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hey welcome to tough guys on this
episode we're gonna be unboxing setting
up kind of going through the initial
process of a 12 inch dual bevel do Walt
miter saw it's my first of all Saul so I
figured why not show you guys what's
going on with it I did have to open the
box at the store to do like a blade
switch out thing which I'll explain when
I get to that point so the unboxing is
kind of like I already unboxed it a
little bit at Lowe's and then brought
home so anyways I wanted to show you
guys the new Saul let's get it set up
and I'll show you some details about it
now
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all right now that we've got it out of
the box and kind of just briefly set up
here on our little stand here's a quick
overview first impressions I like the
way everything feels everything is
smooth everything moves very well
there's a little trigger guard here
which I really think is cool you have to
kind of pull it over to be able to press
the button
so kids getting their hands up there if
they don't know how to put that button
back they'll be safe I'll go through
some of the details as we go through
this setup process but just wanted to
say initial thoughts are great it's a
good weight
it's nice everything seems to work let's
get that blade installed and then we'll
start going through all the components
and for the blade install on one of
these we've got your blade guard and you
get that up out of your way they give
you a little tool out of the box you
have your nut driver on the end and then
a star tip on the other end which
basically feeds into this bolt here
you've got a little little bolt you need
to take out actually I'm gonna take it I
use gonna loosen it and that'll allow us
to move this guard up and out of the way
a little bit so we can get to this and
that bolt will hold your guard out of
the way so you see right there once I
get it out a little bit let me show you
guys the distance out there so it's not
out all the way you don't take it out of
the way now I can sit the blade guard on
there and the issue I was talking about
with the blade it's supposed to come
with a sixty key apparently in the box
and it did not so the people at Lowe's
gave me this blade here and they took
the 32t blade off of there that came on
the saw so this is the one that gave me
this is the one we're gonna be putting
on and there is a button here on the
other side that will lock this in place
because otherwise this is just gonna
keep turning forever so let me show you
guys that little button turn the other
side when you're twisting this will lock
this bolt in place so that you can twist
that off of there and those bolts are
reversed thread
just a quick disclaimer on that these
are reverse-thread so it's not
righty-tighty lefty-loosey anymore there
we go and there's your bolt right there
take off the outside locking ring ru and
then follow the instructions for your
blade you have some errors here telling
you it's going to turn teeth facing
towards you it's going to turn this way
and the blade is in place locking ring
back on and bolts remember lefty tighty
righty loosey
there that's locked back in place now
tighten it down the last thing you want
to do obviously is make sure that this
guard is back engaged here and that this
screw this little bolt is screwed back
down which is gonna keep your guard in
place like it should be they're not
rattling around or getting in the way of
anything is shouldn't be getting in the
way of theirs that so I do have it
plugged in temporarily here I want to
test it just to make sure everything's
working before I keep going and let's
hear how it sounds sounds really great
runs really smooth
sliding mechanism works really well and
I like that so let's go through some of
the components of this all before we
make some cuts so the first thing let's
talk about these miter fences so they
are adjustable on the back side you have
a little kind of a flipping tab here and
you slide these things in go out and
actually remove them all the way I'm
just gonna leave kind of set generically
for now and you have one of those on
both sides so this one also has that and
then here's your little insert there for
your clamp and there is one of those for
both sides so I'll show you guys that
clamp here in a second as far as the the
the front here to adjust your angle for
different cuts you can see here they've
got everything marked all the different
degrees all the way over here to 60 and
back this way you've got over 250 which
is only gonna let you pull to basically
a 45 so when you pull this little handle
up you can depress this button and as
you're holding it you slide and then let
off when you get close and it actually
has some predetermined stopping points
so as I get close to 45 you hear it kind
of click into place and now it's not
gonna move again I don't need to depress
again and it's gonna lock in locks in
blocks in at 15 blocks pecking at zero
so that's how that works
generally speaking you want to screw
this down to something or maybe you have
like the DeWalt stand that it goes on
but for me it just I've always had my
miter saw is just kind of screw down to
this tabletop so I'm gonna screw it down
that way when I'm when I'm moving this
back and forth doing projects the whole
Saul's not going to move around on the
table that's what you don't want to
happen so that's all that piece works a
few other quick components this is that
button that locks the bolt on the blade
so that you can loosen it this obviously
goes up and down that's for you to cut
things you got a nice little handle here
to hold it and grab it and carry it
around if you need to and then here's
that power button again so again if you
just press it it won't go in you have to
swoop your finger over that little
button and then it will let you depress
