DEWALT20V MAX 7-1/4-Inch Miter Saw, Tool Only, Cordless (DCS361B)

This is a perfect miter saw for my needs, I don't have a huge wood shop and I don't do overly huge projects, small tables, book shelves, cutting boards, things like that. I have quite a few dewalt products following in my fathers foot steps and I love the build of this thing. The dust collection is great for what it is, I have it hooked to my stealth sonic and nothing is perfect: but it catches way more then I expected! It cuts through anything I put at it so far in my test, its light weight and easy to use and I for see no issues with this stable, strong, well built, high quality saw. If you told me this came out years ago before I looked it up I would never believe you because it seems built to last for ages! It will get a ton of use!

Great little chop saw. Used it on a trim remodeling job recently and was enjoyable to move around compared to my 10 or 12 inch. Only downside is no double bevel but is not a deal breaker. Being cordless is also a plus . 5ah battery will last a long time

I use this in my shop but it would also make an excellent slide miter saw for cutting dimensional lumber on site. My only complaint with this unit is that it does not have a depth stop - something for which I had a need on a small saw. Nevertheless I recommend this - it will cut a 2 x 6 - it is very light and very portable and very well-made! I just wish it had an adjustable depth stop.

I’m just a hobby guy and my last cordless saw was at least twenty years old ryobi. It was junk. Struggled with a2/4. This one doesn’t hardly slow down. Pretty light and works great. Shouldn’t have bought a big one first. This one could do almost everything. Love it

I've lived with an old Delta chop saw and decided to upgrade to something more portable and accurate. I preferred cordless and did not want to spend the cash or have the weight of the 12" saw. This saw fits nicely in a small shop where I cut mainly smaller pieces or make furniture. I did not need something for wide boards or 4x4s. It comes ready to use right out of the box and is intuitive, requiring little reading. It comes with a tool for adjusting and this clamps on the tool where it can easily be found. I changed to a 60-tooth blade ($22) for the finest cuts. The motor sounds exactly like the 20 Volt circular saw (probably is) and has a shadow line that you line up with the cut. This works OK but is a little hard to see in daylight. It does everything I wanted with only one complaint. The picture shows the clamp that fits very loosely in a slot on the back and swivels a bit to accommodate irregular surfaces. The pad is loosely attached to a threaded rod but catches when tightening, making it very difficult to clamp securely. I abandoned this and just use a small clamp. I think the manual is 60% safety disclaimers which discourages me from reading it. I've used other people's chop saws and this one seems simpler to use. There is a lot of aluminum and plastic so I wouldn't think this would take a lot of beating in the field but it suits my purposes well. It does not seem to drain the battery nearly as fast as a circular saw. I would guess I could use this all day in my shop before recharging a 4 ah battery. I wish I had purchased this a couple years ago.

Ok, let me preface this review... Love the saw except for one thing which all of you should know about. I've done a few pretty major jobs with saw now, and overall it has made my work life better. -so 5 stars so far. I'd buy it again unless DeWalt comes up with something even better. With only a 7.25" blade I was not expecting miracles capacity-wise and I bought it mostly to cut small trim that does not warrant hauling around a big saw. It was perfectly set up right out of the box - I didn't have to adjust anything except the scale pointers (The saw cut perfect 90 and 45 in both directions turn and bevel... I just tweaked the pointers to make it read more accurately for ME. Even those might have been perfect for someone else. I also put the thinnest highest-toothed carbide finishing blade on it that I could find - The blade that comes with it is just fine - a high quality DeWalt carbide blade... but I am doing very fussy cabinet/trim work at the moment and wanted the finest cut/highest tooth number I could find. The shadow light blade indicator works perfectly- way more accurate than the typical blade laser. One minor beef - the switch to turn the light on is stiff and harder to operate than it needs to be (it's under a little rubber dust/moisture proof cap - very small for my fat fingers.So what's the problem? DeWalt says the saw can cut 3-1/2" baseboard standing up. Fake News folks... it can but only on one side of the blade, and in pretty much one place on the saw. That's usable once in a while, but basically to cut baseboard on this saw you're going to be doing a lot of flipping, laying down (and using the bevel) , or flipping it upside down on the left, or doing some other gymnastics that are not required on a larger saw. One big issue with that approach, a lot of 3 1/2" base you buy is NOT parallel faced, in other words you can't put the face against the fence for one cut and the back against the face for another and get the same result. So what I do is take a 12" (or so) scrap and invert that with whatever orientation I actually need. The two thicknesses - one up, one down, do result in parallel faces so you can reliably reverse the cut. Typical DIY user would have no clue about doing that and so would get very inconsistent results. No huge deal, and the motor would have to be seriously offset some way to give you the same clearance under the right of the blade, and I wouldn't expect that in a sub-$300 tool. SO the description of capacity is misleading. An experienced trim carpenter can deal with it but the fact is - you do give up a lot going from a 10 or 12" blade to a 7.25" blade. This saw is NOT a substitute for a larger saw, but it's a great companion to one, if that makes sense. I also wish it had the ability to cut dadoes and kerfing (lock the head partially down) - but alas it does not. Still, very handy little saw. Just don't expect it to be the only miter saw you'll need to own.

Very good tool! A must have for the DIYer for finish work. It's a Dewalt so you know what you are getting as far as quality but even then, I was surprised at how good it cuts plus the laser line is a game changer. Unlike other miter saws I have; the dust collector works well too! I have primarily used for finish work but have cut some dimensional lumber (2x4s & 2x6s) and it seemed to work just fine, but I don't think I would use it for a large framing/building project.