why am i stalling my radial arm saw

[Selwyn]

Dewalt 1751

New 60 tooth 10" blade

Still seems to stop dead now and again. Getting fed up - hardwood but not silly deep - 1-2" max - do I need to do more shallow cuts

Getting fed up

 

[NazNomad]

Seems it doesn't take much to stall those saws ... dewalt-1751-ras-t40945.html

 

[custard]

Been a long time since I used a DW RAS, but the trick for dealing with a beefier hardwood board was cutting into the workpiece about 50 or 75mm, then backing out of the cut, pause for a second to let the blade spin back up, then come at it again for another 50-75mm bite, and work your way across the board like this. That was the only way to avoid bogging down the underpowered motor.

Don't forget, in the era when the DW 1751 was considered hot stuff, lots of woodworkers were still sawing wood with attachments like this on electric drills,

So woefully inadequate motors, and the acceptance of taking tiny little nibble cuts, was pretty much par for the course.