(upbeat banjo music)
- Good day knuckleheads, Uncle Knackers here.
Today is a very exciting day for me.
Check it out what I've just bought.
(whistling)
I wonder what it could be?
(whistling)
Just open this up,
and check it out.
Woo-wee!
(smacking)
It's a DeWalt 745,
10-inch
or 254 millimeter
compact job site
table saw.
What an absolute beauty, and believe it or not,
this is my first ever table saw.
So I am very very excited.
So here it is boys and girls,
the DeWalt 745
portable table saw,
and straight up from the box, what do we know about it?
With the DeWalt 745, the motor size is 1850 watts.
The cutting speed is 3800 revs per minute,
and the maximum cutting depth is 79 millimeters,
which is a touch over three inches.
It'll cut a bevel up to 45 degrees and has a maximum
cutting width of 610 millimeters,
which is around 24 inches.
It has dust extraction
and weighs in at 22 kilograms,
which is pretty good if you find yourself having to carry
this machine around
from job to job.
(unwrapping)
Okay let's unbox this baby.
Cut the plastic.
(cutting)
Now I think we need to cut this tape.
(cutting)
That.
Then,
(laughing)
there she is!
Okay, now.
What's inside?
(box ripping)
You just (grunts)
There we go.
(grunts)
Done.
Now let's see what's behind all this foam and plastic.
I think here, they put our fence.
We'll check that out later.
But we'll take, that came off easy,
that foam piece off,
and
the other one around the back.
It also has some stuff in it.
That might be the miter gauge and the saw guard
by the look of it.
And now, let's take of this plastic.
(plastic unraveling)
And there she is!
Beautiful!
We got a instruction manual here.
Now with this first block of foam
we'll take this out.
Off.
Get rid of that.
And like I said before,
this is the fence.
Looks good.
Got a few locking mechanisms,
and
inside here,
it looks like
they've got the push stick.
That's good.
This clips in.
I like that.
And the other foam block
we have in here.
(plastic unraveling)
And yep, that is indeed,
the miter gauge.
Lock's off.
Beautiful.
Put 'em down and
the other section is the saw guard,
which is pretty handy
for keeping all those little fingers
where they're supposed to be.
Nice.
So from the front of the machine,
we obviously got our
on-off switch here.
(snapping)
which is good.
The big dial here.
This is to raise and lower the blade.
So, if I spin this in a clockwise direction,
you'll notice the blade
rising above
the table saw.
It's a very smooth action.
Beautiful.
And anti-clockwise, down she comes.
Nice.
Now, with the 745 model,
they've got this really easy to adjust beveling system.
All you need to do is to loosen off this lever.
Just like that
and you can see that it's freed up the saw,
so you can adjust it to any angle that you like,
as long as it's 45 degrees or less.
Now, if you check out the saw blade above,
you'll see it moving as I'm adjusting
that beveling system below.
Once you've found your designed angle or bevel,
let's say it's 45 degrees,
just run that red pointer up,
until it lines up with that 45 degree mark,
which is there.
Lock down this lever
and Bob's your uncle.
It's that easy.
Now this is the fence that comes with the saw,
and I'm pretty sure
that we align
that little notch there with the screw
on the rack and pinion arm.
So, if we put that down like
that,
and the same on the other side,
and then all we need to do to lock that in place,
is get this silver thing, which fits inside that trench
or notch, and then lock it down,
(snaps)
and we are done.
Do the same, both sides.
Beautiful.
Now, the adjusting system for the rack and pinion
is very simple.
All you need to do, is turn this knob,
with all the adjustments across the top here,
and then to lock using position,
we just pull this lever back,
(snaps)
and that locks the fencing position.
And to release it, just simply push it up,
bang, you're done.
Now, the fence also has this other cool feature,
where this section here clicks out, just like that,
and it falls down
in front
of the fence.
Now what this does is that when you're cutting a wide
piece of material, it just helps support it
as it's running through the machine.
It's a good idea, I like it.
(coughing)
Bad cough.
And like I mentioned earlier, there's this really cool
little clip on the side of the fence
for holding the push stick.
I shouldn't lose that now.
Shouldn't. Probably will.
Now on the side of the machine,
we also have our arbor wrench,
and our spindle wrench.
One and two.
Which is
nice.
Lock that off.
Beautiful.
Around the back of the machine,
we've got our ducting system,
which is great for collecting all that dust.
And on the right hand side of that dust extractor
up there, underneath,
we have, I'll just get that in focus, like that.
The motor, and that is what drives the whole machine.
Cool.
Now the machine also comes with this miter gauge,
which simply fits inside this trench.
Slide that in and you can adjust the angle,
just like that, and tighten it off.
(scraping metal)
Good.
Now finally but most importantly,
is the blade guard assembly.
To install the blade guard, it's a piece of cake.
All we need to do, is inside this section here,
is that pin, see that pin there?
That pin has to go inside this notch.
So, simply,
grab the guard,
over the knot,
and then, lock it in place.
Bingo.
So that's it, folks.
What do you think of my brand new toy?
I absolutely love it.
I don't wanna use it, 'cus I don't wanna scratch it.
Looks so good.
But from all the reviews I've read, this one here
has to be one of the best on the market.
And how about that, my first un-boxing video.
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(smacking)
All righty, I'm off to wrap this up in a nice soft cloth
and put it to bed.
So, 'til next time, I'm out of here.
Cheers!