It would be nice to see you fix more of the adjustments we basically got to see that your saw is cutting true. That’s nice but it would be helpful to see how to adjust the 45 on the bevel and the miter. Still a great video
Hullo young man. I have used the sliding mitre saw for many years and have beat myself up checking the square and angles. Thanks big guy for those easy wee tips that makes life easier. Keep em coming Mr Moses, I am absorbing them like a sponge.
@andrew .... it is not a small job. Try getting exact 90 degree cuts, adjusting etc and trying to figure out if the problem is with your blade or your fence or your bevel or your dentent .... or it’s just that your samples your cut on your scrap wood is bad because your scrap wood is not straight. 🙈
I bought a $25 compound miter saw. Just tuned it up, new blade and a zero clearance insert. works perfect thanks. Going to have to look into that dry lubricant.
That's the identical saw my gave me for Christmas over 22 yrs. ago. I've made a lot of segmented wood bowls using this saw. You're right, it rocks. Maybe, one Thursday you could do a tune-up on the Performax 16-32 drum sander. I've tried almost everything to get it to sand guitar backs and sides to proper thickness, but one side is always thicker. Thanks for the great video.
I am definitely going to. I have the same problem. Easy fix. Rotate it 180 and send it through again without adjusting the hand wheel on your last pass. Make sure you send it through roughly the same spot on the conveyor belt
Good practical tutorial. My sliding compound miter saw has gone out of square somehow and an I knew you would get me squared away (couldn’t resist the pun)
This was great; thanks. The reason I clicked on this video, though, was the hope of seeing something on fixing a brake that's not working. My Ridgid miter saw has an electric brake, but that's literally the only thing the Ridgid manual says about it. None of the three parts lists even lists an electric brake, so I can't even tell which parts are its components. I tore apart my saw today to try to figure it out; no dice. The brake worked well when I first bought the saw, but by the time I'd used it for a couple weeks, the brake no longer worked.
5:41 So, I think your Dewalt Miter saw does 45 degree cuts both left and right. There is a pully(called "0' Bevel override knob") on the back where you set the bevel cut(bevel lock knob).
Yes, the bevel stops are actually showing in the video. My Tuneup Step 1: get the model number and type of the saw from the plate on the motor and download the manual.
Hi Jonathon, I have never checked my sliding combination miter saw. I will now and won't be surprised if it needs to be adjusted. great video and thanks for sharing you knowledge. Cheers, Huw
Hi thanku for the videos. I am new to wood working and learning how to do trim for my house. Now I have a year old dewalt sliding miter saw and it's out. I am hoping to fix it with these videos. But maybe it wood of help if you showed the stop adjustment for the 45 that was out. I am going to Google it but would have made the video a bit better for novices. I like that you have a saw that's out of square it helps very help to see how you fix it.
I once bought a sliding miter saw from the big box store, The reviews said it was out of square and I figured I could adjust it. Turns out, once you adjusted it for the chop, the adjustment was totally out of whack when you used the sliding part. I returned it and spent 3x more on a much better saw.
Jonathan Katz-Moses Great video, thank you. Please do not forget to remind your viewers that you have isolated the power source on the tools you are working on. Cheers!
I don't know the demand you've gotten for tuning up a bench top belt sander w/ the disc but I'd love to see one. Only saying that because I just acquired a hand me down one today. Thanks for all the awesome videos. I'm hoping to get one of your aprons for Christmas lol. Like a dang kid.
I’ve had problems with dewalt chopsaws in the past where my 2 fences weren’t parallel, so when I had material that spanned across to reach both fences you could see a gap between the material and backing on the inside edge of each fence. It worked fine to cut angles when the material spanned all the way, but when I had small cut offs that I tried to get my angle cuts on the angle would be off by a few degrees.
Bought this for my friend for his birthday, and he loves it. Father-in-law was a little jealous, even. :) Built solid, but light enough to move around for projects. Easy to use ruclips.net/user/postUgkxPeGkHOMe05FySypTOvYumxMn-xi39oRe and makes great precision cuts. Doesn't come with a laser mount, but the fence is straight as an arrow and if you measure carefully, it's not a problem. Can handle dimensional lumber with ease, but of course, there's a limit to how thick. Handled a 4x4" post without a problem, but 4x6" we had to flip and cut twice. Only thing we've noticed is make sure to tighten the nut that holds the saw blade when you take it out of the box and maybe check up on it occasionally. For some, this is probably a no-brainer, but we neglected to do this and a few months in, found the motor running but the blade spinning at about half speed or less. Tightened the nut, and problem was solved. Very happy with this purchase. Dewalt makes sturdy stuff.
i purchased a new mitre saw, basically its the hardware stores homebrand version. Its like the blade is balanced because I get vibration if I cut something with a bit of depth like a 2x4. It could be just the cheap blade it came with
First tuneup out of the box should be throw the Dewalt blade in the trash. I use a minnimum of a 1x6 for checking accuracy. Wider the test piece the more accurate you can get it
This test is only if you want to saw with a precision miter saw. (not for rough work). Tips and Test: Very important if you would like to saw with precision. (avoid torsion as much as possible)! Always choose a Miter saw with a handle positioned in a vertical line above the saw blade. Everything must be aligned, slide rails, handle, and saw blade,it is much better this way the blade will not tilt. Because there is some torsion in the aluminum housing . And choose an engine with softstart on it to prevent wear of the gear and worm shaft. It is very important that everything is aligned. Here are some examples to show how the handle must be positioned above the blade. Bosch gcm 800 sj / Bosch gcm 8 sjl / Evolution rage 3 / FESTOOL KS 60 / Bosch GCM 8 SDE / FESTOOL KS 60 E KAPEX / Metabo KGSV 72 Xact / Bosch PCM 8 SD / Hitachi C10FSH. (This also is the case with the Miter saw without the slide rails). (If you want). You can test it yourself at home if there is torsion in the aluminum housing. Step-1. First you make a saw cut from +-5 mm deep in to a flat piece of wood about +- 20 mm thick to this with the normal handle positioned on the right side of the Miter saw (the wood it will remain in place until the test is completed). Step-2. Then repeat this by pushing the saw blade down with your hand (finger) on the aluminum protective cover were the saw blade is cased in. Just now only do this without the running engine. Step-3. Now you can see if the saw blade will be positioned in or next to the saw cut. If the saw blade is (+- 0,2 / 0,5 mm) next to the saw cut then there is torsion in the aluminum housing (test is completed). Step-4. therefor it is much better to choose a Miter saw with the handle positioned vertical in line above the saw blade. Step-5. When you measure the vertical 90 degrees angle square (Digital Level Box) of you're sawblade don't forget that there is always some torsion in the aluminum housing. Conclusion:how further away the handle is from the saw blade how more chance of torsion in the aluminum housing don't go for that (the choices are yours). Also with a cheap slide miter saw it is still better the handgriff in line a above the saw blade than on the right side. Maybe they will make it someday then we have a winner...
Hey my miter saw has a little cage on the bottom that is filling up with little slivers of scrap that fell into the gap. Can I take that cage off to clean it out without screwing anything up?
Thank you for the video. I was surprised that so much of the saw was below the top of the table at 4:02. I was also surprised that so much of the saw was behind the fence at the same time frame. I’m not sure how the height can be adjusted, but could you move the fence backward so as to permit deeper cuts?
Yes, if you just so happen to have a Dewalt DW735 laying around or know someone with one (Or feel free to come to my garage in Kansas) I'd love to see a Tune Up Thursday episode with one featured! I'm sure Dewalt will send you one for free :D
Is it better to use a dry lubricant than a wet lubricant like WD-40 or PB blaster? What's this GlideCote and do I need it to properly maintain my miter saw?
Useful video but it doesn’t help when your mitre saw is perfect and “dead square” here and there. It would have been useful to see how you adjust it. The blade or the fence for example. Just some feedback.
@@katzmosestools Understood. I ask because I recently purchased my first ever miter saw, which is a DWS780. I saw a video that discusses that flattening the base should be the first priority. Thank you.
Jonathan - @ 4:58 you say "any way if it's not your fence" How do you know if it is the fence or not. How do you know if you should be adjusting the fence or the detents? Thanks.
How were you able to loosen those screws at the 4:51 time. I have some debris under and need to get it out. I have not been able to find the correct bit. Thanks
Great drying lubricant for Tool Tune Ups:
Glidecoat Drying Woodworking Tool Lubricant: amzn.to/2Lys3aY
It would be nice to see you fix more of the adjustments we basically got to see that your saw is cutting true. That’s nice but it would be helpful to see how to adjust the 45 on the bevel and the miter. Still a great video
$25!!!!!????!! I never find those deals. Thats awesome. Now I have to go square up my saw. This is the easiest one I found to do. Thanks!
Thank you. My Dewalt miter saw was way out of whack but I followed your instructions and she cuts great now. 1 28 2023.
