Hi guys welcome to my channel
My name is Jeremy and I'm the weekend craftsman
Today we're going to have a look at my new DeWalt DWE7491-XE table saw
First I'm going to do the unbox
and then we can have a closer look and I'll share my initial thoughts
Alright guys now that we've got it all unboxed I'm going to put
it together and we'll have a close-up look at some of the features of the saw
Okay guys so why did I buy this saw
Well currently my workshop is my garage so not a lot of space in here
I don't really have any room for a cabinet saw or anything like that so
I need something that's nice and compact but still grunty enough to do the job
So what do I like about this saw
Firstly it's really really solid, nice solid as frame under here big stable feet that it sits on
and it's quality, fence adjustment here is full rack and pinion setup on both sides so
and it's machined not cast so it should be really really solid and it's very accurate
when you turn this dial adjust it outwards and hopefully it's nice and parallel as well
Also on the fence I really like how the push sticks stored right there with an easy reach
and this piece here which flops down
and gives you that extra stability if you're ripping something really wide
The blade guard assembly and riving knife are both stored down here, they just hook on up here which
is really convenient as well and then we've got over this side the anti-kickback assembly
so that's all stored there and you can just unhook it and install it if you need to use it
Over here we've got a nice big off switch and then above that we've got the child safety lock
cover plate thing which I'm not sure we'll use it that much but
could be handy in case anyone has kids around or what not
Down here there's a bit more storage first of all for the cable there's not really anywhere
to hook this end of the cable on to so you've kind of got to just sit it there
but the spanners is really good just push this button and pull them out
and slide them back in
and then lock back in place
Now around the back we've got a spot for the miter gauge here,
it's not the best though you can't really put it in at 90 degrees like this
You have to angle it around to about 30 degrees or something like that and then slide it in
and even then it's not very easy
so that it misses up here, if you have it at 90 degrees it hits on this little screw up under here
I don't know if you can see that up there so I'm not really sure
why they designed it like that but it still fits in but it's not the best
The other thing I don't love about this miter gauge is the slide in
and like most that come with the saw there's a fair bit of slop in there but probably not
such a big issue because I'll probably end up building a sled for this anyway
Alright guys so my initial thoughts on the saw is it's solid
it's really well built it looks really accurate so far just on the test cuts that I made
It was nice and powerful and they came out really smooth so i'm pretty happy with that
So if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and hit that subscribe button
because after this I'm going to put out a series of videos on an all-in-one workbench
build that this saw is going to go into I'm just drawing up the plans for that
at the moment but as soon as they're finished I'm going to crack into that
I'll also be putting out more videos in future on tool reviews
and DIY projects from around the home so stay tuned