Milwaukee dry-cut saw discontinued

[shamrock12]

While I was browsing Northern Tool, I noticed that the Milwaukee 6190-20 (14" dry-cut saw) is missing so I googled it and noticed that some retailers are not stocking them anymore. So I went to Milwaukee website and found this:

http://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/corded/6190-20

It says this model is being discontinued. Concerned about this news, I called Milwaukee tech support to see if there is any issue with their saw. Their response was that it was due to slow sales so the marketing department decided to get rid of it. They did said that there is no issue with the saw; it is just the demand that is not there to keep them.

Just thought I'd give a head-up for those who might have been thinking about getting one.

 

[ADSR]

I own one and love it. I was told last week by a milwaukee rep, the saw is being redesigned to be much more robust.

Strange they said there is no demand.

 

[gtermini]

We had one in the shop. It was the biggest turd I've ever used! We were doing medium scale fab work building farm equipment andit was the only saw when I got there. It wouldn't cut square to save its life, rattled and chattered, spit burning hot chips at you, and ate $150 blades that they were hard candy! I promptly threw the POS in the scrap bin and ordered an Ellis model 2000 miter bandsaw. Problem solved. The whole principle these saws work on is flawed. They are not a pimple on a ******'s *** to what a cold saw is. They are nothing but a $100 Chinese abrasive chop saw with the wrong blade on it. I'd take 10 of the abrasive saws to one dry saw. At least with the abrasive chop saw there isn't a surprise with what you are buying, the blades are only $5 each, and they cut pretty clean. This rant barely touches my hatred for this saw!

Greyson

 

[ADSR]

We had one in the shop. It was the biggest turd I've ever used! We were doing medium scale fab work building farm equipment andit was the only saw when I got there. It wouldn't cut square to save its life, rattled and chattered, spit burning hot chips at you, and ate $150 blades that they were hard candy! I promptly threw the POS in the scrap bin and ordered an Ellis model 2000 miter bandsaw. Problem solved. The whole principle these saws work on is flawed. They are not a pimple on a ******'s *** to what a cold saw is. They are nothing but a $100 Chinese abrasive chop saw with the wrong blade on it. I'd take 10 of the abrasive saws to one dry saw. At least with the abrasive chop saw there isn't a surprise with what you are buying, the blades are only $5 each, and they cut pretty clean. This rant barely touches my hatred for this saw!

Greyson

Operator error.

 

[DMAR]

^^ :

 

[gtermini]

Operator error.

I made it half way through this trailer with that saw

Then I cut the material to finish it and two more complete trailers in the time it took to build the first half with the bandsaw. We had the tool sales rep come out with our Airgas guy and looks at the cutting conditions. He said is was working just as it should, and the blade was lasting as long as it should. They are a ******* joke saw that are not even homeowner grade.

Greyson

 

[STGFordCrazy04]

I'm going to have to agree. I had the same saw until I bought a yard sale 4x6 band saw. I sold the Milwaukee and never looked back

 

[ADSR]

Had mine for almost a year now and have cut a couple hundred pieces of 1/4" and the blade is like new. I did have to adjust it to bang on square with a couple tweaks, but no big deal. I know a lot of people who own this saw and are very happy with it.

I also own a 5x7 miter band saw. It's great, but slow.

 

[Ign]

We had one in the shop. It was the biggest turd I've ever used! We were doing medium scale fab work building farm equipment andit was the only saw when I got there. It wouldn't cut square to save its life, rattled and chattered, spit burning hot chips at you, and ate $150 blades that they were hard candy! I promptly threw the POS in the scrap bin and ordered an Ellis model 2000 miter bandsaw. Problem solved. The whole principle these saws work on is flawed. They are not a pimple on a ******'s *** to what a cold saw is. They are nothing but a $100 Chinese abrasive chop saw with the wrong blade on it. I'd take 10 of the abrasive saws to one dry saw. At least with the abrasive chop saw there isn't a surprise with what you are buying, the blades are only $5 each, and they cut pretty clean. This rant barely touches my hatred for this saw!

Greyson

Thank you! I had the exact same issues with mine and thought I was the only one. FWIW it was not operator error. I tried heavy feed, light feed, virtually every brand of blade on the planet. I tried avoiding heavy wall square tube with some blades and only cutting heavy wall tube with other blades. It never cut square and blade life was horrible. I'm a machinist, I know a little about feeds, speeds and cutting material. I've used auto-feed horizontal bandsaws, big vertical bandsaws and Haberle cold saws.

Most people love these saws, I truly think there was a manufacturing issue on a batch that Milwaukee either did not know about or did not talk about.

I got my 7x12 bandsaw and never looked back. Blades are cheap, last forever, it cuts while I work, and it'll cut a larger range in both size and material than a dry cut. Oh and it doesn't scream like a cat in a blender.

 

[Ign]

Incidentally, this is very related from back in June re: discontinuation of D-handle models
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205129

I still feel Milwaukee must have known something was not right with the D-handle design (which the dry cut was). It seemed far superior to the chop saws of old, eg 6176, so why discontinue it??

 

[anotherjoe]

anyone know where to get a replacement blade?

 

[Imcrazy]

anyone know where to get a replacement blade?

Saw a diablo brand blade at northern tool yesterday

 

[overkill 19]

Had a band saw, got rid of it after I bought the dry cut saw. I found if you don't adjust the stops for the size of object your cutting...it don't work worth a darn! Had mine 2 years, cut 100sof things still on first blade. Love it!