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Yes, I have used a 7 1/4" steel cutting blade on a 7 1/4" miter saw. I've used 2 different brands of saw blades and both have gotten dull very quickly. I contacted the manufacturers of both blades and they both said that a miter saw is spinning at a high rpm, higher than the blade is designed for. They both stated that the blades are designed to be run on different saws at slower speeds.
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The Evolution blades are designed to be used on the Evolution saw. The evolution 10 inch chop saw spins at 2,500 rpm. A dewalt 10 inch chop saw spins at 5,000 rpm, which would likely cause the blade to overheat and dull pretty quickly. The saw blade I have has worked fine for me, but I use it on an Evolution saw.
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Just bought an Irwin 7 1/4 metal cutting blade, I put it on my Hilti wsc-267-e circ. saw. It has variable speed so I could slow it down to 3500 rpm, same as a Milwaukee metal cutting circ. saw.
So far, it's worked awesome on steel siding. The Hilti fits Festool guide rails, nice straight cuts.
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(08-02-2017, 07:40 PM)barryvabeach Wrote: The Evolution blades are designed to be used on the Evolution saw. The evolution 10 inch chop saw spins at 2,500 rpm. A dewalt 10 inch chop saw spins at 5,000 rpm, which would likely cause the blade to overheat and dull pretty quickly. The saw blade I have has worked fine for me, but I use it on an Evolution saw.
Not only do you need a machine that will run the speed range for the blade, but the blades themselves are
different, depending on the thickness, and type of metal to be cut
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