DeWalt DW718 Setup guide

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EUROPEAN SERVICE REPAIR TRAINING

DW718 –Mitre Saw

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•Service Tooling Application and Use 5.3

•Illustrated Tips 5.4

6Summary Repair Notes

•Useful Information 6.1

•Strip Down / Repair / After Repair 6.2

•Safety Notes 6.3

7Modifications & Product Updates

•Engineering News 7.1

•Quality Changes 7.2

8Additional Training Information

•Battery Performance 8.1

•Battery Tester 8.2

•Hammer Mechanism 8.3

•Good Practices 8.4

•Cordless Motor test unit 8.5

EUROPEAN SERVICE REPAIR TRAINING

2Product Information

•Customer Requirements 2.1

•Marketing Information 2.2

•Features & Benefits 2.3

•Applications 2.4

•Technical Information/Specifications 2.5

3Service Drawings

4Repair Instructions

•Diagnosis and Root Cause 4.1

•Strip Down Guidelines/Procedures 4.2

•Repair Assembly Guide 4.3

5Video & Animation Instructions

•Disassembly 5.1

•Re-assembly 5.2

Contents

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2Product Information

Customer Requirements

2.1 Slide Mitre Saw CTQ Research

Finish = Cut Quality

Ease of Use = Fence

System Bevel Detents

Accuracy

Finish

Cut Capacity

Mitre Scale

Ease of Use

Size

Weight

Price

Grooving

Dust Coll.

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2Product Information

Marketing Information

2.2

DW718-QS

DW718-GB

DW718-LX

DW718V-QS

DW718V-GB

DW718V-LX

DW718-B4

DW718-XE

Vindicates factory fitted laser system

DW708 WILL BE DISCONTINUED FROM AUGUST 2005

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2Product Information

Marketing Information

2.2

DW718 -305mm Compound Slide Mitre Saw

•Cam action mitre lock function makes mitre setting faster

and easier allowing the user to quickly adjust angles between

0°-60°left and 0°-50°right

•The innovative grooving stop allows the adjustment of the

cutting depth for grooving and rebating applications.

•The large dual sliding fence gives maximum support in large

material cuts at any angle or combination of angles.

•Linear horizontal rails utilise bronze guides to provide

maximum precision when cutting materials up to 345mm

wide.

•New quick release bevel setting provides accurate and

simple setting of bevel angles up to 48°left and right.

•Compact and lightweight design characteristics deliver a saw

with enormous capacity which is easy to transport around the

jobsite

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2Product Information

Features & Benefits

2.3

1. Improved Accuracy

2. Improved Cut Quality

3. Greater Horizontal Capacity 34% Greater than the competition

4. Greater Vertical Capacity

5. Improved Miter System

6. Smaller Size

7. Lighter Weight

8. Improved Bevel System

9. Sustaining 305mm Share

Fence, bevel and detent plates

Rpm, Clamp Washer, Plate Thickness

25% Greater than the competition

19% < 708, only 8% > 250mm saws

Improved center of gravity

9 Positive stops

Absolute domination

Cam lock, detent plate, lock off

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Features & Benefits

2.3.1

Accuracy

•New Precise Mitre & Bevel System

•New Step-Up Machined Fence Support

•New Rail Support Clamp System

Capacity

•New Design Delivers Best-in-Class

Crosscut Capacity

•Tall Fence Design Delivers Highest

Vertical Capacity in its Class (160mm

Baseboard)

DW718

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2Product Information

Features & Benefits

2.3.2

Ease of Use

Portability

DW718

•Thumb Actuated Mitre Lock

•New Easy Access Bevel Lock

•New Bevel Detent System

•DEWALT Laser Compatible

•Smallest 305mm Slide Miter Saw –

Packs up Smaller than Hitachi 250mm

Slide

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Features & Benefits

2.3.3

Accuracy Improvements:

-Improve fence straightness

-Fence perpendicularity

-Table post

-Mitre detent spring

Cut Quality: 0.1mm

-éblade washer size 66mm

-New DEWALT blade 2mm plate

Horizontal Cutting Capacity:

-At Base Fence: 355mm

-At Secondary Fence: 406mm

Vertical Cutting Capacity:

-At Fence: 163mm

-At Full Extension: 91mm

Mitre System:

-Right Capacity: 60°

-Left Capacity: 50°

-Detent System: Hard

Size:

-Height: 396mm

-Length: 470mm

-Width: 770mm

Weight: 24.8kg

Grooving: 150mm

Bevel System:

-# of Detents: 9

-Degree of Detents: 0,22.5,33.9,45,48

-Detent Setting Location: Trunion

-Scale Location: Trunion

-Tightening Location: Trunion

Rail System:

-Design Horizontal

-Diameter 25mm

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2Product Information

Applications

2.4

PRIMARY USERS APPLICATIONS

Joiners First and second fix applications, trim carpentry, stud walling.

Carpenters Large section carpentry, stair building (tread and riser), Furniture

manufacture.

Builders, Roofers Large roof truss compound mitres.

Window Manufacturer Aluminium and wooden frame sections and mitres.

Kitchen Fitters Trim carpentry, second fix sill and skirt mitres, cornice compound

mitres.

Contractors Fencing

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