Wow, you deserve a huge pat on the back for working those cuts out, well done you. I admire your determination.

Brilliant work.You can be proud of your work.Like your carefree attitude a lot.

Much admiration. I am an older woman who loves making things too but I would have been stuck on figuring out the square for the bevel edge. Like your methodical approach . Largest miter saw I used was 10" but now that I'm 75 I downsized to a sliding 7-1/4. Enjoyable video and will watch more.

Great jig idea. Excellent pace. Thank you

Hi Sue, 1. Get some head wear to keep your hair away from the machinery. We used to call them snoods, like a baseball cap with a hairnet attached. 2. On my saw I use trigger clamps onto the back plate or under the bed. 3. If that were me I would have used a half joint where the diagonals cross, quite easily machined with the mitre saw :)

Hi Sue, that was a great decision, to buy a mitre saw and the more you use it the more you will be happy with it. I have a Bosch GCM 8 SJL in my workshop and I also take it out to the job side. It is absolutely versatile und you see it on your own project how precise and clean cuts you can make. The DeWalt blades are fantastic. I use them in my table saw and my circular saw. What is very useful to have is a zero clearance insert in the table and a table extention, so you can better clamp down the timber. I like your jigs. They work great!! Take care Jerome

A useful tip if you want to take the tiniest amount off the end of a piece of wood (like in the video). WITHOUT STARTING THE BLADE RUNNING, drop it to the down position. Then run your piece of wood up and just touch the blade. Do not move the wood. Return the blade to it's resting position thrn make a saw cut as usual and the blade will take off a fraction of a mm, with a nice clean cut. 90° cuts obviously. 👍

Excellent, well done Sue. Great mitres well explained

Very important if you would like to saw with precision. 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 / / HITACHI C12RSH2 / FESTOOL KS 60 E KAPEX / Metabo KGSV 72 Xact . (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. To this with the normal handle positioned on the right side of the Miter saw. Step-2. Then repeat this by pushing the saw blade down with your hand (finger) on the aluminum protective cover were the saw blad 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. Step-4. therefor it is much better to choose a Miter saw with the handle positioned vertical in line above the saw blad.

I had the exact same saw. Great saw but I ended up with the flexvolt saw. I hate cords😂. Great video and nice to see a lady on the tools. Clever little jig.

Very nice video Sue. Informative and charmingly presented. The pace was just right for me and your steps were clearly explained. Hope you get a lot of enjoyment and successful work with your new machine.

Love your demonstration, thanks a lot! I'm waiting for my mitre saw (Dewalt DWS777) and can't wait to try it out. :) I had a teacher who told us to keep all hair well away from any circulating tool to not scalp ourselfs. He had seen it once. So I'm aware of that precaution all the time.

Thank you for explaining your thought process! Angles make my head swim so I appreciate your explanation. Subbed and added a thumbs up!

I've been excited to see a beautiful lady with a high-quality woodworking job. also, she showed us her innovation to makes a useful Jig to cuts a difficult part of the wood framing puzzle !! Thanks for your sharing that with us.

Thanks. Have been looking at buying one of these. Very helpful.

Have watched this video now a few times and still dont understand what its about - i just keep looking at Sue - what a gorgoeus lady she is !

Compound miter cuts is cutting on both plains you can set the DeWalt up so it cuts just as well as the festool also the better the blade the better the cut !

That's a fantastic, down to earth review that I was very pleased to see. Congratulations on the work. The angles were all done well and you picked up on the clamps, which certainly need to be improved on as they are rather sloppy and let down the saw. Well done and an excellent job with the camera work that showed everything needed. I do hope that DeWalt appreciate your review.

I went to 717xps after the Kapex broke down far to often for my liking. Never had a problem with the dewalt.

I had issues with my hold down clamp too. I added a flat washer between the lower cup and threaded part. It allows me to tighten the threaded piece without moving the cup on the hold-down. I hope that makes sense.

Nice work sue. You've helped me out there with the jig and about cut quality with the saw blade. Thanks

For a zero clearance insert, I like it much better than a laser. Totally on the money accurate. As for for miter cuts, I still like eye site over laser. JS

Great job! From the u.s. and I love the jig that you used for those double angled corner braces. Looks much easier and more accurate then trying to scribe under it with a pencil lol

Love the angled jig. Inspiring stuff!!

Well, this is all pretty slick and very impressive. You wouldn't catch me doing that nightmarish _diagonal_ compound brace in probably a million years. I would surely chicken out on that deal. I ain't gonna do anything that requires clamping on a miter saw. (I have two Dewalt sliders and basically never see those clamps, anyway.) Love the accent - half Irish and half British? I get kind of confused when it's clearly not one or the other (at least to me).

Brilliant! Thanks for the ideas.. hope to see more videos from you!

One more thing the wobble that the miter lock gives can be adjusted, didn’t know if you were aware but you can tighten it to where the lock doesn’t move the slightest on the angle of choice

Hi there. Just stumbled on your channel and videos. Great tips with the jigs. I never use a clamp on my mitre saw as they are just too awkward and fiddly. I hold the work steady and always get an accurate cut and still have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs!! Cheers Kim

Lovely work and filming Sue! 👌💐And what a great saw! 😊

It and like you may have over complicated it a little. I would have used the same jig that you used for marking the other cuts and cut the bevel down to that mark. Kudos for getting it done though. These types of things get easier as we get used to getting our heads round such things. We need more female woodworkers, welcome to the best club in the world 👍🙂

Nice job, love your jigs and yes the cramps not the best, used dewalt chop saws for 20 years (they used to be called ELU) and never used a clamp. Today bought a flexvolt Cordless chop saw.....and the clamp is missing!!! Great saw though, cheers well done.

