Comments on: DEWALT DW745 10-Inch Compact Job-Site Table Saw with 20-Inch Max Rip Capacity

By: J. Paskett

J. Paskett — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:08:36 +0000

Absolutely the best saw in its class! I have owned the DeWalt DW745 for over 3 years now. Before purchasing this saw I did extensive research to determine which portable table saw would be the best for me. To give you a little background I worked myself through college as a salesmen in Sears tool department and as a residential finish/trim carpenter. During the course of my carpentry work I never owned my own table saw and the subcontractor who employed me went through several different portable table saws. The saw I used most during that time was the slightly larger DeWalt DW744. The DW744 is a fantastic saw primarily because of its rack and pinion fence design. I also used a Bosch 4100, which was a great saw but doesn’t have a rack and pinion fence and I do not like how bulky the saw is in storage or transportation with the attached wheel based stand. The only other saw that I used during that time was a much smaller and cheaper Skill brand table saw, which I don’t even know the model of. That saw was truly a…

By: G. Conner

G. Conner — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:48:57 +0000

Good from the box, even better with proper alignment A friend got this six months ago for job-site use. It cut pretty well right from the box. The fence has a rack-and-pinion system that is clever, but not quite perfect. We measured the alignment error and have two fixes. If you want to know about them so you can save some money, read on…Using a TS Aligner, we checked the alignment of the fence. The fence was near-perfect when we backed up to the mark, (going right) but it skewed by as much as four or five-thousandths when we moved the fence to the left. That’s because the connecting rod between the two gears flexes and there is some “slop” or “play” in the gears. This is more noticeable when approaching the mark from the right. Sometimes this is referred to “lash-back or back-lash.”The easy work-around was to always go past the mark (an inch or so to the left) , then roll the knob back slowly right to the mark and try not to overshoot. That works OK, and it is free, but it is a time-wasting nuisance and won’t…