so kind of a cool safety
she can't accidentally hit that thing
and in here on the top this is our lock
for the slide so if I tighten that down
the saw cannot slide now so that's what
that is you loosen that up and the saw
will slide really freely actually very
very smooth um here's where our bag for
dust but attach and we'll go over some
of those components here in a sec like
the clamp we'll take a look at those two
things that came in the box there's your
power cord that goes down to the power
and then let's take a look at these
components here here these are basically
everything involved back here is for
that bevel cut this is your release so
if you loosen this up the saw will be
able to slide you can see here so that's
what that is for I'm gonna lock it back
in place here really quick these other
components here these are believed
called Paul's and therefore crown cuts
I'm not as familiar with cutting crown
so I'm not gonna spend too much time on
those I may end up doing like a video on
that but these are the adjustment screws
for those since you can move the bevel
and it does have dual bevel so back on
the other side over here you've got the
same way to track on this side so there
are some components back here I'm not a
hundred percent width I'm just kind of
doing a quick overview I know everything
back here is concerning the bevel and
then as I showed you before your slide
lock is up here saw slides back and
forth
lock your bevel in a zero and check your
square before you start making cuts if
you're concentrating a bunch on straight
cuts and then other than that there you
go side again this is your depth
adjustment screw and then you would
lower this down and basically this thing
is gonna hit that and then you can
adjust because it's gonna stop the depth
of saw as it as it teeters down in your
cutting so kind of a cool feature and
it's actually in a really nice place I
really do like that there's kind of a
wing nut to lock it in place so that's
your depth controlled there and another
quick note the little wrench actually
stores inside of the saw it's right down
here pretty cool and then it clicks in
place you can't lose that thing and it's
also not on the way you don't really
get anywhere so that's another really
cool feature that that thing has a place
to go hey here's that clamp Mackin
mechanism this just screws down and then
this piece is the part that locks on
around the back and then the whole thing
can kind of swivel around so we'll put
this in place in a second can you get so
you can see how that looks and here is
the bag accessory that hooks onto the
back of the saw and basically allows you
to collect some of the sawdust it's
obviously not gonna collect everything
and you can see right here in the back
that's where all the sawdust is gonna
hopefully go when we start making cuts
we will find out a lot of these saws
these things don't work that great so
we'll test out the DeWall one we've got
that clamp set in place here you can see
as it is it will turn around you may
have to work with your with your miter
fence there to get it where you need it
to go and then you can also loosen the
top to bring it down this direction or
you can fight it so you may want to have
this preset if you're making a ton of
cuts then it works out really great for
you then back here in the back is where
you hook your vacuum bag up this thing
sticks out really far off the back side
I don't know how much I like that let me
show you guys that thing sticks out
really far seems like they could've done
a better design just maybe had a droop
so I don't really know if I like that
cuz I have to have a saw so far out and
or for that to work we'll see what we
can figure out on it to make it a little
bit better alright let's test out some
cuts I'm gonna start off with just
getting this thing all the way back yeah
we'll see how that goes
and we've got some super super smooth
cuts I'm so happy with that it's great
sounds great no vibration feels awesome
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and we've got just one small stack of
2x4 cuts and I just wanted to compare so
here's the dust that missed the bag out
here you know this is the dust that mist
not too bad when you consider and let's
take a look at how much was actually
captured and that is a ton of sawdust
captured in this bag that is awesome
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so overall putting it through its paces
this all's done really well this is that
blade that we got with it the sixty
tooth we've put it through a couple of
projects since we've had it but dust
management does pretty good just having
the bag I mean it catches a ton of dust
as you go I mean you're still gonna get
some but it's nothing like that Richard
saw that was just horrible and
embarrassing for them other than that
overall the cells been really good and
we've been super happy with it and
that's what I got all right so it's been
about a month full disclaimer since
we've had this saw we've been using it a
ton all kinds of projects it's been
working out really really well for us so
far the blade has no wobble everything
cuts really really well I don't really
know much more to say then other than
that it's great we haven't had any
issues with it
dust management is good I've tried
hooking the vacuum to it and I really
just don't care the the bag on there is
good enough and seems to work really
well other than that I really really
like the sauce so I just wanted to kind
of wrap up this video and say if you're
needing a 12-inch saw and you need a
sliding version of it and dual bevel the
DeWalt is a great option if you've seen
our channel we have a video on the rigid
version which turned out horribly for me
some people love it I'm glad that you
had a good luck with it I deny it was
horrible so anyways thanks for watching
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