To the last reviewer: Would you state the brand of the 80 tooth blade you used? I have never seen such a blade. That sounds like too many teeth to get on a 8. 5 inch blade but who knows.

I have the Freud Industrial 48 tooth with the necessary dissension hook and the Dewalt 60 tooth blades. The Freud is a full kerf blade and this saw can handle it just fine. I am currently investigating likely problems with the Dewalt blade. If I bring the blade down in front of the wood and then push it though ( like you are supposed to on this type of saw ) and then leave the saw head down until the blade comes to a desistance ( again, like you are supposed to ) the Dewalt blade leaves a bad blade mark on the cut. The blade mark is made when the blade coasts down or is electric braked down at the end of the cut. The only way I can quench this blade mark is to either 1 ) shut the motor off just before the end of the stroke ( kinda like you should with a Skil saw ) or 2 ) to away lift the head up at the end of the cut occasion the blade is still spinning. Neither of these options is desireable and 2 ) is not guarded.

I got this saw about three months ago and have put it through alot of use. Right out the box it has been accurate and I have never had to alter it at all. The cuts that I have made on it are dead on and because the blade is 8 1 / 2 ” there is no play at all in the blade when making cuts on 12 ” wide panels. It is a single bevel, but it has so much going for it that you don ‘ t mind flipping your work around. One minor complaint is that even with a vacumn hooked up it still kicks out a lot of dust. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

My new saw arrived in Feb. and I am just getting around to my summer building projects ( May 2006 ). My new saw came by Fed – Ex in tact and not a scratch. This is my first slider and I love it, I replaced a Delta chop saw that is worn out ( also a good saw ). It didn ‘ t require any adjustments, accurate right out of the box. Very powerful motor and the noise level is about what I expected. Amazon provides great service and even better prices. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

Im not sure why people would leave 4 out of 5 stars for this saw stating that its not getting all 5 for dust… Ive never in my life seen a miter saw cut without making dust. Its all part of the ambiance. Thats like saying its an oil change on a car that doesn ‘ t have oil that drip as you move the pan afterwards. I give this saw 5 out of 5, it cuts right on target everytime. After laying over 5000 liner feet of baseboard, and 4000 liner feet of crown molding, it still can cut a 45 on a 8 ” piece of wood with the same precision. I would only use the blade that came with it for rough cuts and framing work, try to get a 60 + tooth for finishing work ( baseboards, crown, shoe and quarter round ). Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

I ‘ ve just had the saw a couple of weeks, but I did a small trim job with it and it worked great. It does everything a 10 or 12 inch saw would need to do on a nice trim job with about half the weight. I owened a 12 inch dewalt slide compound a few years back that someone stole from me, it was a great saw but it was so heavy to move from job to job. the 8. 5 slide is the perfect trim saw for me and I love it and I ‘ m glad I bought it. I give it 5 stars and I ‘ m left handed. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

I just got this saw 2 weeks ago ( upgrading from my 12 ” Dewalt – which I love ) It is a reconditioned one so I got it for a great price. I have bought recon. tools in the past and have great success with them. This saw came out of the box looking brand new and also dead square! I shopped for quite awhile comparing all the brands of slides. It was down to this one and the makita 10 ” slide. I liked the makita because of the tilt going both ways ( but it will only go to a 45 ) So the #1 reason for the Dewalt purchase was the tilt that will go up to 48 and a bonus of the table going to 50 and 60 degrees. 6 ” base or bigger will be very nice on this saw. I haven ‘ t found too many corners that are 90 deg so the extra degrees will be very nice to have. Cutting a 1 kiss 12 was a breeze also! As for the dust bag – Well its a miter saw – what do you expect. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

Picked up this saw this past summer our local bigbox had it on clearance. I have nothing bad to say about this saw. I was debating between a 12 ” slider ( either the Rigid or Dewalt ) and this 8 1 / 2 “. What made up my mind was, a friend of mine bought the 12 ” Rigid Slider. Although it ‘ s a good saw, its a monster to lug around. One of the features I wanted in a saw was portability. This Dewalt is very easy to transport around and set up, it ‘ s lightweight but seems very durable. It has a very nice fence system, it moves between angles very smoothly, some sliders I looked at just felt very ” cheesy ” when you moved the mechanism between angles, this one does not. It was accurate right out of the box, both on the 90 & 45. I had to rebuild my cedar deck this past summer and replaced all boards with 2x treated wood. This saw handled all the cutting tasks ( both 2×4 thru x10 ‘ s ) with ease. The only thing this saw won ‘ t handle that the 12 ” will is cutting 4×4 ‘ s. But to me that ‘ s a small price to pay for the added portability, I don ‘ t find myself needing to cut 4×4 ‘ s very much anyways, but if you do this saw isn ‘ t for you. The blade that comes with a saw never plays a part in my decision to buy a certain saw of not, I expect cheap blades anyways. But the blade that comes with this saw is better than average. I cut alot of 2x stock and haven ‘ t changed the blade yet. Bottom line, if you do trim work from site to site, don ‘ t have a need to cut 4×4 ‘ s, I highly recommend this 8 1 / 2 ” saw. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

I researched for months and found the reviews at Amazon made me decide on this saw. Almost bought the 8 1 / 2 ” Hitachi but comment about D Handle is right on. The vertical handle Hitachi has is awkwade and unconfortable to use. A lot of cutting fatigues the wrist. D Handle is great. Blade with the Dewalt cuts beautiful, cutting MDF 3 / 4 ” like butter and clean. Also crosscutting 24 ” stock with full 12 ” pass and fliping material. The slide makes it easy to line up exact ( no power on first to allign after flip ). I like all the notches in the adjusting curve and I adjusted the 90 degree, easy with wrench that came with saw. Has a depth gauge that can be adjusted if you want to cut groves and not go through material. Easy flips out of way. Asked Carpenters in my development why they use Dewalt, answer, they like the saws and they are accurate, good enough for me. I am cutting material for finish carpentry and love the saw. Weight is very important to me and this saw is portable and light.
Saw came in 2 days with the free shipping, can ‘ t beat that!
Spectacular – Hamilton, NJ Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

I ‘ ve had the saw for about a week and am very pleased. I bought the DW723 stand too and that ‘ s also great. A few reviews have knocked the product, but I suspect that ‘ s due to misuse or lack of thinking or experimentation. For example, the amount of dust thrown and collected is one issue. I use the saw with a shop vac on the dust outlet. Used straight down on the workpiece like a chopsaw it throws quite a bit of dust. But if you start the cut with the saw close to you and cut full depth towards the back, it throws almost no dust that the vac doesn ‘ t pick up. ( I DO wish DeWalt had seen fit to design it for a 2. 5 inch vac hose rather than 1. 25 to increase the air flow and dust capture. )

The saw delivered completely setup ( no assembly required ). Disappointed the saw off approx. 3 / 16 inch ( straight cut ) instruction book was good explaining how to correct. The wrench supplied with saw very poor quality,
end rounded off. The blade supplied good for framing application. Portability and weight OK. I will work with what I have, if had to do again, I would purchase 10 inch slider, has best selection and availability of replacement blades. Reviews of DEWALT DW712 8-12-Inch Single-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw