 1512 RAS

I too am looking for a manual for this model. If anyone can help I would be most grateful.
Terry
16th January 2013, 12:50 PM
conwood

Hi Terry,
I have manual for 1251. Let me know if you want it.
cheers
conwood
7th April 2019, 08:00 PM
OwenL

Hello Ramps,
I just came across your post of 16 years ago (!), while searching to see if I could find a manual for a B&D 1512 RAS.
I have recently been given one by a retired builder friend.
It is actually in pretty good working order, and is certainly one of the very solid heavy older designs.
I would like to make sure it is set up properly & I also need to make a new cutting deck for it.
How did you go with the Owner's Manual that 'conwood' sent you?
Was it useful? He described it as a DeWalt 1251 - was it useful for a B&D 1512?
Can you suggest how I might be able to obtain a manual?
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards.
Owen L.
8th April 2019, 03:57 PM
Ramps

Will hunt through the "archives"

Quote:

Originally Posted by OwenL

Hello Ramps,
I just came across your post of 16 years ago (!), while searching to see if I could find a manual for a B&D 1512 RAS.
...
Owen L.

That's when I became a member ... wow I must be getting old

The post was from merely 10 years ago :U

Yes the manual is good not exact but close enough
didn't cover the details I needed for the fix.
Mine decided it wouldn't start without spinning the blade to get it started ... hence it doesn't get used anymore
I think it's actually the centrifugal switch which is supposed to engage the starter windings when the saw is at rest or slowing down as I don't hear that click in anymore as the saw blade starts to slow after being switched off
The centrifugal switch is on the end of the armature and a challenge to try and decipher (yes I have visited that area a couple of times for a look see.

Oh and be aware ... they are not popular for a reason ... they are dangerous ... keep your wits about you when using them

Thinking of converting mine to a slab finisher with a sanding disc attached as the motor rotates 90 degree

anyway the manual!
I will have a look tonight and see if I still have the electronic version that Con sent through to me (is was a couple of computers ago ... might even be on CD somewhere ... remember them a short lived technology between records and DVD's)

Cheers
Ramps