I purchased this saw to replace my aging Skil table saw. Just in time too with this pandemic going on. I need to construct an Ark in case the world ends (again) in a horrible shower lasting 40 days and 40 nights. Assembly: The saw arrived in a heavy back-breaking box. All contents were packed safely and I noted no damage, aside from my back. The saw itself was largely assembled with only the fence to deal with and that was easy. It is stored upside down on the rails. Support it with one hand then unlatch the levers on both sides. Let it fall gently onto your hand, not the floor, where you will notice the notches on both ends. Those notches mate to pegs on the rails. There are 3 positions. One on the left and two on the right. The first position on the right closest to the blade will allow a maximum rip of 24 inches. The second position will allow maximum rip of 32 inches. The stand is where you will spend most of your time during assembly. A nice touch is that the nuts and bolts come separated and labeled in plastic bags. Take your time and follow the diagram which I found to be accurate and straightforward. One note - pay attention to where the washers go. They come slipped into the bolt and secured by the nuts. This gives the impression that all 3 are needed to assemble a specific part when in fact only the nut and bolt is needed and the washer is used elsewhere. Again, take your time and follow the manual, which I'm glad by the way was not written by an angry 5 year old. When the stand is done, take the table saw and gently/carefully place it upside down on any soft surface except your wife's expensive rug. Potential marriage-breaker, that one. Next, grab the stand and place it upside down on the saw. The DeWalt logo on the stand and the logo on the table saw MUST be on the same side. Otherwise the universe will implode Tighten the 4 nuts that attach the stand to the saw. When done, find a creative and safe way to turn this fantastic creation right side up. Adjustments: Out of the box, the blade was already set up at a perfect 90 degrees. No need to adjust the stop. The 45 degree stop was off just slightly. I'm guessing 44.359 degrees. I tried to loosen the stop but it looks like it was torqued down by a machine set incorrectly or an employee wanting to play a joke on an unlucky customer. Haha that unlucky customer would be me. Not so funny really. I'll shoot some lubricant on the bolt and claim my victory later. The only other adjustments I made was to align the fence parallel to the blade and correct the measurement marker on the fence rail just above the power button. To adjust the fence, raise the blade to its uppermost position then slide the fence so that it makes contact with the blade. At this point, you will know if it needs adjustment. If it does, back the fence off the blade a bit, maybe 1/16th of an inch and lock the rail. Now, loosen one of the pegs on the rail that the fence is attached to. Gently slide the rail on the one side with your finger that you loosened. Stop and tighten the peg when the fence touches the blade. There is a gap on the opposite side of the fence and blade. We shall correct this! Loosen the opposite peg and gently slide the fence so that the fence touches the blade. There should now be even contact with the blade and fence through the entire diameter of the blade. Now your measurement marker. It should be at 0 inches. If not, loosen the screws, then move the plastic marker so that it's at 0 then tighten. Remember. There are 3 positions that the fence can sit on. You will need to make sure the fence is parallel on all positions. So adjust accordingly if needed. As for me, I don't think I will ever place the fence on the left side of the table nor on the furthest position on the right side so I didn't bother with checking parallel on those positions. See how easily I justified my laziness? Accuracy: I set the fence at 20 inches from the blade and ripped a sheet of 3/4" OSB plywood. When I was done, I measured all along the length of the piece. Everything I measured was spot on at 20 inches. Very happy about that! Almost all of my cuts will be at 90 degrees so I am good for now. Power: So far I've only ripped 3/4 inch plywood and crosscut a few 2x4 pieces. It cut through them like a hot knife through butter. Actually, does anyone really use a hot knife to cut butter? How do you heat up the knife? A torch? A forge? Boil it? Seems like a lot of work and potentially dangerous. Observations and notes: The stand is sturdy. Nothing much to say other than it did not collapse on itself even with a thick sheet of plywood on it. The levers to fold the legs in and out are genius! I did not mess with the default blade. I immediately replaced it with a 60 tooth Diablo blade and the cuts are amazingly smooth. The included push stick is a nice touch and it stores nicely on the back of the fence. Another nice touch is the pull down support piece on the fence to support your workpiece for wide cuts. The miter gauge is umm, how shall I say, the only blemish on this beautiful thing. Although lately this seems to be a cost-cutting measure on most saws on the market. There is a bit of wobble when it sits on the track. Some suggest using tape to eliminate the gap. In all honesty, the miter gauge should be fine for my purposes. It's a decent last-second weapon to fend off pesky family members or neighbors looking to disturb you from spending quality time with this table saw. Lastly, when I was swapping out the blades, I noticed that the spindle that the blade attaches to had a raised indentation. A manufacturing defect perhaps. I took a small sheet of 200 grit sandpaper, wrapped it around a thin flat stick and sanded it down carefully. I figured this little bump on the spindle would cause the blade to wobble ever so slightly so my OCD dictated that I smooth it down. Overall, amazing saw and quite an upgrade from my older Skil saw.

I've had this table saw for over two years and have used it for numerous projects with great success. There are a lot of really nice and handy features that make using it a lot easier. Dewalt did a really good job of providing storage for the saw's accessories. For instance, the push stick stores on the back side of the fence making it easy to use and store. There's a place on the back of the saw for the miter gauge that's easy to access. I particularly like the way Dewalt stores the guide fence. It's stored below the table which keeps it out of the way when you are storing the saw. The only disappointing aspect of the saw is the stand that comes with it. It has four legs that need to be individually extended and the needing the saw to pulled upright. While it does provide a solid base for the saw, it really impedes the portability of the saw. To move it from one jobsite location to another, the saw first needs to be put in its storage configuration, moved to the new location and then go through the set process again. Dewalt makes a collapsible stand for their miter saws that allows the saw to be easily moved from one location to another. Unfortunately, there isn't one available for their table saws.

