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The saw is great, the stand is great, and the light is junk.This stand is a bit tedious to assemble, but the included drawing helped a bit. I found this to be wise. It is a tripod, so keep the kids from playing monkey-bar with it and you'll be fine.The instructions also say to keep the stand bolts a bit loose until you set the saw on it. I received this stand, along with the saw and the light, from another online Tool website for a great price. The instructions make it very clear they want you to bolt this thing down, but don't worry it. It lets the parts all settle in prior to tightening and made for a rock solid platform with no wiggle.This stand really is a nice comfortable design and, had I purchased it separately for the Amazon price - would have been more than pleased. I suppose someone tipped it over on a dog once, so they added this to the instructions to reduce liability.
I opened the torn-up, taped over Dewalt box to find a bunch of scratched and dinged parts and no instructions. What a great company to deal with, excellent customer service. Amazon also provided a return shipping label. Fed Ex dropped off the first stand and it looked like it had been kicked and dragged all the way from China. I put it together anyway only to discover it was missing the front top brace that the scroll saw bolts to. I assembled the second stand with no problems and find it to be very sturdy and a fine complement to the DeWalt scroll saw. Thankfully Amazon promptly shipped a second stand which was properly packed and complete.
DEWALT DW7880 Scroll Saw StandI like apparently several other people have received a damaged stand box with missing parts. My box is missing the rear adjustable leg, the bolts and the instructions show a rear leg plate that I assume the saw is suppose to attach to.I cant understand why Amazon would squander their limited profit on this purchase (I received the stand free and free two day shipping) for a lack of quality control.
In both cases, the boxes I received were beat up badly and retaped. Just wanted to add my (disappointed) voice to the others who have gotten damaged boxes and missing parts.These stands were part of the discount bundle Amazon has with the DEWALT 788 Scroll Saw. You can draw your own conclusions as to how much quality control is going on there. My experience has certainly made me a believer in the theory that Amazon is recycling returns. This really isn't about the stand, since having received 2 shipments thus far, I haven't gotten a usable one. The first box was virtually empty, all that remained was one leg and a cross brace.The one that arrived today had a crisp 5x5 inch square hole cut in it through which someone had reached in and removed the bag of fasteners. Hope you have better luck with the stand than I did. The hole had been taped over with transparent tape, so it was obvious that the box had been tampered with.
The stand was offered at a very competitive price and I always get superior service from Amazon. Mark
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