OMG! I didn't know about this. Just fixed my crosscut sled!!!! Thank you so much :)

You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice kzfaq.infoUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.

I bought this exact Dewalt table saw - DW745 - about 10 years ago - made a couple cuts - and there it sat in my garage - until now. Now it's in my living room along with my shop vac. I've watched a lot of videos on safety - and have purchased some excellent accessories to help make porcelain tile cuts - along with a Viper dry cut blade - butt - this is the only video I was able to find for this particular model table saw that helped me perfectly align the saw blade using a dial indicator. Now to align my rip fence to the saw blade - and I should be ready to tackle this porcelain project - making basically my own 4" tall bull nose from 12x12 inch porcelain floor tile extras. I'm a newbie to this type of work - trying to do-it-myself to save myself some exorbitant labor costs that are being charged these days - so - since I already own some great Dewalt power tools - I decided to tackle the job myself - with the help of educational videos. I just wanted you to know - that if you can help a newbie like me perfectly align this table saw blade - well - that's a testimony in itself to just how educational and clear your videos are - I just had to let you know - and to say Thanks!

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS EVEN A THING. My saw was WAAAAAAY out of whack, and now works with me instead of against me. THANKS!

After 30 years of half-assing my woodwork, I decided to take it more seriously, and I am so happy to have found your channel. Great video, great educational media, great editing. ❤

Clear, concise, but actually enough information to be understood; both spoken and visual. A+ on the video. This is extremely helpful. Even after nearly 2 decades of carpentry and woodworking at a professional level, I'm still learning new things.

I searched and searched and finally got your link. Awesome job, thanks for providing exactly what I was looking for.

Brilliant! Love the Happy Gilmore reference 😂

You can extend the life of your sled by attaching painters tape to the bottom of your sleds kerf and then fill up the kerf with epoxy. Once it has fully cured you can then cut a new kurf with your correctly aligned blade, and once again have a perfect zero clearance cross cut sled.

Thank you I needed short and simple

This lady is a real craft person.

Awesome Happy Gilmore reference! 🤣🤣

This will be the first job I do when I visit my workshop! Many thanks

Thank you for this! Also- Great happy Gilmore reference

Just did this yesterday! One tip - after you loosen the two hex bolts on the front of the carriage (3:00), there are actually two more hex bolts all the way at the back of the carriage assembly (at least there is on my very similar Dewalt) if you loosen one of those, you should be able to pivot the blade without use of the mallet. I leave one tight so that the blade will "pivot" around that point instead of being free to move in every direction. Cheers!

Thank you so much! I aligned my blade when I came home this evening using your video as a guide. It's late so I'm going to bed and I'll test it in the morning. I'm excited to rip a board and see how much smoother it is. 😊

Exactly what i needed to know, under 5 minutes. Great job, thanks!

Unreal. I’ve been trying everything to square that same saw. You even took into account the torque on the housing screws. Outstanding and thank you so much.

I have this same saw, so a couple of comments that might be of use to comment readers: First, I used a mill bastard file (on edge) to smooth out some tiny "bumps" in the "paint" (or whatever it is that is used as a finish on the aluminum surface) along the sides of the miter slots. After this, my caliper measured the two slots as being much more uniform in width, which is important when you make runners for a crosscut sled (or any other jig). You have to be gentle with the file and only knock down the bumps, not file off the finish, which is probably there for a reason. Second, I am not really sure to what degree the two miter slots are truly parallel, so the next time I check the saw blade for parallel-ness to a miter slot, I am going to do the same for the OTHER miter slot. If this process shows the slots not to be perfectly parallel (meaning the needed saw blade correction for one slot doesn't match that needed for the other slot) I am going to true the orientation of the saw so that the saw blade is "between" those two adjustments, but with the bias being such that the edge of the blade closest to the riving knife is either aligned or slightly left rather than picking an average that leaves the blade somewhere between aligned and angled slightly to the right. That's because if there is any remaining uncertainty about which slot you want to align the blade to, and you want to split the difference, you want to split the difference such that the blade is either straight or off to the left slightly. Adjusting the other way may create a situation where the wood between the blade and fence gets pinched, allowing the teeth to dig into it and throw it at you (very unlikely if you are quite close to perfect, but why take chances?). My main point is, if you are going to check the blade against a slot, why assume the slots are "parallel"? They are probably quite close, but perhaps just off enough so that doing the dial indicator process should be done from both sides, to get a sense of how much any small misalignment of slots might affect the adjustment.

