roadhog96 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Would you choose and why? DWX726 or the DWX723 trying to find out which of these two is the most popular and if there are any known problem issues with either one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I got the DWX723. No issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Do you want wheels or not? That is what matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden valley const. Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm a big fan of the DWX723 and just bought my second one. Quick to set up, easy to carry, supports 12' material all to the left of the blade. The replaceable material supports are flimsy compared to the rest of the stand but I haven't broken them. On one I broke the clamp release lever for the saw mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Well I decided to go with the DWX726 mainly because I'm getting to old and tired of lifting and carrying a mitersaw. This way I can leave it attached to the stand and store it upright and secured to a wall. Should be a lot easier moving it up and down stairs with wheels. I have portable roller supports that I can use when cutting longer boards. I took advantage of the DeWalt promotional on the DWS780 and free stand for $599.00. I got an additional 10% off on top of it. I'll use the money I saved for some extra blades. My old mitersaw is all cast iron and weighs about as much as the new saw and stand combined. My aching back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Well I decided to go with the DWX726 mainly because I'm getting to old and tired of lifting and carrying a mitersaw.......I took advantage of the DeWalt promotional on the DWS780 and free stand for $599.00....... I got my DWX723 for free in the same promotion. But i was not given a choice at Lowes, it was this stand or nothing. Home Depot has the same promotion, but you can pick which of the 2 stands you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 I almost went with the dwx723, I can see were it would come in handy. After giving it much thought I decided to go with the dwx726 only because I won't have to carry it anymore and it can be stored vertically secured to a wall etc. and it takes up less space in this position. If you really want to be picky, you can find room for improvement with either stand. That's odd that Lowes wouldn't match Home Depot, it was a Dewalt promotional sale not a store promotional. I think if you had spoke to a store manager you might have had a choice. Both stands are $199. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden valley const. Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 I store my 723 vertically and it takes up very little room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Anyone have some suggestions on how to remove those factory installed 5mm Allen screws on the top of the DWX726 without stripping the Allen head out. They were obviously driven in with a power tool, there's no way they will come out using that cheap wrench supplied with it. I don't have a 1/4" drive 5mm Allen bit so using the impact driver is out. I'm going to try 2 jam nuts on the opposite end. Maybe I can free them up with a hand wrench. I can only find 1 metric nut in my entire stash of nuts and bolts so I'll have to pick up another one as soon as I can get to the store. I know I'm not the first one to have a problem with this. I found the same complaints on 2 other reviews for this mitersaw stand. I suppose I should mention that the quality and workmanship of this stand is fanominal. I have never seen anything so well packed to prevent any damage during shipping. To bad the factory assembly workers aren't aware that they need to use less force on those seres. Nobody needs this kind of crap when your trying to put the darn thing together. ARGGGGGHHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well just a follow up the jam nut attempt worked like a charm. Saws all mounted on the the stand and ready to go. I checked everything and all adjustments are spot on right out if the box, thanks DeWalt. Anyone know why the blade wouldn't be centered between the two yellow plastic kerf plates. It is very close to the left side. Is there anyway to adjust this or is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Yellow Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Which saw do you have? I know the DWS780 has re-adjustable kerf plates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Mr.yellow is right. The tear out plates are adjustable on all of the DeWALT saws that I know of. In the instance that you are working on extremely delicate material, those plates can be adjusted in to zero tolerance so that there is zero "tear out" on the material. I would not worry about yours being not perfectly centered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 It's the DWS780. Both kerf plates have slotted holes so they can be adjusted. Both plates are as far from the blade as they can go. The blade is closer to the left plate with a very small gap were as the right plate has a very wide gap between the blade. The right plate can be adjusted to the left so that the gap spacing is equal on both sides of the blade. I was just wondering why the saw blade wasn't centered between both plates from the factory. Looks odd it's off center. I've never seen another miter saw that wasn't centered. Didn't know if there was a way to adjust this or not, didn't see anything in the manual on this. Hmm I wonder if it has something to do with the blade having a 1"" hole vs a 5/8" hole. Think I read something about not needing an adapter with the 5/8" hole. I"ll have to read it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Yellow Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'll check my DWS780 tomorrow. Never really noticed it, but from my mind it's pretty much centered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Yellow Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 I was wrong. Mine has it as well... Not a problem to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 That's exactly what I was talking about guess mines not the only one like that. Not a big deal but there has to be a reason why it's like that right. Surprised somebody hasn't figured it out yet. I'm not going to loose any sleep over it but I will find the answer eventually. Thanks for checking your saw and posting the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhog96 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Well I contacted DeWalt about this and here is what they had to say. <The center of the kerf plates, by design is on the right hand side of the body of the blade (or the surface of the inner clamp washer). Therefore, the blade will be biased to the left kerf plate.> So this concludes the mystery of DeWalt's DWS780 offset blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Yellow Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Thanks for checking this. Mystery solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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