Loving these tune up videos. I’d like to see a lunchbox planer tune up
What Brads Workbench said!
Great video and series. I have the same saw so now I can knock it out with confidence. Thank you.
LOVE TUNE UP THURSDAYS!!!!!
weeks of frustration solved in a few mins. great vid man
Hullo young man. I have used the sliding mitre saw for many years and have beat myself up checking the square and angles. Thanks big guy for those easy wee tips that makes life easier. Keep em coming Mr Moses, I am absorbing them like a sponge.
Thank you for adjusting the volume during the test cut :D
Love this. Had problems with my miter saw making a picture frame and now I know how to tune it up properly since it didn't come with the manual.
Great video, learned lots thanks !!
Simple and effective💪🏼
25 bucks!! score !! nice tip vid again man.
Thank you so much Jonathan. Extremely helpful.
Very helpful video! Your saw looks like the same model I just received from a relative, so the tune up tips were very timely. Keep ‘em coming.
Great tips for squaring up a saw. I was worried it was going to be a big job but now I can check mine with confidence!
@andrew .... it is not a small job. Try getting exact 90 degree cuts, adjusting etc and trying to figure out if the problem is with your blade or your fence or your bevel or your dentent .... or it’s just that your samples your cut on your scrap wood is bad because your scrap wood is not straight. 🙈
My mitres giving me a bit of trouble lately. Made some rudimentary adjustments but this video is so helpful!
Some of us don’t have a perfect saw. A tip on how to make the adjustments and which screw does what would help
I bought a $25 compound miter saw. Just tuned it up, new blade and a zero clearance insert. works perfect thanks. Going to have to look into that dry lubricant.
That's the identical saw my gave me for Christmas over 22 yrs. ago. I've made a lot of segmented wood bowls using this saw. You're right, it rocks.
Maybe, one Thursday you could do a tune-up on the Performax 16-32 drum sander. I've tried almost everything to get it to sand guitar backs and sides to proper thickness, but one side is always thicker. Thanks for the great video.
I am definitely going to. I have the same problem. Easy fix. Rotate it 180 and send it through again without adjusting the hand wheel on your last pass. Make sure you send it through roughly the same spot on the conveyor belt
I actually just realized that my saw is out of square and needed to tune it up, now I know how. Amazing video thanks!
Good practical tutorial. My sliding compound miter saw has gone out of square somehow and an I knew you would get me squared away (couldn’t resist the pun)
This was great; thanks. The reason I clicked on this video, though, was the hope of seeing something on fixing a brake that's not working. My Ridgid miter saw has an electric brake, but that's literally the only thing the Ridgid manual says about it. None of the three parts lists even lists an electric brake, so I can't even tell which parts are its components. I tore apart my saw today to try to figure it out; no dice. The brake worked well when I first bought the saw, but by the time I'd used it for a couple weeks, the brake no longer worked.
Well done! Best video i found yet on how to perfectly aligned the miter saw. Thumbs up!
5:41 So, I think your Dewalt Miter saw does 45 degree cuts both left and right. There is a pully(called "0' Bevel override knob") on the back where you set the bevel cut(bevel lock knob).
Yes, the bevel stops are actually showing in the video. My Tuneup Step 1: get the model number and type of the saw from the plate on the motor and download the manual.
Hi Jonathon, I have never checked my sliding combination miter saw. I will now and won't be surprised if it needs to be adjusted. great video and thanks for sharing you knowledge. Cheers, Huw
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Katz, thank you that's the only big tool I have in my shop and now I have learnt something here 😊
thanks. Very helpful!
Aww man, I haven’t even gotten to the table saw yet! The Katz-Moses Machine can’t be stopped!
Great walk through !!!! Time to give my dewalt some attention!!
Love the concept of this series. Nice work!!
Thanks bud!
Great video! Burke sent me and I'm glad he did.
Welcome my friend!
Great vid. Now I can fix mine.
Go get'em tiger!
time to tune up the old miter saw
Thanks for your great explanation !!
Very helpful.
Thanks for taking the time to do this series. It is so helpful.
Really enjoying these tune up videos. Thanks for putting these out.
Thank you for another great video. Learned something today.
excellent video. i learned more things to check on my chop saw...thank you
Great video and I'm digging these Tune Up Thursday videos.
Great Channel I hope you keep growing. Good video quality pace and professionalism
Interesting. I’m now thinking I need to check my circular saw too, because I never check it for square. Oops! Now I will. Thanks 👍
This was so helpful! Thank you.
