One Dewalt table saw, a 10-inch 24-tooth carbide blade, a rolling stand, a push stick, a miter gauge, a rip fence, two blade wrenches, and a blade guard assembly manual are included in your purchase.
Additional information:
Max rip to left of blade – 22inch | Max rip to right of blade – 32-1/2inch | Max width of Dado – 13/16inch | Arbor size – 5/8inch | Amps – 15 | Cut depth at 45inch – 2-1/4inch | Cut depth at 90° – 3-1/8inch | No Load Speed: 4800 RPM
Rolling stand with outstanding stability and ease of setup and breakdown.
Fence adjustments are quick, easy, and precise with the Rack & Pinion Telescoping Fence System.
The power to cut pressure treated lumber and hardwoods is provided by a 15.0A high torque motor.
Portability and functionality
A rack and pinion fence mechanism makes fence changes fast, smooth, and accurate on the DEWALT DWE7491RS 10-inch Jobsite Table Saw with 32-1/2 inch (82.5cm) Rip Capacity and a Rolling Stand.
The 32-1/2-inch rip capacity cuts a wide range of bigger shelf and trim materials with ease, and the unique material support allows for small rip cuts.
This machine has a 15 amp motor that can easily rip through hardwoods.
The telescopic fence rails fold up into a small, portable container, and the flip-over ripping fence enables for narrow rip cuts.
At 90 degrees, the depth of cut is 3-1/8 inch, and at 45 degrees, it is 2-1/4 inch.
A 2-inch dust collection port connects easily to a vacuum for efficient dust extraction and minimal clean-up.
The rolling platform boasts huge heavy-duty wheels that readily travel over steps, curbs, and construction waste, and is designed for easy setup and teardown with outstanding stability.
Superior material support is provided by the 26-1/4 inch X 22 inch table.
When not in use, this unit has an on-board storage system that allows simple access to the Site-Pro Guard components and push stick.
Applications that are commonly used
Filler boards are ripped by cabinet installers.
Installers of hardwood floors tearing up floorboards.
Ripping moldings, wainscoting, ripping and cross cutting 1X material for building book shelves and entertainment centers, and ripping framing lumber are all tasks performed by trim carpenters.
Deck builders are responsible for ripping deck planks, rail caps, and railing.
rip framing lumber, sheet material for remodelers (4 feet X 8 feet).
Serious Woodworkers: home hobbyists tearing sheet material (4 feet X 8 feet), framing lumber (2-inch X 12-inch), sizing material up to 3-inches thick, ripping and cross cutting 1X material for dados, rabbets, mortise and tenons
What’s Included in the Box
Table Saw for the Jobsite
Carbide Blade, 10-Inch, 24-Tooth
Stand on wheels
Sticky Notes
Miter Gauge is a type of miter gauge that is used
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I’ve gotten by so far with a Craftsman 9-inch radial arm saw from the 1960s, which I’ve used to build wall-mounted bookcases, many workbenches, storage cabinets, picture frames, and a variety of speaker cabinets.
I now use a power miter saw for all of my crosscuts, and I’m past the point where I’m comfortable ripping large amounts of raw lumber with the radial arm.
I recently had to replace a rotting back porch on a rental property, which necessitated pulling a lot of wet, treated lumber for spindles along the bottom half of the porch, as well as a variety of other items.
I chose the DWE7491RS for my porch construction and possibly some future cabinet-making projects after looking at every saw stocked by our local large box orange and big box blue stores and viewing hundreds of YouTube video reviews.
Other reviewers have pretty much covered all of the advantages and disadvantages of this saw type, so I’ll just provide some observations based on the sample I received.
Of course, the table is first and foremost.
Yes, it is slightly distorted, but not in a key region.
Between the miter gauge holes, it is entirely flat, but there is a tiny slope from the fence-side slot to the right edge of the table.
It droops 0.018″ at the right-back corner and 0.012″ at the right-front corner.
Also, I really wish the table had a better and more durable finish than that gray, painted finish.
I tried waxing it before each usage, which helps help the wood glide more easily, but the gray finish is already coming off in parts after just this one project.
Most of the saw’s adjustments were close to perfect right out of the box.
The riving knife alignment, as well as the heel and runout, were flawless.
When set to zero, the blade, on the other hand, was 0.40° past vertical and slightly off at 45°.
The fence was little out of square, and the rip scale was somewhat off as well, but both were easily adjusted.
The cam discs used to set the 0° and 45° bevel stops on this saw irritate me greatly.
The cam wants to rotate slightly when the Allen bolt is tightened down, thus it takes too much trial and error to get it precise.
On most of my other power tools, I prefer the machine screw & locknut system for limit stops.
Overall, this saw is a beast, and it ripped some pretty wet, treated 2x6s with ease.
I did trip the breaker a couple of times (at the load center, not the saw), but once I moved the shop vac to a different branch circuit, the problem was solved.
Because you can’t operate both the saw and the vac with a single switch because of the electronic start, this wasn’t an issue.
I was first unhappy that the saw arrived with two different size dust ports and a user manual that suggested using a Y-adapter, but no such adapter was included (nor is one sold at any hardware retailer I could find, including the Dewalt website).
Fortunately, there isn’t much sawdust coming out of the 1-12″ blade guard port when a shop vac is connected to the bottom port.
Rather than rigging up a 2-12-inch Y-adapter and a hose-reducing adapter, I simply relocated the fabric dust bag from my miter saw to the blade guard, and it appears to work nicely.
Another little niggle, which may be found on practically every job site saw, is the inability to micro-adjust the bevel in the same way as the blade height.
It’s not a big deal for the rough carpentry I’m doing right now, but I’d like to do some finer work in the future, and this functionality would be useful.
The Ridgid saw aims to address this issue by incorporating a dual-purpose blade height crank.
It’s spring-loaded, and pressing it in engages a curved rack and pinion gear for bevel angle adjustment.
It’s a clever concept, but it’s a little clumsy in practice.
(I didn’t try the SawStop’s micro-bevel adjustment because it was much out of my price range.)
Everything else is in good working order.
It’s incredibly simple to set up and take down, and I appreciate how everything fits onboard (except for my new dado throat plate).
Although attaching and removing the anti-kickback pawls on the riving knife can be a little challenging, I’ve found that they perform well.
Other reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction with the miter gauge that comes with the saw, but I didn’t find it to be an issue.
I’ll look for an appropriate Incra when I come across a project that requires it.
Years ago, I learnt this lesson from my other pricey passion, astronomy.
Even if you spend thousands of dollars on a high-end telescope, it will come with a toy finder scope (the little telescope attached to the main optical tube).
Why?
Because there are so many different aftermarket models, each has its own unique features.
Miter gauges are the same way.
They don’t even attempt because a mid-priced table saw can’t possibly contain a gauge with all of the functions offered by the various Incra or Kreg models.
Furthermore, by placing a couple of thicknesses of plastic (outdoor grade) painter’s tape to the rail, the provided gauge can be rendered partially useful.
This eliminates the majority of the slop while still allowing it to slip into the slot smoothly.
(A YouTube video demonstrating how to do this is available, but it is quite self-explanatory.)
I’ll update this review if something particularly bad (or good) happens to this saw as a result of continued use.
