Dewalt

Debbie. – I’d like to help, but don’t have that saw… Maybe pictures here would help get answers, too.

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We’ll be glad to help, but pictures if you can. Not sure I have seen a Dewalt stand.

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Perhaps you might make a trip to HD or Lowes and they’d have an assembled one there that you can look at. They might even have someone who has assembled one on duty when you’re there. Take pix of it from all angles if possible.

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Debora – I had the same problem when I set up my saw. I happen to have the same model saw and stand. I will take some pictures tonight.

You will need to use that optional bolt. The standard bolt will interfere with the bottom of the saw when you attach the bracket to the bottom of the saw.

As far as I can tell, there is no front or back to the stand. That butterfly clip is there to limit how far you can slide the saw on the stand. You might have to slide the saw left or right on the stand to use the supports on the stand when cutting short stock. When the instructions say “engage” it means that both brackets are fully locked on the stand. Set the rear of the brackets on the stand and then lower the front of the saw. You will hear a loud “click”. Rock the saw a bit to make sure the bracket is fully engaged.

I cant remember the order of the washers off the top of my head. I do remember finding the information buried on dewalts site. If I remember correctly, there was reference to an additional sheet added to the instructions that came with certain stands

edit: take a look at page 3 and 4 of this pdf. Should clear up the mounting issues

http://www.manualowl.com/m/Dewalt/DW723/Manual/328568?page=4

Monte, the stand is just a miter saw stand with the folding legs that holds the chopsaw, but its not the new version.it just happens to be made by Dewalt, but I am sure there are other makes out there. I can take a picture as soon as I find the dang cord for the camera.

Junebug….Thank you for the link for the pdf. My little 3 page manual doesn’t have all those pictures and definitely not the bolt order. I’ll will attach the shorter bolt to the front right bracket . The locator clip shows one of the mounting brackets sitting in the middle of it. It says to move it to where you would like your saw to sit, then tighten it down before attaching the saw. It sounds like it is not really necessary though from your reply. The pdf also tells you which order the washer go… Sort of feeling silly for that question, because now its seems like a no brainer.

Thanks guys.

I have the butterfly bracket centered on my stand. Never felt the need to move it and I’ve never had the saw move while cutting.

Dont feel bad about not knowing the washer order, it was confusing in this case.

Let me know if you want or need pictures of everything assembled

You cant learn if you dont ask?

Junebug…I’d love any pictures you are willing to share. Visuals have always been my best friend!!

I put the bolts in, keeping the short one for the front left. I was only able to put on the washer, as there is no room for both and after only two turns with the wrench, the nut started to spin. When I took it off, I see there are no threads on the top of the bolt. How lucky can I get.
Can I use the longer one, but from the top??

Sorry for the delay. Here are the pictures of the way I have my brackets attached. Not sure if its the proper way, but it works

Front Left

Front Right

Thanks junebug, I appreciate the pics. I ended up putting the far right one in like you have yours, but the rest I put from the bottom up, so the square head would stay seated in the grove of the bracket. So far, nothing has fallen off, well, thats not true…I almost dropped the whole dang thing off the backside putting it on, but some how I was able to hold on and pull it back up. I did a bunch of cutting for my table and benches and made a big mess, but boy is it nice to be standing and cutting instead of working off the floor.

i originally had the bolts coming up from the bottom, but I get tired of scraping my arm on the exposed bolts. Glad its working out for you

The clip goes on the front as I recall (had the same stand). It
indexes one of the clip on saw base units. It can be moved
wherever you like, but in general since you might want the
saw more or less centered, you could offset the clip from the
center by half the width of your saw base. Realistically most
right handers probably prefer to cut with the long piece to
the left of the saw blade, so moving the saw to the right
of center on the stand allows a little more support to the
left for those long boards.

I have the same saw and stand but mine are quite a few years old now. Both have been excellent.

The idea is to engage one of the saw brackets into the clip but I very rarely do. That setup is designed for construction and, when centered, the support arms cannot index a standard 92.5” stud. With the saw mounted offset, it has no problem.

There is a lot negative to be said about that combination and I’d be the first to chime in. The saw is way too heavy, first version of the stand doesn’t have wheels, awkward size and shape to store. Every time I have to cut a large number of dimensional lumber members to a specific length, I know I have the best setup for doing so. It really works well in that situation.

You might want to check out the aftermarket Irwin laser. It works very well, is affordable, and makes the saw a treat to use.

I will admit, however, that I picked up a 10” Hitachi miter saw about a year and a half ago and haven’t used the DeWalt since. It’s cheap, accurate, and doesn’t require a truss to move around. I’ll certainly be using the DeWalt setup for construction framing, though.

Thank you everyone..I sure appreciate all your help and ideas.

Be sure once you get it set up to go back over your saw for plumb,square and level. Check the angles for true 45 too.
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