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Got this for my husband and his really likes it, I am looking forward to him doing lots of projects.
I have had one of these for years and the only complaint I have is that the fence will not stay even with the blade. I swapped it out for a new one and it has the same problem.
It has been resolved on saws of very recent manufacture but potentially defective saws are still out there on the market. I expect that without the defect it would be a four or five-star product. I spent considerable time researching job-site table saws and concluded that the DeWalt DW744X was the best fit for my work. With the defect it would rate zero stars. Yesterday [17 March 2008] I spoke with a Black & Decker representative who told me they were presently considering what action to take on this issue. The 744X remains my saw of choice but I am not going to risk buying one that has a known defect.I gave it three stars because I had to fill in something. No such information is presently available.
The 24" rip capacity was a major consideration along with the need for an overall top-quality tool.However, some of these saws have a manufacturing defect as noted by others on this forum. Once a decision on a recall or other corrective action is made, I expect B&D will have a range of serial numbers that could be defective. Let's hope for quick action by B&D. Though I need to get a saw on site soon, I am going to wait a couple of weeks to see what B&D is going to do about this.
the blade would contact the plate. The 744 I received from an online source (Tyler Tools) had a serious blade wobble and when set at 45 deg. I haven't found any information online about the recall except for a posting in Australia. They told me some versions of the 744x are on recall so watch out. I bought a 744 after trying out the 745 and decided I would like the larger fence. The box it was shipped in looked as if it been hit by a semi. Had I not been near a Dewalt center I would have been hit with some serious shipping costs so be careful before you order a 744x. I called the Dewalt center (Seattle for me) and they traded me for a brand new model which works flawlessly.
Poor quality control. I believe once I get beyond these poor factory quality issues I might have a good saw. I need a bigger fence area. It was so tight It wouldn' move. And the pinion gears jumped off the track when trying to adjust the fence. I had purchased a small contractor DeWalt 745 saw.
But I wanted the larger 744x unit. Got the first 744 and it had a problem with the rack and pinion fence. I'm very dissappointed in the factory setup on these saws. The fence would hang on the right miter slot. It was a great little saw. Tried adjusting it via the owners manual to no avail.
But frankly, I would think twice before purchasing a DeWalt saw agaain. Amazon shipped another unit and to my dismay it also had a rack and pinion AND fence problem.
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