Kat2

I'm hoping to find a property to rehab but I really ought to purchase it first, right?

Well...

I went to the flea market this morning. I was very proud of myself only spending $9 on 17 1-cup canning jars, a plastic watering pot, a large glass jar/canister for flour, 2 flexible cutting "boards", a splatter guard and what I thought was a "safe mandoline" that turns out to be a spiral slicer that sells for at least $25 but usually $40 or more. (Everyone who owns one seems to use it for zuke "pasta", curly fries or fancy salad strings; not sure that's my thing but, hey, it was only a buck.)

Normally I'd have just peeked and run but we'd parked a "for sale" vehicle so spent more like 3 hours and walked all the aisles at least 5 times.

Darn. I noticed a radial arm saw on the 1st go around. Guy wanted $50 but, when I showed an interest, he mentioned $30. I kept walking. Long story short, I brought it home for $25. It works and seems to do a true cut; if it didn't, he said I could bring it back next week. Neighbor, who is a tool guy, thought I did just fine on the deal. It needs some cleaning up.

But I'd love to know when it was made and I'm having no luck searching.

It's an older Craftsman 7 1/2"; I found the manual for it with no dates. Model 315-23743 SN A302600046 or 8. (The plate is pretty worn so a few might be a guess.)

Anyone have a clue what I purchased?

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