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Neodogg

Discussion Starter · Jul 10, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

Hey I was pretty excited to get this miter saw. It's a DeWalt 8.5 Crosscut(sliding) saw. I am guess it is about 20yrs old since on the label it says "Made in W.Germany"? It came with a nice Freud blade also! Here is the kicker, I traded it to an elder gentleman who didn't want it, but wanted some video games for his grand daughter, so I get rid of some unplayed games for a descent miter saw, not bad eh? I think it should compliment my RAS nicely.
Here's a couple questions:

-What is the best lube for the sliding rods?

-It's weird that I can't find anything on this on the net or the DeWalt site, does anyone have one?

-On the handle, it has a lever you have to push so the blade guard comes up, it is a little sluggish, any suggestions on how to help that? A shot of WD-40 somewhere?

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Neodogg

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jul 10, 2009

53 views and no suggestions? I know this isn't the only sliding miter saw out there

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a1Jim

· #3 · Jul 10, 2009

Hey Neo
I would suggest some wax auto or floor wax.

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PurpLev

· #4 · Jul 10, 2009

yeah, johnson paste wax should do wonders to the tubes. not sure about the blade guard though - I would think twice before spraying WD-40 in there as it's next to the blade, and it might transfer to the blade → and later on to the lumber, and that wouldn't be good. but then again -I've never seen this one before, so not 100% sure what's with that mechanism. just food for thought I guess.

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PurpLev

· #5 · Jul 10, 2009

forgot to ad - I would take this apart as much as I can, clean each part individually, lube whatever I can with either paste wax or boeshield T7 (prevents rust, and smoothes out the surface) and put it back together - this will ensure that everything is clean, as tight as it should be, and ready for some work.

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Neodogg

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jul 11, 2009

Thanks for the tips, didn't think about paste wax for the tubes, but will try it. I did take it apart as much as possible and blew everything out, there was a chuck of work in the spring mech for the blade guard, once removed it opened a bit better.

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