Hi Tamar. Love your channel. I've learned a LOT from you, thanks! One thing that helps a lot is that your tools are similar to what I have or will buy in the future.

Thank you so much for posting. I appreciated it.

Thanks for taking the time to show how it's done! 👍 I'm sure we all need to address this! 😉 Thank you for sharing!

Great demo 👍👍

Wow, the Skil diy table saw adjusts so much easier. Thanks for the video

Since I use the same table saw this video is pretty useful for me, thank you!

Capable, clear and concise. Thanks

Wow, this was exactly the fix I needed. Excellent directions. Thank you so much!

Saved me again. Thank you for being you and sharing what you do!!

A much needed tip for many, including me! Thanks, Tamar.

Wow. Talk about serendipity. Just what I needed. Thank you so much Tamar!

You've just saved my project! Thank you!!

Thank you so much. I was exactly looking for this.

An old video but very useful, thanks Tamar! This was a big help last night straightening my blade. I have a Trend depth gauge bought for setting the height of bits on my router table. But after you said ‘make your own guide’, I simply double-sided taped this gauge to a runner in the mitre slot. Worked a treat. Cutting much cleaner. The same set up worked for sliding my fence to the slot too.

Great advice and video. Now to adjust the fence. Thanks for the videos.

Super helpful video! Never knew that’s how you aligned them, thanks!

Great video. I have noticed my sliding mitre saw zero insert has done just as your sled has done. I will be checking my mitre saw for proper setup. Thank you for this tip.

Great tutorial.

Thanks for this - These small corrections make our projects so much easier! You're a Star ! Thank you!

Thanks for a clear and concise tutorial.

So much great info, I'm delighted to have found this channel, thanks!

Thank you for sharing! I love your videos! I learn a lot from you!

Squaring, aligning and calibrating drives me crazy... good to be reminded especially about jigs and sled! The out take was great at the end... :)

This is exactly what I was looking for, I'll do this, then look at the fence alignment. Many many thanks!

I have the same saw and like many below I didn't know it could be adjusted. Thank you! It worked!

I've watched a few of your videos now. I find them straight to the point and contain the info I need without being long winded. Cool.

I had been beating my head into a wall trying to get my DeWalt job site saw zeroed on the miter slot and it never occurred to me to go past where I needed it to be to accommodate for tightening the bolts. Thank you for this!!!

I will now be purchasing a dial to make my own alignment tool. Thanks for the guidance!

What a total jem you are. Have owned this saw now for two years and for the first time someone actually knows what to do. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks for sharing. You have an excellent manner of explaining. Most would explain things with the expectation that other small bits of info are a given. Really appreciate it. Looking forward to your next vids.

I really enjoy your videos. They are full of projects I can do without 20 years of woodworking experience! Thank you and keep them coming.

Having trued up my 3d printer with a dial guage I'm pleased to see I can use it elsewhere. The accuracy you get with them is immensely satisfying.

Thank you!!! The instructions that come with the gauge (got the same one you demo’d in the vid) are not so helpful. While it took me about an hour to wrestle the settings and screws to match up both sides - I’m STOKED to finally have this adjusted properly! Love your videos - always so informative and spot on.

Next level precision skills. Nicely done

Great info Tamar - I was looking fwd to this video as I have the same saw and I believe it needs aligning. Two thumbs UP!

Thanks .You are the first one to show this for the Dewalt table saw.

Honestly, you are amazing. I feel every night I watch your videos for at least 1h!

My high school shop teacher used to say that females don't belong in the shop. I think about him every time I see you, April Wilkerson and many of the other highly skilled and talented women on KZfaq totally proving him wrong. I love it!

Awesome tip. Thank you! Love your videos

Thanks for the detailed instruction!

Was literally looking for guidance on this exact alignment tool on this exact table saw. Beautiful explanation, thanks so much.

I have the same saw. Thanks for the vid. I'll tackle this once I get a dial indicator.

Beauty, talent and brain, powerful combination.

Sheesh! That's some serious precision. Good job.

Tamar, thank you for the detailed tip on alignment 👌someday when I own one this will be handy 😊

Just bought the aline and your video was perfect, and I have the DW744x saw. Great!!

