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Title: Quality Reduction
Review: So here's my story.I've owned the previous model (708 dual bevel sliding miter) for about 7 years and loved that saw. Great quality blade, great cut, dead on. The saw was heavy duty metal that did what it was supposed to. I got a little greedy when I saw some of the features on the new 718 model like the bevel presets and laser capability.Here are the complaints... First of all. With the old 708 you could grab the handle anywhere to depress the blade. The first time I grabbed the handle and depressed the blade on this new 718, the plastic blade guard swung up and sliced the skin off my thumb. I cannot believe that made it through product testing. Second issue is just general quality of construction and materials. The 718 is such lightweight low quality aluminum that I cannot believe it will stand the test of time. Honestly, it is hard for me to accept that both these saws came from the same company.It is sad what Dewalt has let happen to their product quality.
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