I am a carpenter by trade and bought the 718 last month. The saw will
only cut 14" out of the box. A shop made auxiliary fence, IIRC, is required
to cut 16". It will cut to 6 1/2" standing up. I looked at the Hitachi
(and others) when I was shopping for a new scms and decided the digital
stuff seemed gimmicky. Do a google for "DeWalt 718" and check out my
longish review. I've been *extremely* pleased with the saw, however my only
complaint still is I don't like the provided blade at all. So after
receiving a few gift certificates from Santa, it will be replaced with a
Forrest chopmaster this week. Also, keep in mind you have 30 days from date
of purchase to return it if you don't like it, so put it to the test and
take it back if it doesn't "make the cut" for you. --dave




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I agree with Rob, a longer cutting distance is a big plus. How tall can
it cut? I assume both of them would lop a 4x4 and a 2x12. In Dewalt's
case, a 2.x16. :-)

If you threw out the cutting width though, it would be the handle that
made the decision for me. Whichever one felt best in my hand and would
be less stressful on those time when I was stuck cutting a few hundred
lengths of x for job z. This Bosch I've got is great for everything
else but the handle placement really sucks.