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Overall for the money this saw is great, it’s not intended as a production machine or to cut heavy solid bars on a regular basis, I use it for cutting 5-10mm thickness mild steel angles and flats in a light industrial process. I have on occasion cut 125 channel which the saw handles well, on the downside it’s a bit noisy and the swarf chips do fly around but I haven’t found any better saw for the money-forget abrasive wheels and industrial cold saws cost ten times the price. Make sure that you get the blue saw/blades for metal cutting as the orange saw has a tiny vice and the blades don’t last long. I’ve tried a different brand of blade with 66 teeth and it didn’t seem to last as long, I’m unsure if this blade can be sharpened but I’ve not spoken with the saw doctor yet.
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I have been using evolution to cut my steel for years, They have a love hate relationship with me, I think I expect too much when comparing to a wet circular saw cutter which I was used to. As a general purpose wood, steel, plastic circular saw I can't knock'em, but as a true metal cutting circular saw, the jury is out. A new blade cuts cleanly with finnese, but with a number of cuts under it's belt the blade goes off the cliff very quickly. I bought a new blade specifically for a job of varied cuts from tubing to solid bar, we had 40mm square solid, 30mm round solid, 50x10 flat, 30mm tube and some 40x5mm flat, around 200 cuts, this finished the blade, a wet cut saw would have hit this with ease (although slower). I would say that my cuts were the ultimate test of the steel blade and showed it's weakness, I'm not criticising evolution or dissing the steel cutting blade, just beware of it's limitations. I had a general purpose fury blade for years and replaced it last year, it's still going strong, but is never tasked with anything intensive (mainly tube cutting). I'm going to see if I can get the blade resharpened next week. Added note: I visited my local tool sharpener and he said that the blade can be sharpened, but beware, as the blade starts to dull the heat goes up and micro cracks appear in the saw, I had presented him with two metal blades, one was okay, the other had the micro cracks. The sharpened blade doubled it's life (£15 to sharpen) This changes the economics of the whole thing, but you must stop using the saw as soon as you feel it starting to struggle cutting, then it can get resharpened.Read full review
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This is the third such blade we have used with our Raptor Saw cutting mainly mild steel sections. They work well and last a reasonable amount of time. Much better than a abrasive cutting disc option.
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very good quality at a very good price
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A vital piece of equipment in my small workshop. Blades have a good working life.
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