Dewalt DW718 Double Bevel Compound Slide Mitre Saw

Do not buy this Dewalt DW718 Double Bevel Compound Slide Mitre Saw, shoddy construction and over priced. Unpleasant and dirty in use. Could have purchased a professional saw for same money. Had to learn the hard way.

OK for site work. But, a little disappointed in this offering from DeWalt. My smaller DW707 is very sturdy, which this saw lacks and I find a lot of movement in the saws rigidity when stressed even slightly. It leads to some run-out on cuts decreasing the accuracy of cuts. Not such a problem for site work, but for furniture making; not so hot!It's heavy and relatively unwieldy.Without a doubt the messiest saw I have ever used. The dust extraction system is useless (I haven't tried it with an extractor attached) - the saw covers "everything" in saw dust, as there is no easy dust exit path, making the saw very hard to clean after the job because of its complex shapes containing a lot of dust traps. The table bed and slides have to be regularly checked to ensure wood dust is not fowling the accuracy of cuts and slide operations.Expensive bearing in mind the above points.

Engineers say if it ain't broke don't fix it. So why then did Dewalt discontinue the tried tested and amazing DW708 and replace it with a down grade?

I used the DW708 on several building projects in remote areas in Africa over the past 3 years without a hitch. The angle measuring scale was accurate and easy to use. An amazing machine.

New company, new machine, still in Africa... we received the DW718, took it out of the box, plugged it in, 2 hours later it was back in the box and going to be repaired and hasn't been seen since.