This may be old news to a few, but I know that most metal workers have
>never used a dry cut carbide saw to cut steel.
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>The 14" saws have been out for 3 years now and I have had one for 2 >years.
>They are amazing, but now they have a cousin that is equally mind >boggling.
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>7-1/4" steel cutting saw blades that fit on standard worm drive saws. >
>MK Morse makes the Metal Devil blades
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>Tenryu makes the Steel-Pro blades
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>and Matsushita makes these metal cutting blades
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>There is a dedicated steel cutting hand held circular saw made in
>England and sold in the US by Jancy and MK Morse.
>It is called the Evolution saw.
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>The 7" saw runs around $300, and the 9" saw (which even does miters) is >closer to $500.
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>A lot of the local welding stores and tool stores have tried selling
>the Evolution saws, but they are just too expensive and few stores feel
>like sitting on the inventory.
>I guess they will remain a custom order item.
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>Some day I will own one of the 9" saws.
>I got to use one at an open house at a welding store.
>Absolutely amazing.
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>Anyway I recently got to try a 7-1/4" Tenryu Steelpro blade in a
>standard skilsaw.
>I bought the blade over a year ago to cut bronze sheet, but I had never
>used it on steel.
>It made angled trim cuts on 2" x 12" x 3/16"wall steel tubing in a
>matter of minutes, for steel stair runners.
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>However my standard skilsaw really didn't like the abuse, and all the
>bronze I had cut had popped a few teeth.
>So this last weekend I decided to hit the fleamarket for a Skil
>wormdrive.
>I found one for $30 in very good condition.
>Just as I left the flea market I noticed that the Tool Town store
>across the street was open, so I stopped in to see if they had a Tenryu >steelpro blade.
>They did have the 7-1/4" Tenryu for $50, but they also had the
>Matsushita version for $40, so I bought one and stuck it on the saw. >
>I got home and promptly sliced the end off of a piece of 1/2" x 12" >plate steel.
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>We are talking clean cut, no heat and no burr.
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>Tonight I was dicing up 3/8" x 6" flat bar for some base flanges, and
>trimming off the corners.
>The saw just slides through the steel, as if it was nothing more than >hard pine.
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>If you have a worm drive, it is well worth the investment in the blade.
>The saw barely seems to notice that it is cutting steel.
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>I do recommend that when using one of these blades in a standard worm
>drive, that you use complete safety gear.
>Head cover, safety glasses, full face shield and ear muffs.
>The chips that fly off this thing tend to ricochet around a little and
>they are quite hot.
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>Using a piece of bar as a cutting guide gives straighter cuts.
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>Try it, you'll like it.