Nice job Sue; loved how you took us through your reasoning and thought process to make the cuts.

Nice video! Perfect job!

I wanted that saw its just right in size i couldnt find it for a right price though so got the dws780 it looks to be servicing you well lucky you thanks for the video.

You rock gal! Nicely done! I like that saw!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱

Very nice saw Sue, you must be chuffed with it! It opens up so many new possibilities, good luck with the new job...

Beautiful jig

Thx. Very cool what you did.

Great video and explanation

Nice tight cuts👍🏻 throw the clamp out and use your hand to hold the piece..much safer and faster. Those "clamps" are crap. And please tie your hair back 👍🏻I've seen scalp torn off from hair getting caught in a drill press..not fun🙈

Shadow is also on festool k60 only at k120 there are 2 Laser k60/k80 should have shadow

Hand hammer always ready....thank you for the video.

I just wanted to see if she let the blade finish cycling in the workpiece before lifting the saw

Nice job and nice personality and good info cheers

Bloody top notch!

Very nice video and job , and is important to have a smile for explain

You deserved that taadaa, well done, wish i was that good at carpentry, regards, David.

Sue, good to see another woman doing her thing with wood. Watch a lot of April Wilkersons stuff too. One small comment. Try looking into the camera when presenting stuff. It gives the viewer the impression you are talking to her/him and not your partner. Meant well 👍

Nice job 👌

Great job!

Great video,could you use a half lap joint where the diagonal intersect?

Wow. I learned a lot off from this Video. Thanks for sharing.

nice job keep up the good work

Great idea samrat work

it was super useful and you are adorable, thank you :)

Great jig idea, just wanted to suggest, you might want to tie up your hair or even use a baseball cap for safety,

Totally inspiring.

Great video thanks.

There's a much easier way to do that, use a mini carpenters sliding bevel to gauge the bevel angle of your timber, lock the bevel and transfer it to the mitre saw by holding it against the blade and saw base and then lock off the saw tilt - get it exact. Lay down your diagonal piece on the table and position your frame over the top of it, mark with a pencil where the brace meets the frame and the take to the saw and enter the cut at the line - the exit angle will correspond automatically providing you transferred the bevel angle to the saw well enough, use a scrap piece fist. BTW put your hair up, accidents happen much faster than you think and always when you least expect them - I hate to be gruesome but that mitre saw has plenty enough torque to snap your neck if your hair caught in the arbour.

Hello Sue, can you please tell the dimensions of the base & the clearance front to back?

Salut. Je voie que tu sait travailler le bois avec de très bon outils et c'est magnifique, les assemblages sont extra, mais j'aurais fait un assemblage au niveau du centrale. Mais comment va tu faire pour les maintenir ? Bye

Just out of interest, how did you proceed with completing the joins on that piece ? Biscuits maybe ? I came across your video by searching for review videos on 10” and 12” mitre saws. I only have a small workshop so I think it’s highly likely that I will settle for a 10” version. I hope your new job worked out well for you. All the best, Ricky

Hi Sue, I just got a chance to see your video on the dewalt DW717 10" sliding compound miter saw. I was looking into buying one. My question is, what is the max height of board can it cut against the fence (right side and left side). I been looking but can't get a different answer. Some say 6" (H) but don't know if that's on both sides. Can you please let me know. Thanks

Hi ladies Rhodes’very good

Is this the predecessor to the dws727?

Great video Sue :) Greetings from the UK. John.

Friendly and informative. Thanks Sue. That was inspiring! Is that Maple?

Is that the blade that comes with the saw?

BONITO, BEAUTIFUL 👏👏👏👏🌷🌷🌷

very good not 100% perfect but really good for the first one, now do 500 more of them by tuesday next week! its saturday now. I'm joking you know a design like that would make a nice porch rail. If you don't like the clamp don't use it. I never do. Festool is a cadillac compared to a vw bug te dewalt. It will get ya there but its not in style. Funny how my analogy compares a german car to an american made car but the tools are the reverse but both built in China in the same factory.

Come on Sue where are you ?

Wow, so much mansplaining here in the comments, sorry for that, Sue! Keep up your good work!

One question.....are you going to glue them together, rather than using proper joinery??

grate video but tie your hair back , i am looking into buying a new saw at the moment just cant decide on a model well ! i can justify the model i have decided on :-) hope yo get many happy hours with it you looked happy as a camper

Was the light on the saw that illuminated the cut a factory feature or something you added? If you added it, what product did you use?

I really hate Dewalt's motors, it starts very sudden, so it makes a little chock that can move your piece of wood (you have to overclamp it so) That's why I got my wallet empty by Festool and Mafell 😪

Nice review Sue. It looks like the saw's dust collection works well? According to this: www.reviewshelpful.com/tools-home-improvement/7164541.html the Festool clamp sort of fits the DW717 if the standard clamp gets on your nerves too much.

found this clamp mod on line - this might sort your problem with default dewalt clamp www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/community/category/festool-workpiece-clamp-on-a-bosch-mitre-saw/13115456-t#/main

Maybe hold the work piece as well when cutting 😬

If you get a proper stand for the saw you dont need to clamp the material

Why use a clamp just hold it with your hand

Camera work was very irritating, and what's the reason for the bevel,and what price the mitre saw?

Damm! Your beautiful..............

Sue , it is not a jig, a jig guides the tool, it is a fixture. Interesting video though.

Put your hair up in a bun.....

The other way you could have done (the rebate jig marking) is mark it asyou did the first time the mark a new line to the left (the thickness of the rebate) if that makes sense. Keep up the good work.