DEWALT DW745 Heavy-Duty 10-Inch Compact Job-Site Table Saw with 16-Inch Max Rip Capacity | 
| Brand: DeWALT
Category: Home Improvement
Department: Tools, Auto & Industrial
List Price: $714.00
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Sales Rank: 872
Color: NA
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 55
Dimensions (in): 22.8 x 23.5 x 18.8
MPN: DW745
Model: DW745
UPC: 028877207452
EAN: 0028875207454
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | 15 Amp motor deliver 16-inch max. rip capacity for clean, quick cuts, even through hardwoods | | • | Rack and pinion rail design for fast, easy fence adjustments | | • | 0- to 45-degree blade adjustment for accurate bevel cuts | | • | Weighs 45 pounds | | • | Includes saw, miter gauge, push stick, carbide blade, and blade guard |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A 15 Amp motor lets the DeWalt DW745 heavy-duty 10-inch compact job site table saw make quick work of everything from bevel cuts in hard woods to resizing sheet materials. Featuring a 16-inch maximum rip capacity, a patented rack and pinion fence that telescopes to deliver incredibly fast adjustments and improved accuracy, while also sliding into a compact position for transport, this saw is packed with thoughtful features that make it an easy choice. Bevel applications are easy to tackle with the ability to adjust the blade from 0 to 45 degrees, while the included 24T carbide blade provides improved cut quality and offers an extended life to save you money. Other unique design elements include a metal roll-bar base that provides durability on the job, adjustable rear feet that make it easy to steady the saw on uneven ground, a special coating on the table surface that reduces friction for smoother cutting with less effort, and a dust port that allows you to connect a 2-1/2-inch shop vac and keep your work area clean. Kit includes saw, miter gauge, push stick, carbide blade, and blade guard.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Serves its purpose November 25, 2006
Tom (Flemington, NJ United States)
50 out of 51 found this review helpful
When I saw this, I immediately thought of how handy it would be on the jobsite. I have a Bosch 4000 that I truly love & believe its the best 10" saw in it class, but its heavy and I don't always need the capacity of that saw. This "little" DeWalt is perfect for ripping 1x stock for trim work & the like. I've even had it up on my scaffold. I've found the fence to be dead on and very easy to adjust. The motor has plenty of power. I think DeWalt hit a home run with this saw...Now if it only came in a cordless version!!
Good from the box, even better with proper alignment July 20, 2009
G. Conner (USA)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
We 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."
The easy work-around was to always go past the mark ( and 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 provide the consistent accuracy that good woodworking requires.
SO... we replaced the metal rod that connects the two rack-gears. Instead of the stock rod, we used hardened O1 tool rod, which doesn't twist or flex as easily. The rod costs $12 bucks. We also adjusted the two gears to remove the slop. Now we had fair fence parallelism in both directions. Not bad for a twelve-dollar fix... but there is more.
After using the saw a while, several of us noticed it made burns marks even with reasonable feed-rates and a new blade. One rainy day, we got out the TS aligner again and checked all the critical alignments. Dewalt uses decent bearings, so the runout was not too bad. But there were a number of other small inaccuracies that added up: arbor run-out, slot-parallelism, fence alignment, blade-alignment etc.
It took about an hour of measuring, but the Dial indicator with the TS Aligner helped us get everything literally "dialed-in." Now this thing cuts as smoothly and accurately as our five-thousand dollar cabinet saws.
The secret is to choose a saw with good bearings and a design that allows adjustments.
Dewalt and Bosch contractor saws both qualify.
Use a dial indicator with a TS Aligner to accurately measure and adjust EVERYTHING. It takes an hour, but it is worth the effort MANY times over. If you buy a new saw in the box, you have to assemble it anyway, so that isn't much more work. ... You can get professional precision at a fraction of the cost of a cabinet saw.
We cut all kinds of mitered molding and trim. We make custom installations and complex speaker cabinets that require EXACT cuts. After we adjusted this with the TS Aligner, the noise-level was lower and blades stay sharp much longer. That's always a good sign!
The beautiful thing about this saw is that we can take it to the site, make measurements on a story-pole and cut exactly to the mark, repeatably and reliably. The saw's design allows you to adjust it, assuming you have the right adjustment tools: a dial indicator and a TS aligner. Those two tools are inexpensive and pay for themselves very quickly. You get your money back fast because you waste less wood, blades last longer and the motor runs cooler when everything on the saw is tuned up.
This is a good saw because you can adjust it and it has accurate bearings. With a TS Aligner and a cheap dial indicator, you can get many times your money's worth! Highly recommended!
Dewalt Table Saw December 22, 2006
Matt (Northern Ca)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I don't want to waste my breath here, so I'll just say its a good saw. I used it to rip hardwood flooring and found its smaller size perfect for the job. The reason we picked this one over others was the no monkey biz on the fence. The fence just snaps into place according to manufacture specifications. Its good as done; do it once and so far never again.
Its a little loud but that doesn't surprise me. Overall this is a prime saw. Its smaller size proved to be more functional than I would of imagined. The job went smoothy with this saw.
great saw January 13, 2007
Scott R. Bailey (Edgwater Fl.)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I've always bought and had good success w/ the cheep delta table saw,they generaly last about three years and most of the more expensive saws have the same features.the reason I bought this was for the rack and pinion fence and for the metal role cage both great features only found w/ this saw at any price that set this saw apart. So far runs very quite and smooth for a commpact saw and powerfull, ripped 26 pt 2x4 s the other day preformed well.only drawback miter gauge doesn't lock in like the delta did and no where on the saw to store it but thats what my chop saw is for. Overall love it.
Really Good Tool March 26, 2007
G. Battista
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
My main complaint about the saw was the piercing, circular saw-type noise. I replaced the blade with a thin kerf Forrest Woodworker II and added a blade stabilizer from Rockler. The improvement in noise reduction and cutting ability was dramatic. I highly recommend this upgrade. The fence is great and dust collection works pretty well with a shop-vac (which drowns out the noise of the saw!).
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