i personaly have a millwalkee but run the evolution blades. have heard good things about evolution saws but never used oned. make sure saw is up to speed before beginning cut it will help blade life

Have had good luck with the makita a friend of mine has one called a Metal Devil it also is a nice saw they are great for small bore pipe nice straight cuts.

Steel Max. The best you can buy

I'm glad you brought this up. Was looking at them yesterday. I too have seen them in action and used them, they are 10 times better than those abrasive blades. Wish I could buy just the saw without Milwaukee, dewalts over priced blade. Darn thing adds $200.00 to the cost and would rather buy my own preferred brand and save $100

I have the Dewalt. I got is used and a little abused with no blade. I use the Hetta/Bullet blade, but it doesn't show on the website presently. I think I have a 66 tooth on it now.

These run MUCH slower than an abrasive saw. Previous owner of mine uswd abrasive blades, doubt that worked well.
Some guys go out of busness for a reason...

I have an Evolution RAGE "skillsaw" for metal, it works fine, but I thought it would be built more heavily.

I have a Slugger saw and use the slugger blades. Blades are only about $100. I love my saw. Better cuts than an abrasive blade, and since you can sharpen the blades I believe they are cheaper to operate than the abrasive saws in the long run.... Unless you get a bad helper who happens to trash a brand new blade on the first cut.....

Hey guys,
I got my dry cut saw about (6) yrs ago.....the best, IMO, the Porter Cable Model 1410/14". We had (2) where I worked that had been run brutally for the 11yrs I was there & only (1) hiccup, a broken return spring, & I fixed that in 15min. They are heavy(65+#), very accurate mitres, heavy vise, & frame. The sad fact is they were discontinued a couple years ago & I believe were bought out by B & D. When I got mine, $240 shipped & I recommended them to some of the fellows on another website, & they got theirs from the same seller. You may get lucky & find one on C/L or the classified/web search.

I use the Freud Diablo Metal Devil blades exclusively as no other has come close to the service I get from them. They are C7/72T blades, & you want a blade with a minimum of a C5 grade tung. I get 1200-1600 cuts before sharpening is needed & I got an excellent little blade sharpener from HF that sharpens them quite easily & accurately. I do replace the tung teeth myself as I have tung. replacements, or you can send them to a blade sharpener outfit to replace/sharpen them....usually less than $25 total. I have cut 3" solid HR/CR, 4" pipe, & all the aluminum I use. NO STAINLESS!!!!!! When cutting aluminum, I simply spray the blade with some WD-40 & it cuts clean, no buildup on the teeth, & cuts are almost burr-free.

Here's some pics of the setup I made, small footprint yet full-function, some material cuts, & the blades I use. There was a review that Sears sells a close match, I believe the Rage 3, not sure. Here's some pics & site where I get my blades.

Denny

http://www.cripedistributing.com/freud-diablo-steel-demon-ferrous-metal-blade-p-1467.html

I like the BEWO CP350, but it's not a portable saw.

We use the Evolution saw you can get the blades for steel,aluminum and SS.When we frist got ours it would cut square like it had been machine and it still cut straight you have to put more time in setting it up.We have clamp ours to I-beam to cut up high.I think you will be surprised when you use one.

       M.G.

If your thinking Steelmax check your local Airgas. Its on their website so I called my guy and was pleased with the price. Think part number is RGMS14.