A Panasonic EY3530 Metal Cutting Saw has been seen as very cute, but doesn’t portray its usefulness on a real life job. This is very wrong. There are cordless metal cutting saws used in most trades that you can see at any job.
What saws are they?
A cordless metal cutting saw is a circular saw which spins a metal blade tipped in carbide at a specific RPM. Usually, this kind of saw will include a guard to prevent metal shavings from flying into the air. You can cut through mild steel with these saws, and the cuts will be cool and clean. In fact, one of the best stories involves a salesman entering the offices of a potential customer, revving up the saw and cutting straight through a threaded rod and threading on a nut – all prior to this customer kicking him out of his office. This, as it turns out, was a very effective sales technique in many instances.
So what materials can cordless metal cutting saws work on?
For the most part, any mild steel such as threaded rod, unit-strut, metal siding, EMT pipe, and duct work. The saws also come with blades that can cut aluminum. I’ve heard these saws can be used to cut copper, but I don’t know if that’s advisable. Most people use them to cut threaded rod, strut, and EMT. If your work involves cutting mostly thin metal, you can buy blades that have extra teeth, which give a finer cut.
Who manufactures metal cutting saws?
The Panasonic EY3530 is a very popular metal cutting saw, but other types can be purchased from Makita, Milwaukee, DeWalt, and other companies. If you own a cordless circular saw already, there are blades which are carbide tipped which you can purchase. Tenyru is a popular manufacturer for these. Still, tools which have been created exclusive for the purpose of cutting metal will perform the best for this purpose – though many customers who use Bosch are also successful using this type of blade with their saw. Try them out!
You can get a 30-day guaranteed return from a lot of cordless power tool manufacturers. I’ve given this type of offer to my customers, but as soon as they realize the quality of the tool they’re getting, none of the tools come back to me. The Panasonic EY3530 Metal Cutting Saw is truly worth a try.
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