Re: Changing the blade on the Dewalt 703

[Thomas Mitchell]

I swear I tried that same thing, but the guard didn't act like it would slide. There was a backet holding the guard onto the housing. Maybe some trick to lowering the guard and then sliding back. From the design it looks like something like that was intended.

I d> Don't know about the DW but on my Bosch I have to loosen the bolts for the

guard and move the guard to the rear to access the arbor nut. It is a PITA > but then I don't remove/change the blade very often unless I am doing a lot > of cutting on something that builds up a lot of pitch. > > >>Chopmaster blade arrived (see other post for my opinion). Wanted to try >>it. Murphy stole the manual. Couldn't find the manual on the dewalt >>website to download. >> >>Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the blade >>shield off the saw when they want to change the blade? That's the only >>way I was able to get the bolt out and get the blade off. Not that it's >>a terrible or lengthy process. It just looks like the shield shouldn't >>have to be taken off. I'd like to change blades FREQUENTLY to keep the >>chopmaster in good condition. At some point removing the shield is going >>to start gettting annoying. >> >>Thomas >> > > >

[Tomeshew]

Thomas wrote:>Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the blade

Is the screw holding the cover plate situated in a FORKED flange? My old DeWalt CMS just needs a loosening and sliding of the forked attachment. Granted, that's too much work to do, also. Tom

[Eric Scantlebury]

I have that saw. I've only changed the blade out once and didn't have to take of the guard. The guard needs to be held all the way back as I recall. There is a procedure outlined in the manual - but since I'm at work I cannot for the life of me remember the actual procedure. But I do remember that I did not have to take anything off the saw.