Almost no coolant was needed, and there were almost no sparks.
As easy to use as a hacksaw.
Portable and smal.
High-quality building.
When cutting steel, there is no heat buildup.
Cutting steel, aluminum, wood with nails in it, and plastic are just some of the things this Evolution RAGE 4 7-1/4-inch TCT multipurpose chop saw can do. This machine, which won an award, is great for cutting through rebar, cutting bolts, and other small, difficult jobs. Plus, it can cut through 2 by 4 wood that has been planed and reclaimed wood with nails and screws. An important tool for any tradesman is a saw like this one.
I work for myself as a surveyor. 5/8″ rebar must be cut into two foot lengths for the corners of my house. I have been using an angle grinder with a diamond blade to cut the rebar. It took a long time, but it worked well enough. A faster solution was clear to me, but I didn’t know how. That’s why I did some research. I saw that the Evolution chop saw was on the market. I saw the bad reviews, but I thought it was a shop that cut big pieces of metal or metal that was hard. So, surely, a piece of rebar that is 5/8″ long would be different. A chop saw that is made to cut steel would have no trouble with it.
I bought the “185BLADEST Steel Cutting Saw Blade” to go with the saw. This blade is made for cutting steel. It’s the blue blade.
There were 5/8″ steel bars, and I cut into them. It took five seconds for the machine to cut through them. I was so excited. Wasn’t this going to save me hours. There is now a solution.
5 pieces of 20-foot long rebar were on my list when I went to the Lowe’s where I live to buy them. I made a jig to cut it into two-foot pieces. After I made my third cut, I noticed that it was taking a long time to finish. Because there were four more 20 foot lengths of rebar to go, I thought I should break them down into four foot lengths so they could fit in my car. Otherwise, I won’t be able to get the 20 foot lengths back home. So after the ninth cut, it took more than a minute to cut and needed more pressure down. I had 16 more cuts to make. A lot of work went into each cut. At my last cut, I really had to push down hard and keep it there. I had to keep it there. If the saw worked until the last cut, I wasn’t sure. The last cut took about two to three minutes to make, and the motor was working very hard at that point in time. If I didn’t push down so hard, the saw wouldn’t cut.
Evolution even has a picture in a video that shows rebar as something that can be cut. This is why I’m giving it one star. It turns out that rebar in the United States is stronger than rebar in Europe, and it’s probably not called mild steel because it has more carbon in it. People don’t call steel with a lot of carbon “mild steel. The saw is for “mild steel. This is still a lot for me to figure out. There are so many grades and strengths and different types of carbon steel. Because this saw might be great if you’re 100% sure that all of the steel you’re cutting is low-carbon, mild steel. How would you know. In a picture, I could see how well the saw was cutting through the rebar. I thought this would be a good idea. Was I right?
