Hi all.
Just joined / 1st post!
Picked DW071 up from a boot fair on Sunday with charger and two batteries. Came with original box too ! In very good nick apart from one of the batterys was an aftermarket and the original dewalt battery was not charging .. I got the dewalt batt going as per the you tube vids out there . So have two charged batts now. Anyway I tried a few cuts and it struggled going through a 6 x 2.
Obviously a new blade should help as it seems the blade is blunt (I couldn't identify a name on the blade ) although opinions on what it should/ or how it would cut would help ?
I wondered about a freud blade at 2.4 kerf ? Should I go thinner? 48 t. Also a little confused about the neg blade thing ? Will neg cut better but slower etc ?
I am general builder so will use this for skirtings architrave roofing etc I have the big corded 12 " dewalt (780 110 volt ) so this is really for portability as the corded is quite awkward up stairs and over kill sometimes!
I had a makita 18v cordless a few years ago which was very light / very small and did cut ok just had to give it a little gentle time. It had a new blade . The Dw017 is quite heavy in comparison but seems to have a really solid feel (same casting material as the 780 ) so will prob keep it. I did wonder if I should sell both and get a cordless say Milwaukee as I have a lot of there tools ? Thanks if anyone wants to chip in
Just joined / 1st post!
Picked DW071 up from a boot fair on Sunday with charger and two batteries. Came with original box too ! In very good nick apart from one of the batterys was an aftermarket and the original dewalt battery was not charging .. I got the dewalt batt going as per the you tube vids out there . So have two charged batts now. Anyway I tried a few cuts and it struggled going through a 6 x 2.
Obviously a new blade should help as it seems the blade is blunt (I couldn't identify a name on the blade ) although opinions on what it should/ or how it would cut would help ?
I wondered about a freud blade at 2.4 kerf ? Should I go thinner? 48 t. Also a little confused about the neg blade thing ? Will neg cut better but slower etc ?
I am general builder so will use this for skirtings architrave roofing etc I have the big corded 12 " dewalt (780 110 volt ) so this is really for portability as the corded is quite awkward up stairs and over kill sometimes!
I had a makita 18v cordless a few years ago which was very light / very small and did cut ok just had to give it a little gentle time. It had a new blade . The Dw017 is quite heavy in comparison but seems to have a really solid feel (same casting material as the 780 ) so will prob keep it. I did wonder if I should sell both and get a cordless say Milwaukee as I have a lot of there tools ? Thanks if anyone wants to chip in