I loaned my wold DW705 to a guy that works for me who was building his house and it got stolen. He had to buy me a new saw so I got the DW716 12″ dual bevel compound. I was between it and the Bosch but I decided to go with the Dewalt because it is so much lighter and I was happy with my old Dewalt even though I am not a “DeWalt Guy”.
When I got the saw home I checked the setup and everything was good out of the box. When I used it for the first time last week it was not cutting square – not off by much – but off. When I checked the square of the blade to the fence again it is dead on. I used a combo square, my speed square and a framing square and its right on every time. I was on a tight schedule, so I didn’t mess with it and just got the work done. This weekend I am going to try to fix it, and if I can’t I’m going to take it back to HD,
The only two things I can think of are the blade ( I haven’t had time to put a good blade on it – stock blade is still installed) or some type of movement at the arbor. If I try to move the blade side to side it feels like it has a little play compared to my old saw (new saw is belt drive old saw was direct). Any Ideas?
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The only thing I can say is that I'm sorry to hear about your 705 and that DW is not making them as well as they did 12-15 years ago when they first came out with the 705. If it has play in the arbor, definitely take it back. That would be your problem.
My old 705 (15 year?) is one of the best tools I have ever owned.
I bought the new 718 slider because I was expecting the same quality, and now it works fine, but it's not quite the same. It needs more adjusting.
i would have a shop check the arbor bearing my slider was the same way when the bearing went at stop the blade and fence were dead on but all the cuts were just a little off very frustrating
Noah
I suspect the blade is the culprit. Even if the bearing is wonky, once up to speed the centrifugal force makes it more true, but deflection can still happen when the blade dishes out and skews vertically.
If it's unsquare front to back on the flat, 9 times out of 10, it's user input on the head...try it with your other arm and see what happens..I know it's a simple thing, butjust try it.
And BTW if you buy a Recon Bosch 12" from TOOLKING.COM you don't get a carbide blade!!!! And IF you email and gripe, you get NO answer...oh and then you STILL need to get a new fence from Bosch for about 4o clams, cuz the original is bowed at the semi circular part.
Count your blessings, it could be worse.
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I would think blade too except I have a 12" Dewalt slider and it had a little wobble. There is two allen screws that tighten the slide mechanism and my screws were a little loose. I'm fine now.
Have a good day
CLiffy
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Standard blade has paint on the teeth, this reduces the cutting and the blade drifts. My saw cuts much better with blades with out paint on the teeth! Once the blade gets re-sharpened and the paint removed it should be fine.
I've found that when everything checks out square, but the saw is still cutting off, tweaking the miter/detant ring gets it right on. Of course, blow any #### out of the saw as the first remediation.
Take a piece of straight stock, cut it square, flip one piece over, butt the cut ends together, if they don't line up straight, keep tweaking the ring.
I did get a 705 that had a 45° detant that was off. DeWalt sent me a new ring the next day.
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When you check it do you check both sides for square ? Also are you checking it at 45* both directions. I had a new DW708 that the head [motor /blade assembly] was off. I called Dewalt to see if there was a way of adjusting it and they said no. Told me to take it to the service center in Buffalo and let them check it. Took it there and it took a bit of explaining but they finally understood what I was talking about. Left it with them on Monday and had a NEW DW708 on my back porch when I got home on Thursday. Good Luck