Came in to do some pen turning and found the miter saw blade embedded in the black metal piece.
Was able to back that portion out, however not comfortable switching blade and using without further inspection.
Ticket has been submitted.
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da-yum! and of course somebody made a quick exit after doing it rather than just opening a ticket their da-yum self. sad.
Ouch. How the ?.?!?,?
I have no idea unless the miter saw has a hidden stop saw function.
I would guess the black part was attached to something with screws that came loose and it moved…
I think that is a wing that was supposed to mirror the part on the left, and funnel some of the dust into any vacuum connected to the blade shroud. But I just don’t see how it gets bent toward the blade to start with, let alone ingested.
Here’s how I’ve seen it happen. The saw kicks back and the wood is thrown into the back of the saw and bends or causes a piece of the saw to enter the blade path.
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I am only being partially facetious, but have you’ll considered something like this
I have an older model and it is both more accurate and much safer.
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It appears that @kbraby’s suggestion is correct, looks like part 194: http://servicenet.dewalt.com/Products/Detail?isId=true&productNumber=DWS780&selectedType=23480
The “first” truly cordless mitre saw…
Looking at that diagram, I would say it’s the #11 rear guard.
Though I don’t even see the dust deflector.
Is there something preventing the blade from being removed or just that you’re not comfortable doing (and that’s ok!)?
After I detached the guard (two torx screws lightly threaded back into their holes) and was able to rotate the blade, I didn’t see the correct sized wrench like we have for the table saw. Tried an adjustable wrench and it didn’t seem to want to budge, plus motor sounded off when I originally tried to use it. Rather than make anything worse, I thought it best to leave it alone and submit a ticket.
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