DEWALT Chop Saw, Quick-Change, 14-Inch, Old Model (D28715)

Item as described online. Seems to be well made and cuts well. Original blade is ok, but they have a little better blade, use it when replacing.

I highly recommend this saw for medium to heavy daily use if you plan on making normal angle, tubing or pipe cuts. Pros: The saw gets used daily in my shop and it keeps going and going. Easy to find a working base for it and it cuts on the floor, a table or working stand- not hard to find a small space to use it. Lightweight and locks down with a carrying handle to move around quickly. The clamp quick release is smooth and easy to use. The blade is easy to switch out as advertised. It is a work horse. Cons: trouble cutting some sizes on a 45-degree angle due to limitations- blocking behind 2-inch tubing is required for example. Also small, narrow trimming cuts are difficult to make. we end up using a hand held grinder for these tasks.

I bought this from Amazon with help from a gift card I had received. The price was very comparable to Home Depot. The first and only chop saw I had owned was a tool sale special. It lasted about 8 years. Great value for the money. Not that easy to work with.I took this out of the box and cut some 1 1/2" square tubing. I changed between the 90 degree and 45 degree cuts with ease. Much better than the standard saw I had used before. Each swap was quick and easy. Usually I would try to cut each angle separately and then change to the other to finish all cuts. This was so fast and easy to change back and forth that I cut each piece as needed.I am a home hobbyist and wanted a durable chop saw that was going to last. I feel very confident in purchasing this saw. One of the good features of the quick change back stop is being able to move it forwards and backwards on the table with ease. This is especially useful when your blade gets smaller. Some of those cuts I couldn't make with a smaller blade, I think I can now. The blade that comes with the saw is great. Fast cuts and high quality.Due to a mistake on my part, I ruined the first blade. I didn't have my metal secured and it slipped and ruined the blade. Nothing to do with the saw, just me being stupid. Changing the blade was fast and simple. No tools required. Unscrew the knob and change the blade. The knob clicks when it is tight enough going on.Overall I would highly recommend this saw. I was going to buy it at Home Depot, but a friend gave me a gift card to Amazon and I used it with some money to buy the saw. Great purchase, quick delivery and it was free shipping. Actually cost me less than at Home Depot.

This is a beast of a chop saw I love it 😀 😍 Dewalt is awesome..

Works as expected

Better quality than the Harbor Freight, Ryobi and Chicago types.

We used a Makita metal chop-saw for a quite while (having more or less stolen it from our neighbor) before buying this DeWalt (and returning his Makita at last). The DeWalt is every bit the tool as the Makita, and it cuts through 2-inch steel tube easily. A ton of heat is generated cutting steel, and neither of the chop saws really blast through the bigger tubes, but both cut it smoothly, safely and relatively quickly.For the tube sizes we cut, the angle-cut support on the DeWalt is not very useful; it helps on smaller angle iron and the like, but for big tubes we do not find it helpful. The DeWalt blades are long lasting (although we do not cut anything other than mild steel and some aluminum). The blade change system on the DeWalt is even easier than the Makita, and takes less than a minute to swap out a blade.Get great eye protection and work in a fire-safe area: You are going to throw some sparks. But this has been a great saw and we have used it extensively.

It works well or better than trying a cut a peice of square tubing straight with a angle grinder. I bought this machine because I am a hobby metal worker. I used it to so far to cut up to 5/8" bar at an angle and 3/4" bar at 90 degrees and the heaviest tubing I have cut with it would be 1.5"X3.0" with 3/16" wall. For the retanglar tubing, it would start out a bit slow because of the flat top surface, but once you get it down in the thinner cross section, it will really start cutting.The only thing that I would complain about is the slow starts and some blade deflection because when you start, you have to push down pretty hard to get the cut started pushing the blade off a bit. There was some blade deflection on the 45 degree angle I cut on the 5/8" rod, but when I welded the part together, I just adjusted it to compensate.I payed [...] bucks for this chop saw. I know it is a Dewalt, so it should last and Amazon had the best price on this machine that I could find. 200 dollars. Most other places wanted between 215 to 225 for the same product, plus I had to pay for shipping from the other suppliers.I have yet to trip the breaker while using it either. When using the Milwaukee that was in my high school welding class last year, it had a tendency to trip the breaker, especially when it was being used hard.Over all I would buy this machine, weather your a hobbiest or a welder/ fabricator. This could have a place in your operation. I chose this over JET's small bandsaw, which was about $400. Plus the bandsaw took up some floor space, which is at a premium in my garage, while this chop saw I just set on the shelf in the corner.