Thanks for another great video! I'm basically building an entire shop from found motors, old desktops from discarded furniture, and angle iron harvested from bed frames, so I'm saving a ton of videos for setup in the future. Yours are *particululararly* helpful LOL

Thanks for this walk through!! I had never done this before so the first time took me a LITTLE longer then it did in your video. The dial indicator I have is also a a clamp on for automotive use. So, I had to rig up something to slide in my track. I had done some test cuts and it seemed like it was close enough. When I went to do the cuts on my actual project I had a square edge against my fence and the other edge against the blade and saw a big gap at the back of the blade. When I put the dial indicator on again like you showed it was out of square again. I also decided to spin the blade by hand (saw unplugged) the blade was warped. I got a new blade, squared it up and the pieces run through like a hot knife through butter. Sorry so long but thanks again!!!

Great video! This is such an important thing to do, for good cuts, and for safety! I ditched my last table saw because it had a trunnion issue and would go out every time the blade went up or down.. had several kick backs incidents because of that before I realized what was going on, talk about frustrating.

Great quick tip. I've been using a speed square, just ordered a dial indicator from your link. Thanks for sharing!

Very helpful! I have the same table saw so it's great info to know, thanks!

Very nice presentation well done, love your presentation style. Keep them coming.

Helpful and straight to the point. Thanks

just about to order my gauge online, great video, simple advice that will save me hours - thank you

I came across your channel while researching how to make a cross cut sled for my table saw... and lo and behold, I've got the same table saw! Thank you for your helpful videos, I will be subscribing to make I don't miss any of your vids

DeWalt should be sponsoring you; the level of precision & cleanliness of cut that you get out of that site-saw are extraordinary. Thanks for the videos.

I definitely will be getting a slide tee like this one. Makes it spot on easy to get Outta-Whack back to Square. THX for this.db

Thanks for your smart brain. I 've watched Rag n' bone brown video on accurate saw blade and you complete my learning. Greetings from France

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was able to straighten my Stanley table saw blade using these instructions. It totally works. There were 3 allen head screws I had to loosen. Then I had to move the blade side to side a few times till I was satisfied it was straight. It was originally off between 1 to 2 mm as shipped from the factory.

Saw a couple of videos on how to correct the angle of the blade, but this is actually the first to focus on what’s important and get the job done. Thank you very much!

HELpful? HEL yes!!! Thank you. Going for the one spot on the blade is brilliant! I’ve only tried this a couple of times, but did it incorrectly. Can’t wait to tune up my table saw!

You are the first I have seen to do such an adjustment I had the same problem thanks for the info😉

Really really great video. Just learned a new trick thanks to you !!

Thank you! This is very helpful!

Tamar comes through again. I always had a vague idea of how to do this. Now I actually know. Thanks :)

This got me motivated to make my saw more accurate... Thanks

This is my fourth of your videos. All good, love the outtakes! I've yet to purchase my own table saw but I had to watch this as I've heard that alignment is a critical part of avoiding "kickback"! Thanks, again.

Very clear explanation of problem and solution, thanks. liked and subscribed!

For someone who has just bought his first (cheap) table saw this is extremely useful. Thank you.

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I watched it only now. Back then i didn't know about your channel and it wasn't actual anyway for me to look for this kind of videos because I didn't have a table saw. Now it might come in handy.

Who would have thought! I was wondering how I could set my new saw parallel with the slots. Great ‘how to’. Thanks.

Thanks for the info Tamar! 👍😀👊

Hello from Athens Greece Tamar! Great video. Just bought the 7492 and will check it! Have in mind also that the zero clearance can be ruined from the blade vibrations when the motor kicks in! And that is solved by adding a soft start module! Cheers! Kyriakos

Good call on the over-adjustment to allow for screw-tightening! I knew my table saw was out of adjustment for years but not enough of a worry for the level of wood working I was doing. Now I need to get things better aligned.

Great video.

Nicely explained. Thank you.

About 40 years ago, I had to do align my blade on my Craftsman table saw. I only had to do it once and it made an amazing difference. One of the additional benefits is that there is no heeling, which could flip up the board when it reaches the back of the blade so this makes the saw much safer too! My new Rockwell contractor table saw blade was off by over .030" fully elevated. When I called the manufacturer, they told me this was normal. Imagine that Tamar! Sadly, there is no way of adjusting the trunion yet, until it is out of warranty, at which time that saw is going to have several modifications done. Having a saw where you can access the undercarriage is truly a blessing. You are exactly correct and Kudos to you for doing an excellent job!

Excellent job. Well done.

Didática ótima, trabalhos ótimos! Parabéns.

THANKS! This was VERY helpful indeed!

Great, simple explanation. This is a problem on contractor saws and you've shown how easy it is to fix.