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I love Dewalt and I love this saw. I still have it. It cuts very well, and is high quality, except for... the safety guard and components. I had some tall pieces to cut, so took off the plastic blade guard but left the rip fence guard in place. The rip fence is the curved serrated piece that is positioned just behind the saw blade. The rip fence metal guard attaches to the rip fence and shields it. I made very sure that all guards were firmly secured before starting to saw wood. I cut some wood. On the second cut, the rip fence metal guard flew off the saw and hit me in the chest - boom! Fortunately, I had on goggles, dust mask, and hearing protection. My chest really hurt. I thought I had not secured this well, so rechecked everything, referenced the manual, rechecked again. All good. Started up the saw again. Boom! Another flying missile in my chest again!!! Unbelievable. I called up Dewalt and got a huge run around. I was pretty mad. $400 of goods and I get assaulted by it. What is going to happen now, is that the Attorney General is going to hear about it. So is the FTC. And my attorney. Dewalt is going to talk to me, apologize, pay me something for the injuries, and fix my saw problem or refund my money. This is a manufacturing problem that goes beyond the seller, but hopefully the seller is now aware. If you buy this, wear some protection, and try to test it out standing to the side with the guard on, then off. When the plastic guard is on, nothing comes off. When you take the plastic guard off, but leave the rip fence guard on, you have this issue. In the manual however, you can do this. So it is a defect. Be careful. If this happens to you, please contact me.