Thank you bro
Thanks for delivering on your promise! I like this series.
amazing video i will definitely use this in the future
Hi thanku for the videos. I am new to wood working and learning how to do trim for my house. Now I have a year old dewalt sliding miter saw and it's out. I am hoping to fix it with these videos. But maybe it wood of help if you showed the stop adjustment for the 45 that was out. I am going to Google it but would have made the video a bit better for novices. I like that you have a saw that's out of square it helps very help to see how you fix it.
Excellent video!!
Could you do the circular saw, next? Thank you so much for making these videos, Jon!
Tune up Tuesday! Sounds better, you know?
You're the pro!! Just subscribed thank man!
Welcome my friend!
I once bought a sliding miter saw from the big box store, The reviews said it was out of square and I figured I could adjust it.
Turns out, once you adjusted it for the chop, the adjustment was totally out of whack when you used the sliding part.
I returned it and spent 3x more on a much better saw.
Buy once cry once
@@katzmosestoolsKatz-Moses truth!
Dope series you've started here. Looking forward to the Bandsaw vid 😉
I like these. Good job!
thanks
Jonathan Katz-Moses Great video, thank you. Please do not forget to remind your viewers that you have isolated the power source on the tools you are working on. Cheers!
I don't know the demand you've gotten for tuning up a bench top belt sander w/ the disc but I'd love to see one. Only saying that because I just acquired a hand me down one today. Thanks for all the awesome videos. I'm hoping to get one of your aprons for Christmas lol. Like a dang kid.
doing this today! thanks for the tips!
I’ve had problems with dewalt chopsaws in the past where my 2 fences weren’t parallel, so when I had material that spanned across to reach both fences you could see a gap between the material and backing on the inside edge of each fence. It worked fine to cut angles when the material spanned all the way, but when I had small cut offs that I tried to get my angle cuts on the angle would be off by a few degrees.
Great!
Jonathan I will try your method out I have dw715
damn! that saw has seen some use!
Bought this for my friend for his birthday, and he loves it. Father-in-law was a little jealous, even. :)
Built solid, but light enough to move around for projects. Easy to use ruclips.net/user/postUgkxPeGkHOMe05FySypTOvYumxMn-xi39oRe and makes great precision cuts. Doesn't come with a laser mount, but the fence is straight as an arrow and if you measure carefully, it's not a problem. Can handle dimensional lumber with ease, but of course, there's a limit to how thick. Handled a 4x4" post without a problem, but 4x6" we had to flip and cut twice. Only thing we've noticed is make sure to tighten the nut that holds the saw blade when you take it out of the box and maybe check up on it occasionally. For some, this is probably a no-brainer, but we neglected to do this and a few months in, found the motor running but the blade spinning at about half speed or less. Tightened the nut, and problem was solved. Very happy with this purchase. Dewalt makes sturdy stuff.
Thanks for the info! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Great tips. Thanks
Good stuff thanks!
i purchased a new mitre saw, basically its the hardware stores homebrand version. Its like the blade is balanced because I get vibration if I cut something with a bit of depth like a 2x4. It could be just the cheap blade it came with
I'd go through everything and change blades for sure.
I'm way over due for this also
Could you use WD 40 as a spray lubricant?
Merci beaucoup.
First tuneup out of the box should be throw the Dewalt blade in the trash.
I use a minnimum of a 1x6 for checking accuracy. Wider the test piece the more accurate you can get it
Great video also you sound like Jimmy Kimmel
really helpful video thank you very much do you think you could also do one on bandsaws
Thanks for doing the maintenance series, Jonathan. Very useful hands-on information. I am still searching for a tutorial on tuning up the ex-wife.
Hahahaha
This test is only if you want to saw with a precision miter saw. (not for rough work).
Tips and Test:
Very important if you would like to saw with precision. (avoid torsion as much as possible)!
Always choose a Miter saw with a handle positioned in a vertical line above the saw blade.
Everything must be aligned, slide rails, handle, and saw blade,it is much better this way the blade will not tilt.
Because there is some torsion in the aluminum housing .
And choose an engine with softstart on it to prevent wear of the gear and worm shaft.
It is very important that everything is aligned.
Here are some examples to show how the handle must be positioned above the blade.
Bosch gcm 800 sj / Bosch gcm 8 sjl / Evolution rage 3 / FESTOOL KS 60 / Bosch GCM 8 SDE / FESTOOL KS 60 E KAPEX / Metabo KGSV 72 Xact / Bosch PCM 8 SD / Hitachi C10FSH.
(This also is the case with the Miter saw without the slide rails).
