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
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6
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9
10
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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2Product Information
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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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