Customer Reviews
Perfect for the remodeler / renovator 
2008-01-14
I'm a apartment building remodeler and needed a portable table saw for trim and light carpentry work. I purchased the Bosch 4000-09 because of its portability. In practice, the Bosch was way too big & cumbersome for small jobs and doesn't fit in my Prius. I think the Bosch is a much better table saw with a wider range of applications. The DeWalt DW745 however is the one I actually use. The DeWalt is smooth, exact, powerful and truly portable. I highly recommend it for those who need a high-quality portable table saw.
A good second saw 2007-12-28
This saw was exactly what I was looking for. Big power good precision in a small package. I have limited real estate in my shop for tools. A saw that would fit on the shelf was exactly what I wanted.
Only this saw was to be my ONLY table saw. After much reading about the limitations, I decided to accept the additional clutter that a larger job site wheeled saw would take up. So I returned the Dewalt and bought the Ridgid TS2400.
I did however become intimately aquainted with the features of this saw. Here are a few of the pros and cons.
PROS
- Small footprint and lightweight. Thumbs up to DeWalt for recognizing the need for this type of tool.
- Rack and pinion rip fence. This was one of the top features that drew me to this saw.
- There are nice places to store the cord and the included plastic push stick.
- Big power
- Plenty of precision.
- Matches my other tools
CONS
- I know DeWalt was going for "light weight", but it came off as "cheap"
- The miter slots were not T-slots, just straight slots.
- There are no T-slots on the rip fence.
- Probably a side effect of being so light weight, but the saw will not accept dado blades. The best I can guess is because of safety reasons DeWalt installed a short arbor. You can probably imagine the whole saw flying backwards and slicing your buddy in two if you tried.
- The safety guard is a real pain to install and uninstall. Particularly annoying when you plan to store the thing on a shelf that requires you to install and uninstall the thing every time you want to use it.
- The miter guage is a joke.
- The safety guard must be removed to make a bevel cut at 45 deg. Another pain.
- To bevel the blade to 45 deg you have to support the weight of the motor, trunion, ...all the guts... with the knob that adjusts blade height, which feels as if it will break at any moment.
- The bevel lock is cheap. I thought that someone was just rough with the one in the store. My brand new bevel lock felt like it was going to fall off.
- There is no lock for the blade height. On my first test cut the blade moved during the cut.
- There is no place to store the fence, guard, and miter guage.
- The saw must be stored side ways on a shelf that isn't quite wide enough to accomodate the saw due to the feet being front and back and the middle practically void. The handles are on the sides, so to put it on the shelf you're forced to put your hands in the front and back on the rack gear...not so comfortable.
- In the rip fence there was about a 32nd of slop in the bushings that held the pinion drive to the table top. This allowed the two sides of the fence to wobble in and out independent of each other. Potentially this could translate into the fence being out of parallel by a 32nd. In the noise I know, but it is disheartening when this is one of the main features why I bought the saw. Why not install bearings, and give people that extra sense of security?
- The motor mounts had about a 32nd of slop in them.
SUMMARY
I hope I'm not being too critical here. Like I said, this is the saw that I wanted. If I were to have two saws, this would be my choice. But I can't have two saws, so I returned it. I bought a competitors saw that includes a stand. It takes up a bit more real estate than the DeWalt, but it can do everything a full sized stationary can do. I guess I'll have to live with the clutter. Nice try DeWalt, maybe next time.
A cut above 
2007-11-29
I had been using the same table saw for at least 10 years in my home improvement business. It's a Makita. Matter of fact I could'nt just junk it when I got the new table saw. Even though it had had seen better days and was a colossal pain in the you-name-it when it came time to raise or lower the blade and the blade and the fence never quite agreed with one another, I'm saving it just in case. But I got to tell you, I love my new DeWalt DW745. It may not be as compact as the Makita or as light but it out-performs it in almost every way (to be fair to Makita I should reiterate that mine was 10+ years old and I may have forgotten what it was like in its youth). But what really impresses me is the way the fence is operated and how easily it adjusts. Also unlike my old saw there is a on-board push-stick and prongs to wrap the cord. The table surface is very smooth and solid and the angle adjustment works great. For a portable table saw, I am very impressed.
It's about time 2007-08-14
I've been waiting for a compact saw like this since the old portable makita finally died years ago. As an experienced finish carpenter I am putting in my two cents on a tool for first time out of many purchases from Amazon for two reasons. One, the complaints I'm reading about seem to be without merit. And two, this saw is awesome. With every square inch of my truck needed, the compact nature of this saw is great. The ease of loading & unloading daily is made easier. It is sturdy, it cuts like butter, it's extremely accurate, powerfull, and changing measurements is a pleasure. If you have the money & need the extra space in the truck, then buy this saw. If money's a problem you can get the compact delta for a $100, and it works pretty good for the money. If space is a concern, all the other saws are too big and heavy for every day use. The stand is compact also, and the cotterless hitch pins work well for quick set up instead of the nuts and bolts provided
Tape is cheaper than labor 2007-07-14
This pipe frame 10" tablesaw is small; easy storage, lightweight easy to manuver. The fence clamps onto rails, stays paralell to the blade for quick set up.