(If you want). You can test it yourself at home if there is torsion in the aluminum housing.
Step-1. First you make a saw cut from +-5 mm deep in to a flat piece of wood about +- 20 mm thick to this with the normal handle positioned on the right side of the Miter saw (the wood it will remain in place until the test is completed).
Step-2. Then repeat this by pushing the saw blade down with your hand (finger) on the aluminum protective cover were the saw blade is cased in. Just now only do this without the running engine.
Step-3. Now you can see if the saw blade will be positioned in or next to the saw cut. If the saw blade is (+- 0,2 / 0,5 mm) next to the saw cut then there is torsion in the aluminum housing (test is completed).
Step-4. therefor it is much better to choose a Miter saw with the handle positioned vertical in line above the saw blade.
Step-5. When you measure the vertical 90 degrees angle square (Digital Level Box) of you're sawblade don't forget that there is always some torsion in the aluminum housing.
Conclusion:how further away the handle is from the saw blade how more chance of torsion in the aluminum housing don't go for that (the choices are yours).
Also with a cheap slide miter saw it is still better the handgriff in line a above the saw blade than on the right side. Maybe they will make it someday then we have a winner...
Hey my miter saw has a little cage on the bottom that is filling up with little slivers of scrap that fell into the gap. Can I take that cage off to clean it out without screwing anything up?
Thank you for the video. I was surprised that so much of the saw was below the top of the table at 4:02. I was also surprised that so much of the saw was behind the fence at the same time frame. I’m not sure how the height can be adjusted, but could you move the fence backward so as to permit deeper cuts?
Tune-up Tuesday > Tune-up Thursday
< everything ;-)
I'm having trouble with the guard. It doesn't retract at the right time, so it sticks. I see no adjustment?
cut a brunch of baseboard today, and the top is fine but the bottom got a 1/2 gap. Do I need to tune it? the laser was off too.
Yes, if you just so happen to have a Dewalt DW735 laying around or know someone with one (Or feel free to come to my garage in Kansas) I'd love to see a Tune Up Thursday episode with one featured! I'm sure Dewalt will send you one for free :D
Literally shot the video yesterday
@@katzmosestools who knew Buy a magnetic dovetail jig and you get telepathic access to new Katz Moses videos!!! Thats a good selling point!
So if there light between the blade how do I adjust it?
My saws hull down is very sticky, how do I fix that?
That saw has had a hard life
Machinist Square link please
Is it better to use a dry lubricant than a wet lubricant like WD-40 or PB blaster? What's this GlideCote and do I need it to properly maintain my miter saw?
What type of square are you using
What would you recommend as a good 10" crosscut blade for a miter saw without breaking the bank?
Diablo
But also buy once cry once... Forrest Chop Master
I'm stealing that quote Jonathan lol
Jon, where did you make the 45 degree adjustment? Great vid.. Love this vid Jon. Love the tuneup videos. You get right to the nitty gritty.
I think I show it in the video?
@@katzmosestools Well you basically just kind of mentioned it, the one on the right.. However; I have the manual on my Dewalt and it shows it lol
the blade on mine should take a few seconds to stop.instead it takes 10-15 secs.whats wrong with it?
Useful video but it doesn’t help when your mitre saw is perfect and “dead square” here and there. It would have been useful to see how you adjust it. The blade or the fence for example.
Just some feedback.
My blade looks like it wobbles as I bring it down on a 1/16" cut. Is it just a cheep blade or do a lot of 12" blades do that?
Outstanding video. Have you ever flattened the base?
Sounds like way too much work for a rough cut tool. You probably shouldn't be doing final finish crosscut on anything but a table saw sled
*for fine woodworking projects not Adirondack Chairs
@@katzmosestools Understood. I ask because I recently purchased my first ever miter saw, which is a DWS780. I saw a video that discusses that flattening the base should be the first priority. Thank you.
My saw keeps getting louder and louder. Someone told me to add lithium grease to the bearing at the blade but its sealed
Jonathan - @ 4:58 you say "any way if it's not your fence" How do you know if it is the fence or not. How do you know if you should be adjusting the fence or the detents? Thanks.
It's one or the other. Either your fence is adjustable or your detents are
How were you able to loosen those screws at the 4:51 time. I have some debris under and need to get it out. I have not been able to find the correct bit. Thanks
Use an Allen key and with the front of the fence facing you, then the Allen bolt heads anti clock wise to loosen
@@marcnaidu5804 Thanks
This guy looks and sounds like jimmy kimmel! 😳