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Cuts through the metal like butter. What a smart buy. I was searching for a metal cutting blade for my Milwaukee 18V 6 1/2" saw when I found I could buy the "bare tool" saw and blade almost as cheap as I could buy the blade. What a great find. I purchased this for a demo project that involved cutting 5V tin from a roof. This thing is awesome. I'm now going to buy the Lithium-Ion batteries to enhance my bag of tools. I highly recommend this little saw.
The saw lives up to its name. I am impressed with what it can do. The only thing I was disapointed with was how fast the battery ran out of juice. Concidering what I was cutting I can't complain about it.
Glad I did. Like the other reviewer, I initally considered purchasing from DAMLOW PRICES as they were a few bucks cheaper than Tool King when you added in the shipping.
I initially bought one saw. But after pricing out what a spare blade would cost, I ordered up a second saw from Tool King.
What can I say, it's a slick little unit and does what it claims to do. No complaints at all with Tool King.
It worked out as cheap, if not cheaper than buying the the blade by itself. Both shipments came with a saw, blade, safety glasses & believe it or not, a CASE.
Ultimately due to Tool King's higher positive rating here & on Ebay, I chose them. BTW, The saws that I received from Tool King came with a 36 tooth 6-7/8" metal cutting blade that uses a 20mm arbor.
This vendor clearly shows the blade in the picture and clearly indicates that the battery doesn't come with it. Since it didn't come in a "Milwaukee" box makes it me wonder how many other people have bought this same saw and returned it in its plain brown box.Please vote if this review was helpful. They should advertize it as a High quality motor with a handle, because that is all they sold me. Milwaukee makes great tools.My saw arrived today (June 1st) from "Tool King". The vendor "DAMLOW PRICES" decided to remove the blade before shipping the saw to me. It is unlikely that I will ever buy anything from "DAMLOW PRICES" again. I have returned this tool to "Damlow Prices at a cost of $16 using the U.S Postal service.
This tool won't cut anything because the vendor "DAMLOW PRICES" shipped it to me without a blade. 34 x 52 pole parn burned down last week. I assume all is well and will edit this if it is not. That is my experience, perhaps yours will be better. I ordered a replacement from "Tool King". It was more than I expected. I have purchased Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita and even the cheap Denali cordless circular saws from various venders as "bare tools" and they always come with the blade. Now I have to pay to return the saw and I still have several thousand square feet of burned and twisted steel barn siding and roofing to deal with."DAMLOW PRICES" is the only vendor I have ever purchased from that removed the blade from a saw before shipping it as a bare tool.
They are shipped from the manufacturer that way. How can you call something a "metal cutting circular saw" if you don't ship the "saw" part of the tool with the motor. The storage case and the safety glasses were a pleasant suprise. It also came with the "Milwaukee" metal cutting blade (mounted in the blade storage area of the case, a pair of "Milwaukee" safety glasses, and the "Milwaukee" owners manual and product registration paper work sealed in plastic. It came with a red plastic "Milwaukee" tool case that is large enough for the tool, has storage space for a spare blades and has room for a battery charger and spare battery (battery and charger not included).
The product description states"Product DescriptionTool includes: 6 7/8" blade".Milwaukee makes great tools but this one is useless to me. What a deal. I have posted a photo of the 10 other "bare tool" circular saws that I have purchased from various vendors. I purchased this saw to cut up the huge pile of sheet metal scrap from the roof and side walls. When I ordered a "Bare tool" I only expected to get the saw and the blade.
This makes for a first class package. I will take some photo's of this saw actually cutting metal and post them in the near future. (I have 20 foot long metal roofing panels that I have to fit into a 18 foot long trailer). My experience is that I am out $33 and they get to sell this same saw to someone else and make even more money.
They didn't sell me a saw. They sent me everything that "Milwaukee" sent to them.If you buy this from "Damlow Prices" you will not be able to cut anything with it because they don't ship the blade with the saw and if you ask them to supply the blade they won't, and then they will tell you to send it back at your own expense. They sent me a refund that was $17 less than what I origionally paid them, so it only cost me $33 and I recieved nothing of value for it. Every one of them came with a blade, what a concept.
"Tool King" will be at the top of my list for future purchases. I sure wish I had the chance to read a review like this before ordering anything from "Damlow Prices"
Oh well, live and learn.BTW, I am using this with the V18 Lithium batteries. Smooth cuts with few or no burrs.
Seemed that it might be useful IF it worked as expected. I purchased this saw as a bit of an unknown.
No fuss, no effort, NO SPARKS. No way - it's MUCH MUCH better than I could have imagined.
First cuts through 1.25 inch thick wall tubing. Why haven't I had one for 10 years.
It was designed for NiCads, but is forward compatible.
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