Evolution Power Tools S355CPS Industrial Steel Chop Saw, 355 mm (110 V),Blue

What can I say, I saw the video, watched the capabilities of this chop saw and had to have it for my workshop. It slices through mild steel like butter, with a cold cut, so super sharp blade. It should be noted that you should consider buying the additional blades for cutting stainless steel and aluminium, and they can be pricy, but they are already on my wish list. The saw is quite loud, easy to set up for angle cuts, I have not used it lots yet, as I am just setting up my benches. It feels extremely well built, and for the price I feel it is well worth it. I have the Evalution timber chop saw and stand, and have used that kit a lot, so it’s big steel brother now sits by its side.I will add to this review when I have used the saw for a few months.But right now, delivery, quality, performance etc. is a recommend to buy.

Ok first up, this is a powerful machine and very capable of doing the jobs you want to get done. It cut very fast, clean, square and no real sparks. I love the weight of this machine, heavy and the metal holder has a good heavy feel to it. It also come with a snap on V jaw for holding pipe firmly. This is a good idea. However, mine is not welded on square. That said, it will be easy to fix.As it is powerful and does not have a soft start, you may find it will set off you trip and you will need to increase your MCB up to 20amps. Not a hard job and worth it for this saw.Would I recommend this machine??? 100%. This is a great machine, much much better than my old Sealey abrasive wheel type. If you are sitting on the fence, get off it and buy this tool, you will love it.

The media could not be loaded. Absolutely fantastic saw.It cuts 10x60 bright mild steel flats like butter! Leaving very respectable finish. Built in clamp is really nice and sturdy, it all feels very robust.Motor is extremely powerful, blade big and heavy, so you do need appropriate brakers, probably C type for inductive loads. My workshop has B16 and it was tripping every time I was starting it. I built soft starter for it and problem is gone, but just keep in mind that out of the box it will trip any insufficient brakers. These aren't faults, just normal things to be expected of powerful motor starting with load. Once running, power consumption is under 5A.Overall extremely happy with it!

I have only used this a few times over a couple of weekends so it's not a long-term test by any means. So far I have found the cuts on mild steel - bar, flat and angle up to 70 mm x 4mm - to be fast, smooth and accurate (though a laser guide would be very handy) and it's generally easy to use even on long stock if the end is well supported. 90 and 45 degree angles were accurate. Changing the position of the clamping vice was a bit of a fiddle but it worked well. My only niggle is that the swarf collector only collects about 50% of the chips - the rest goes everywhere, so I rigged up a moveable screen that contained the rest onto the bench.In all, I'm very pleased with this purchase and wish I had bought one years ago - it world have saved me hours of cutting with an angle grinder!

Straight out of the box I tested for square in both planes and it was spot on. I did some light cuts to break the blade in and all went well.I’ve used it over the past few weeks to make probably a few hundred cuts and the blade still looks new.I’ve been cutting 45x45x6 angle 50x50x6 t-section and 80x80x6 angle as well as loads of flat bar. Every cut has come off straight and true, even over large cuts.Just make sure you break the blade in as the first few cuts may wonder and cause premature wearing if you don’t (look up on YouTube how to do it)Genuinely one of the best bits of equipment I’ve bought for the workshop to date!

The media could not be loaded. What a piece of kit, my one criticism would be the angle part of the vice has fixed positions and isn’t infinitely variable, if it was if of given it 5 stars, I did get round this by pinching it in its mount at the angle I wanted. The cut and power are amazing.

Honestly read no further just make the decision and buy one they are great

Well steal melts away with this this easy preasure so your blade does not dull last forever well worth it for the easy welding after