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Changing the blade on the Dewalt 703
I swear I tried that same thing, but the guard didn't act like it would
slide. There was a backet holding the guard onto the housing. Maybe some trick to lowering the guard and then sliding back. From the design it looks like something like that was intended. I don't want to ruin this chopmaster blade so I'm taking it off when I don't know what I'm going to be cutting. Blue wrote: Don't know about the DW but on my Bosch I have to loosen the bolts for the guard and move the guard to the rear to access the arbor nut. It is a PITA but then I don't remove/change the blade very often unless I am doing a lot of cutting on something that builds up a lot of pitch. "Thomas Mitchell" wrote in message ... Chopmaster blade arrived (see other post for my opinion). Wanted to try it. Murphy stole the manual. Couldn't find the manual on the dewalt website to download. Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the blade shield off the saw when they want to change the blade? That's the only way I was able to get the bolt out and get the blade off. Not that it's a terrible or lengthy process. It just looks like the shield shouldn't have to be taken off. I'd like to change blades FREQUENTLY to keep the chopmaster in good condition. At some point removing the shield is going to start gettting annoying. Thomas |
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Changing the blade on the Dewalt 703
Thomas wrote:Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the
blade shield off the saw when they want to change the blade? That's the only way I was able to get the bolt out and get the blade off. Is the screw holding the cover plate situated in a FORKED flange? My old DeWalt CMS just needs a loosening and sliding of the forked attachment. Granted, that's too much work to do, also. Tom |
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Changing the blade on the Dewalt 703
"Thomas Mitchell" wrote in message ... Chopmaster blade arrived (see other post for my opinion). Wanted to try it. Murphy stole the manual. Couldn't find the manual on the dewalt website to download. Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the blade shield off the saw when they want to change the blade? I have that saw. I've only changed the blade out once and didn't have to take of the guard. The guard needs to be held all the way back as I recall. There is a procedure outlined in the manual - but since I'm at work I cannot for the life of me remember the actual procedure. But I do remember that I did not have to take anything off the saw. |
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