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I have been watching this new innovation from Bosch since I saw the sneak peak back in May. I finally stumbled across a great video on all the features and benefits.
What do you guy’s think about this new saw?
It’s a pretty neat, something new is always exciting… Pretty expensive, just did a online search and it retails for $799+. Here are a couple other things I noticed.
I don’t like how they used the Older Dewalt DW708 to compare tool “depth” the DW718’s rails are shorter.
The DW718 still has a larger cut capacity: 16″ Horizontal vs Bosch at 14″ and 6 5/8″ crown veritcally nested vs Bosch at 6 1/2″.
DW718 weighs 53lbs. VS Bosch at 65lbs
They also mention the reason for the Axial-Glide is because you get “rail deteriation” I haven’t heard that being an issue in the field? I could be wrong?
I do like the front controls for bevel adjustments and the side rails for material support. But is it worth the extra $200 vs the DW718 $599 price tag?
It does have a lot of nice features but Dewalt is not often the leader in new features on tools.
I own the DC708 and even though it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles it just flat out works