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New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
Today I broke out my new DW 716 to trim a new house. This saw replaces my Delta 12" 36-422L that was recalled, B&D gave me this as a replacement. So far this saw feels pretty well built to me and it's nice and compact. I like the way the arm geometry feels, it feels about perfect as it drops down with good line of site. I felt the Delta blade was to far forward and you were always cutting with the backside of the blade lifting the grain and it would tend to lift and shred small trim. The arm return spring feels good too, stronger than the Delta that would tend to be lazy. Motor is fairly smooth but does not run like a Makita motor. Plastic miter pointer sucks as there is no center line just a clear V shape that's hard to read. Detent overide is not that great either but the detents are tight. So far it seems to be accurate right out of the box, table is flat too. Dust collection is better than the Delta, the Delta saw would shoot sawdust straight up in your face. Overall it seems like it will be a decent saw, theres nothing really great about it that get's me excited but maybe I'm just expecting too much as usual. Time will tell how it holds up.
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
Why in the world would you let B&D recall a 36-422l? That's by far the best miter saw ever made, and are highly sought after in the finish carpentry world. I would have bought it off you working or not.
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
Well safety for one, The recall was for the arm, it could develop a crack in it near where the motor bolts on? so I said with my luck mine would crack off and take my hand off. But I used that saw for 6 years and it was not all that great in many ways... have you used one?
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
I have an older dewalt that has the clear pointer too. I took a permanent black marker and colored it, so I could see it!
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
can you say kapex?!
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
What about a Bosch 4212L who uses one?
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
Get the light. I think around 90 bucks. Casts a shadow of blade, love it for trim work
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
I got the light... to be honest I never cared for any saw with a lazer... it is distracting, all I need is a good sharp pencil point. The light shadow distracts me the same way, I would rather just have a light that shines down and lights the work area like Milwaukee did.
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![]() ![]() First guy I worked for had one. I loved it so much, that my first saw was gonna be, and was a Bosch 5412L. Ended up selling the 5412L to a friend when I got my Axial Glide as a Present from my girlfriend and family. I have had good luck with my Bosch miter saws, but they are all dated now except for the Axial Glide...which is too big to really be moving from job to job to job. My jobs are typically either a day or two, or a few weeks. The Makita LS1016 is better for me. Smaller, lighter and still a great saw. The Axial Glide is parked in my shop now. A few years ago I worked for a guy who had two DW706s for field use....I almost bought one..its a good saw. Last edited by TBFGhost; 06-24-2012 at 02:06 PM. |
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
Love the light!!!
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Re: New DeWalt 716 First Day Opinion.
To be honest, and this is coming from a guy who was never a DeWalt miter saw fan I like the DW716 so far, it's sturdy and compact, accurate, kinda basic but thats ok...it works. I actually like working with it all day better that the Delta 36-422l. The 36-422 looks great on paper and had great specs but... in daily use over 6 years it showed me it's not perfect and had some design flaws. That said I don't think the 716 is a outstanding miter saw. But my expectations are very high and I'm not happy with much of anything these days. Maybe it's just me.
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