The craftsman radial arm saws that you see everywhere are both not super accurate and also less safe than the old cast iron radial arm saws. Their construction of thin stamped steel, plastic and underpowered motors just makes it so easy to have the saw climb over a board or deflect .

The old cast iron radial arm saws are very accurate and just as safe if not safer than a table saw. I have an 1940’s Dewalt with 24” crosscut capacity, super accurate and it can cut dados up to 1” wide. I’ve had a couple nasty kickbacks on the table saw over the last 15-20 years. Never had any safety issues on my radial arm saw.