Thread: Review: DW723 Mitre Saw Stand

Just thought I'd post a quick review of the DeWalt 723 mitre saw stand, which I picked up recently.

Let me preface this by saying I was told at the Melb WW show by the DW rep that it was very generic and be compatible with any brand of mitre saw. Reality, it turned out was slightly different.

Out of the box:

The unit is quite substantial, weighing in at around 15kg. It comes with a central carrying handle which helps heft it around. The unit comes as basically a one piece unit with fold out legs, two adjustable supports for long bits of timber, and two clip-on attachments for mounting the saw unit.

Assembly:

The unit assembles very quickly, with no dramas. The attachment to the saw is very 4 bolts (provided) to the clip-on handles. I have a Makita LS1212 which mounted okayish. I had to hacksaw one of the mounting bolts down to permit sufficient clearance for the full mitre rotation. Additionally the front right nut-head is just grazed by the mitre mechanism at the front. There is not much than can be done there unless I find a low profile nut that fits.

The saw mounts stay attached - and don't detract from the unmounted stability on other surfaces - although obviously raise the working height by 75 mm or so.

The fold-out legs are quite good - and locked quite securely at a good working height.

Stability.

The unit is a little wobbly, even with the mass of the saw on board. Not too bad - and certainly no worse than others I have played with. The extendible wings for supporting long timber are quite strong with not too much movement once locked down.

Alignment:

The unit comes with two adjustable timber supports that screw mount to the extendible wings. Great idea. Unfortunately they have two major faults. One is that unless you tighten the crap out of them they wobble about. Even then with heavy timber on board they will move.

The second and more important issue is that they cannot be raised to the same height as the makita platform - they miss by about 2-3mm. Do'h. So much for the sales spiel.


Use:

I have not put too much timber over it as yet - and won't be able to cut long bits until I sort out the silly support situation. Probably have to mount a couple of wood blocks on each one to raised the height. - That will also assist with the stability I suspect.

Hope this helps. It probably works better with DW saws, but not so hot with Makita.

My Rating = 3/5