I have been using an Evo Rage4 saw lately. It works fine, but the first blade lasted max 100cuts on hollow(1,5-2mm wall) tubing, before it gets too dull to use any more. Fortunatelly these small discs are quite cheap, so for non-comercial use, its not bad. Just need to keep a stock of these blades.
The blade that comes with it is not intended for thin wall tubing so you should probably just invest in a blade better suited to that. At least if that's what you're going to mostly do. Either that or you need to really work on holding firmly as you drop the blade so you can control the feed rate and not try to cut quite so fast. There is a proper feed rate and you don't want to go too slow or too fast.
I got a similar blade in my Evolution 10" compound mitre saw and only used it for 1 test cut on 1"sqare tubingkrl wrote:Do You know, what are these stock blades meant for, and what blade is suitable for cutting tubes?
You need more teeth. Evolution and Diablo make good blades.Earlier in the thread Oscar shows a picture of the Diablo blade he has which I think has 90 teeth. That one is intended for thinner material. I purchased one of those but it's never been on my saw. I only got mine recently and I have not done much with it.krl wrote:Do You know, what are these stock blades meant for, and what blade is suitable for cutting tubes?
I want to say the blade that comes with the saw is intended for quarter-inch or greater material. Don't quote me on that but I think that is the suggested use. I will tell you I have cut lots of thinner stuff but I make it a point to really control the feed so it can't bite into the part. Same thing goes for my bandsaw. It really isn't supposed to be cutting thin wall stuff but I'll do it if I do it really slow.