I install interior & exterior window coverings. Sometimes I need to alter their existing trim/casing take it off mill it and put it back, so there are scratches in the grey tabletop coating from fasteners, its only cosmetic it hasnt hurt any of my prefinished stock, although sometimes I put a layer of painters masking tape on the surface that will run along the table or fence just to be sure.
Very very good. 2008-07-17
Excellent tablesaw. When I got the saw, the fence was perfectly parallel with the blade. The fence meter was off by only one milimeter, which was fixed in 30 seconds. You can adjust the meter by just unscrewing two bolts and moving it to the right position. Has very good power, cuts thick dense stock without problems. I had no problems removing and replacing the guard. Also, the person who said it had to be removed to do angled cuts is wrong, the guard tilts right with you, no problem. Like all the other tablesaws the employ this type of guard, you'll have to remove it only when doing kerf cuts. It's part of the design. Also, the person who said the lock to hold the blade at a certain angle felt like it was going to break off also seems to be wrong. My tablesaw has zero problems with this. I'd say be careful with the anti-kickback system dewalt has going on here. A little too strong for some woods and leave a slight scratch once you pass the board through. I've never seen a miter guage do the job it needs to do on any tablesaw. Including this one. Although it did help me make a sliding miter jig pretty easily.
bang for the buck....and then some 2008-03-31
Got to say that this is the first time I've left a review. This saw works perfect, not too loud like some say. But I'm use to my dad's old ryobi that rattles and shakes all over the place. I bought this saw because I needed something small, I'm a weekend warrior at best but would love to get into woodworking more and figured for $299 + free shipping I couldn't go wrong. I already had a makita tablesaw and stablemate100 set up so I took a chance that I'd be able to just buy another set of bases for the stablemate and set this thing on it rather than having to buy a stand or set it on the ground or screw it to a chunk of plywood on top of a couple saw horses. Guess what.... works perfectly, and not tipsy at all!! I had to take off the rubber feet and adjustable legs on back to run the bolts for the stablemate base but who needs em anyway? Being on top of the stablemate it puts it a little high but I'm tall so it works out just fine. The rack & pinion fence with solid lock works fantastically... Glad I bought it! 4 stars just for not being able to go to 24" width...no biggie
Great Saw 2008-03-18
I am a newbie to woodworking and I bought this saw at a home improvement store because it was on sale and it carried the DeWalt name, so I figured it was a good buy. Luckily, I was right.
This saw has done everything I have asked it to do. While I always want a bigger table saw, my garage won't permit it, so this compact saw is perfect for what I do. Its powerful motor (along with a sharp blade) slices through just about anything you put to it. It looks good and cleans easy and has a port on the back so you could hook up a shop-vac so you don't make a complete mess. The sturdy fence does a great job for ripping all sorts of woods.
The only thing that I don't care much for is the crappy miter gauge. It's c-h-e-a-p from top to bottom. The slots are not T-slots, so they just go in and out...like...just fall out. My particular saw miter gauge has quite a bit of play in it. So, it's somewhat easy not to get a perfectly straight crosscut. But, that'll all be solved when I get my sliding miter saw.
All in all, it's a great saw. It's powerful, reliable, mobile, and carries a good name. It's great for anyone looking for a high quality table saw that doesn't cost alot, weigh alot, or take up a lot of room.
Highly recommeded!
nice saw 2008-03-15
I looked at table saws at the local hardware stores before I bought this. One of the best features this saw offers over many competitors is a more stable fence than other similar saws. In other models, the fence binds when I tried to move it. I didn't have that problem with this saw. It is not a floor model, thus the table is small and it is harder to keep everything square to the fence. However, I don't have the room for a floor model, so this was a perfect compromise between what I really wanted and what works for my space. I am happy with the purchase, and it is a great saw for the $$.
Smoth action, lightwieght, powerful enough 2008-02-29
So far so good, I've used this on a couple flooring jobs ripping hardwood and laminate flooring to width and it's performed superbly. I have no complaints other than the cost (which amazon is probably going to be your best bet, especially with no tax and free ship). I do regret not purchasing the matching stand (DEWALT DW7450) that's about 70 bucks, I'll be picking up one of those in the near future. Oh, and the width of cut measurement for the guide/fence is well thought out and doesn't have nearly the play of some of the other brands, just go to sLowes and check one of these out, then buy it here for less.
