DEWALT DWE7491RS 10 in. Jobsite Table Saw with Rolling Stand vs Makita 2705 10 in. Contractor Table Saw

The DEWALT has the rip capacity the category is really about, 32 and a half inches, with a rack and pinion fence that holds a setting. The Makita trades width for the deepest cut here and the most adjustable riving knife.

DEWALT DWE7491RS 10 in. Jobsite Table Saw with Rolling Stand

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Thirty-two and a half inches of rip to the right, which is the specification the whole category turns on.

• 32-1/2 in. of rip capacity to the right of the blade and 22 in. to the left, comfortably the largest in this comparison.
• A rack and pinion fence, which is what makes a large capacity usable, because a fence that racks out of parallel makes the extra inches worthless.
• Ten inch blade at 4,800 RPM, so blade choice is the widest available and depth of cut is full.
• Ships with a riving knife specified for 10 in. blades of 0.094 in. minimum kerf and 0.067 in. maximum body thickness, so blade compatibility is stated rather than assumed.

• The heaviest and bulkiest saw here, which the rolling stand mitigates rather than solves.
• The most expensive in this group.
• The riving knife is matched to a kerf range, so an unusually thin-kerf blade needs checking against the published figures.

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Makita 2705 10 in. Contractor Table Saw

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The deepest cut in this comparison and a riving knife with three positions, including one for dado work.

• Cuts 3-9/16 in. at 90 degrees and 2-1/2 in. at 45, which clears 4x material in a single pass where the others cannot.
• The riving knife has three positions for through cuts, non-through cuts and dado, which is genuinely more adjustment than the rest of this group offers.
• A 25 in. maximum rip capacity, enough to halve a 4 foot sheet with margin.
• A precision machined table, which is what keeps a workpiece flat and the cut square across the width.

• 25 in. of rip is well short of the DEWALT's 32-1/2, so the widest cuts need a different approach.
• Heavy, and the contractor format is less portable than a compact jobsite saw.
• Premium pricing without the largest capacity in the group.

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The bottom line

Our overall pick is the DEWALT DWE7491RS 10 in. Jobsite Table Saw with Rolling Stand - Thirty-two and a half inches of rip to the right, which is the specification the whole category turns on. Choose the Makita 2705 10 in. Contractor Table Saw instead if anyone cutting thick stock or doing non-through and dado work, where depth and riving knife adjustment beat raw rip width.

Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Table Saws: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).