Thanks Mike it is  pleasure,  looking forward to a friendship with you.   thanks again for the invite.

Mike, It looks like you got a bargin in a saw as it was made when a craftsman tool was a real tool that you could depend on and work with it without the fear of breaking it.  I read the post of both John Schaben and Jens Jensen  and I would say that they gave you some very good advise.  i can't add much other that say you have got something worth fixing up and using.  It will give you many years of good reliable cutting.  I have seen more of these earlier model radial arm saws than of the newer ones in the cabinet shops that I have visited over the years.  Congradulation on picking this one up.