With this saw DeWalt seems to have achieved the Holy Grail: a portal saw with a bunch of clever features that also cuts beautifully and accurately. All at a low price. It’s way more than enough for the contractor market, easy to adjust and very transportable. The surprise is that is that it’s also enough for most woodworkers, maybe all woodworkers. A $5,000 half-ton saw has some benefits but in my opinion they’re mostly outweighed (pun intended) by the portability and cost of this saw. This saw leaves a beautiful cut. Does the $5,000 saw leave an even nicer cut? Maybe, maybe not. You’re going to take the wood from the table saw to the jointer anyway, or if you’re like me you’re going to shave off a few thousandths of an inch with a jointer hand plane, which leaves a surface no table saw can beat. The fence is accurate and adjustable. Both the fence and the blade can be made exactly parallel to the miter slots. It’s easier to break down sheet goods on the big, $5,000 saw, but that’s what circular saws and track saws are for. The longer in-feed and out-feed surfaces on the large saw are great, but it’s also easy to build them for your shop, or even to use portable rollers on a temporary basis. This saw has plenty of power. I’m sure there’s a job that a very large saw can do that this can’t do, but that’s true at any level. This saw doesn’t have the SawStop safety feature. Having used table saws for many years, I think the SawStop is more of a gimmick. Not because it doesn’t work and save some fingers, but by far the most dangerous thing about the table saw is the risk of kickback. This saw has a great riving knife. I bought one of those after-market Grr-Rippers for extra protection. The first thing every new woodworker asks is “Which table saw to buy?” With this saw I think DeWalt has changed that entire conversation, and not just for beginners.

Having bought myself a fixer upper of a house, and also wanting to get back into some basic cabinet\furniture making I decided that I needed to buy a table saw. I don't have the room for a full size cabinet saw (or the budget) and I wanted something that I could fold up and store easily out of the way in my basement as well as pull up my basement stairs out into the yard. After doing a lot of research I settled on this saw, and I'm really glad I did. It's clearly been engineered my people have used saws before and have put some thought into it. From the location of the push stick storage, which is easy to grab when needed, to the fence mechanism, as well as the easy set up and fine tuning instructions it comes with. Construction wise, its very well built but also light enough that one person can easily manoeuvre it around. The stand is sturdy and easily folds up when not in use. There os no flex in the fence when locked in place, and the table is more than sold as well. The dust collection is adequate, however as I mention below the extra dust port on the blade guard assembly requires a different size hose so I don't use that one. If you did use the guard port, it would probably be near 100% collection. With a shop vac hooked up it collects over 95% of the dust, with no fine dust getting into the air at all. Very nice for indoor use. After about 6 months of regular use I've really only come up with a couple faults, which in themselves are definitely not enough to make me not want to buy this saw again. my only complaints are follows: 1) I wish the saw included a hose to go between the guard dust collection port, and the main under table one 2) I wish dewalt sold a table extension for it. As much as I love the fence mechanism, it makes it tricky to build your own table for it. So if they made one it's be awesome. This isn't a huge issue, as there are other ways around it

Excelente sierra, la verdad es lo que esperaba, solida, de buen tamaño (comparada a la DW745), muy buena precisión (una vez que la ajustas), velocidad, etc. en general muy versátil. Pros: - Base solida: no se mueve ni vibra cuando cortas un pliego grande de triplay, las ruedas no quedan tocando el piso lo que evita que se mueva en caso de que tengas mas peso de un lado de la sierra que del otro. - Superficie amplia - Barrera exacta y versátil (diferentes posiciones y funciones) - Sistema de seguridad de encendido (no vuelve a encender en caso de que se vaya la energía) - Fácil y de solida movilidad - No ocupa mucho espacio en su posición vertical - Fácil intercambio de las cuchillas divisorias - Acepta cuchillas tipo 'dado' Cons: - Alineación: recién armada, prácticamente todo venia desalineado a las guías de la mesa, desde la cuchilla, la barrera (en sus diferentes posiciones: izq., der.-corto y der.-largo), el angulo, la cinta para medir la barrera y la del angulo. Una vez alineado todo se queda en su lugar, pero si le tienes que invertir un buen tiempo en dejar todo alineado. - La guía para cortes transversales hace juego con la guía de la mesa de 1mm aprox., esto se arregla fácilmente con cinta azul de pintor y los cortes los hace precisos. - Precio alto - Pesada (~50Kg)

I bought this after having owned a used mastercraft 10" tablesaw. The difference is literally night and day. This unit feels sturdy and every feature is extremely easy to use. The design to contain all its components within/on itself is great. The rack and pinion rip fence is a dream-come-true for me. No more measuring and squaring for every cut. Only thing I find issue with (and a small issue at that) is the miter gadget. It's not completely snigger in the groove, and there is no indicator when you are at the 90 degree mark. Otherwise this is a beautiful saw with a sturdy frame.

La sierra tardó en llegar un poco más de los esperado. Todo en regla. Hubo que hacer los ajustes de paralelismo de la hoja a la guía, ajuste de 90 y 45 grados. Después de ello, quedó totalmente funcional, cortes realmente buenos, es muy sencilla de operar, los ajustes por medio de piñón y cremallera facilitan la operación. Es un poco ruidosa, pero no se espera que sea silencioso un equipo de esta potencia, al igual resultó muy buena, corta el triplay de 19mm y madera de pino tan suavemente que no te das cuenta. La recomiendo ampliamente.

I was impressed. The assembly instructions were not the best but certainly sufficient to get the saw put together. After that I was amazed that everything had a storage place and it was like they thought of everything. I'm very pleased with the purchase. Well done Dewalt.