Evolution multi material table saw

[ycgoat]

Has anyone used one of these?

Evolution Power Tools 15 Amp 10 in. Table Saw with Multi-Material 24-T Blade RAGE5-S - The Home Depot

Now you can tackle the job with ease and comfort by choosing this Evolution Power Tools Table Saw with MultiMaterial Blade.

www.homedepot.com

My only metal cutting power tools are a grinder and small plasma cutter, and I would like to be able to cut angle, square or round tubing, and metal roofing sheets with out having my cut lines wander around with my shaky free hand.

 

[Robinson1]

Coming from someone who has ripped a fair amount of aluminum fascia on a table saw.

Its fast and the cuts are 100% true.

On the flip side, its dangerous lots of metal particles flying everywhere. Your cut edge generally has a burr thats sharper than a new razor blade. Its extremely loud. One 12 foot rip is enough to leave your ears ringing. It makes an incredible mess thats hard to sweep up. And all those tiny shavings are like microscopic caltrops waiting for a barefoot child.

I cant imagine trying to feed roofing panels through a table saw. And free hand cutting round stock would get real interesting real fast.

For roof metal you will be better served with a angle grinder with thin cut off wheel paired with a good quality electric shear.

They also make hand held metal cutting circular saws that cut plate steel as easy as a standard circular saw cutting plywood.

I can imagine a kickback off a table saw with sheet steel or roof metal. It woukd be 100% worse than a kickback with wood and have the potential to literally cut you in half.

just my opinion

 

[GeoBruin]

I have one of these and it's rediculously cool.

M18 FUEL™ 8" Metal Cutting Circular Saw | Milwaukee Tool

MILWAUKEE® M18 FUEL™ 8” Metal Cutting Circular Saw delivers 15A corded power and a 2-9/16" cut capacity. Designed to perform in the toughest applications

www.milwaukeetool.com

I also have the rage dry cut saw. You really want a cut off saw for tubular stock and a circular saw for sheet goods.

I would love the have a table saw as well, don't get me wrong, but limited space makes the circ saw more practical.

 

[ycgoat]

Thanks I guess I will need to get the proper tool for each type of material

 

[BukitCase]

Agreed; suicide is much cheaper if you just find a busy overpass and jump off during rush hour

For anything but sheet, something with a good vise solves most of the potential safety problems.

Also, if you're NOT doing non-ferrous metals a couple different magnetic pickup tools will help cleanup a LOT... Steve

 

[slowtwitch73]

Any saw is multi material with the right blade. Good marketing by them though...

 

[ycgoat]

Any saw is multi material with the right blade. Good marketing by them though...

I destroyed a multi material blade pretty quick on my chop saw, I was looking for something with a lower speed

 

[tarbellb]

Multi material = lots of compromises (in this case, safety)

If you are looking to cut multiple materials I would-

_ Track saw for wood and aluminum sheet

_ Small pivot head bandsaw for metal+ plastic tube/pipe/bar

_ Angle grinder for everything else

These will yield accurate+ safer cuts and not a whole lot more money

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Chop saw for angle and tubing (although I have seen an angle grinder mounted on a hinge do an OK job) a sawzall is OK if you use lube.
I have used a circular saw on thin sheet or aluminum.

 

[GeoBruin]

Multi material = lots of compromises (in this case, safety)

If you are looking to cut multiple materials I would-

_ Track saw for wood and aluminum sheet

_ Small pivot head bandsaw for metal+ plastic tube/pipe/bar

_ Angle grinder for everything else

These will yield accurate+ safer cuts and not a whole lot more money

This is a little misleading. Multi-material as stated by Evolution refers to the geometry of the blade and the speed of the blade.

Just like with their dry cut "chop saws" and circular saws, these are higher torque and slower spinning than their wood specific counterparts. This allows them to cut ferrous metals where a typical miter saw intended to cut wood would spin too fast.

The multimaterial blades are designed to cut steel, but also allow cutting of aluminum without filling up the teeth. They also have ferrous metal specific blades for when you are only cutting steel and don't need the versatility.

I own every cutting tool you mention (track saw, mitering horizontal bandsaw, and of course a stable of angle grinders) as well as many others. But I also own an evolution "chop saw" (which came with a "multi-material" blade as well as a milwaukee metal cutting circular saw. They are phenomenally versatile. The Evo chop saw is well know as the most affordable way to make clean, consistent cuts in metal bar/tube/structural shapes. An angle grinder is a far inferior tool for this purpose.

 

[tarbellb]

This is a little misleading. Multi-material as stated by Evolution refers to the geometry of the blade and the speed of the blade.

Just like with their dry cut "chop saws" and circular saws, these are higher torque and slower spinning than their wood specific counterparts. This allows them to cut ferrous metals where a typical miter saw intended to cut wood would spin too fast.

The multimaterial blades are designed to cut steel, but also allow cutting of aluminum without filling up the teeth. They also have ferrous metal specific blades for when you are only cutting steel and don't need the versatility.

I own every cutting tool you mention (track saw, mitering horizontal bandsaw, and of course a stable of angle grinders) as well as many others. But I also own an evolution "chop saw" (which came with a "multi-material" blade as well as a milwaukee metal cutting circular saw. They are phenomenally versatile. The Evo chop saw is well know as the most affordable way to make clean, consistent cuts in metal bar/tube/structural shapes. An angle grinder is a far inferior tool for this purpose.

I agree with you about the blade and EVOs tools, very versatile. BUT...the OP was asking about a multi table saw...

I also own all the tools you and I have listed, I still stand by my statement. Ive ran aluminum, brass, plexi, wood, rubber, you name it through a table saw.

Its not ideal, can be very dangerous, and good results are hard to come by in my experience.

The angle grinder would be for "everything else", a bandsaw is a much better tool for bar/tube/pipe.

The track saw is excellent with the correct blade for aluminum and even thinner ferrous sheet goods.

 

[Shop-hound]

I picked this guy up a few months back as a stepping stone before I made the full commitment on a Makita track saw for wood. I wanted the metal capability as well knowing it would be somewhat of a sacrifice “jack of all master of none”, but have been pleasantly surprised. Used it to cut BILs melamine kitchen panels, counter (with proper Freud melamine blade $60), then just last weekend swapped to the Evo steel blade ($50) and cut 5-6 steel panels 0.120” thick (with the handy track for perfect straight cuts) and it didn’t miss a beat. Highly recommended for the $$.
Evolution Power Tools R185CCSX 7-1/4" Multi-Material Circular Track Saw Kit W/ 40" Track https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07T4CZP31/?tag=atomicindus04-20. Loud as all hell and chips are just the cost of cold cutting metals. Agreed on the danger aspect of a steel sheet on a TS. Just too much to go wrong.