Evolution RAGE355BLADE- 14” Multi-Material Blade , Silver

Sharp cuts good.

To cut acrylic, the normal recommendation is to use a high-toothed blade. But when we had to do some serious cutting of acrylic for my triangular windows, my handyman did some testing, and the Evolution blade actually produced the cleanest cuts of all three blades we tried, including a high-toothed one.It maybe interesting to mention that we did not expect this. I found the Evolution blade first on the web page of a local big-box store when I was looking for an affordable blade to cut *harder metals*, and got it from that store. But since we will have to do quite a few four-feet-plus acrylic-mirror cuts, and we used the old blade quite a lot to cut metals (mostly aluminum alloys), I thought it might be a good idea to get a new blade. So I looked around for it and found it on Amazon.It would be nice if there was a twelve inch version. The ten inch is good for my handyman's table saw, but my miter saw would prefer a twelve inch.

I bought my evolution saw a little over a year ago. Comes with this blade. I own a handyman business and have used this for wood of all kinds, composite decking, aluminum rails, copper pipe, and more. Finally noticed the other day the original blade was struggling to cut some wet 2x10s and decided to just replace with the original again since it worked very well for all my needs this past year. Also, great Amazon had it with one shipping.

Evolution no longer sells the blade I use for years. However, this does the same thing as the old one except for the shaving are a little different. Still cuts metal like before. When buying this type of blade, READ what types of materials it is made to cut. This one is for mild steel, wood, plastic. Aluminum / Stainless Steel requires different blade. Using the wrong blade will damage it. I have seen a lot of negatives or complaints about these blades. #1...Use minimal force at the beginning of the cut. #2...Do not cut, by constant lifting and cutting within the same cut. #1 & #2 can known off the carbide tips. #3...Do not over force the blade while cutting, if you are, the blade is dull / worn out. Bright sparks is a tattle tail sign. Another sign of a worn blade, cut is rough, drifts or angle cut. If you treat the blade right, you will get a lot of cuts from it.

Amazing to see this saw just cut though steel. Its amazing but you may want to save the old blades as you use them and organize for the quality cuts. There burn out fast and if you need to cut rebar you may want to use an old blade and save the new blades for the cleaner cuts.

I have been doing woodworking for 40+ years with multiple saws and this blade has the best cut I have ever seen. It also produces half the spinning noise of a standard 60 tooth carbide blade.

I have owned my Evolution 14" dry cut saw for 20+years. But my first time trying this blade as it was $45 on Prime Days. I bought 2. It's great on thick and thin aluminum and steel. Not as fast at cutting as the material special blades, but I'm hoping the anti kickback design actually helps prevent breaking off the teeth. I just used very light pressure when cutting metal and visually no sparks. My saw runs at 1350RPM. This is not for wood saws or abrasive saws that run in the 2500-5000+ RPM. YOU WILL DESTROY THE BLADE

2 teeth were chipped after the first cut. Low quality and strength.