A dry lube might help so sawdust won't stick to rods or the gearing mechanism but that only lasts for a short timeĭoesn't the Dewalt DWE7491 have some fabric around the blade cover to help with dust collection? I'm not sure if the flexvolt saws have the same thing or not though. You should be able to reach around and pull on that part to release it when it's starting to bind up. So if you can imagine the front of the blade housing is going down quicker than the back of it so it binds on the rod/rods. On our saw it seems to bind on the the rods at the back of the saw. We have both an older table saw from Dewalt and a newer DW745, the older one binds up when raising and lowering to the point at which we feel the handle is going to break.

It's a shame on a really good table saw otherwise.ĭoesn't the Dewalt DWE7491 have some fabric around the blade cover to help with dust collection? I'm not sure if the flexvolt saws have the same thing or not though. I have regularly cleaned and lubricated the rods but I'm thinking of really tighten up the rear rod and get rid of the slop. I can't remember if the mechanism was the same on that one. I had the corded DWE7491 before but did not have any similar problem with that.