boorite wrote:
Supposedly, you "can't" bend a footplate like that one. The cheap
stamped ones, yes.

It seems to me that a lot, if not most, of the price difference between
circ saws is in the base plates. I don't think it's an exaggeration to
say a lot of the money in a high-end circ saw is the base plate. I'm
kinda thinking you may be headed for a new saw.

Given all the advice, I left my computer, went out to the shop, put the
base in the vise and twisted it. Sure enough, it was easy to bend.
Now it's not perfectly flat, but it is much closer.

I would think that a Dewalt saw would be toward the upper end in terms
of quality. Is this a problem with all circular saws? Makita, Dewalt,
Milwaukee all seem roughly in the same price range (except Festool, of
course) to me.

Okay, okay. I'll stop analyzing and get to work.

Mark