Sick to death of my Evolution Rage 3

JayJay1978 · 16 Oct 2019

Right that's it!

Ive had it since 2011 and its had a few new blades and I've always struggled like hell to find blades that will fit the stupid thing. I'm on a kitchen job and I bought a new fine tooth Saxton blade for it with reducing shims and my god they are tight, I'm getting blade wobble.
wasted the best part of the morning faffing around with the blade in and out but still getting wobble of about 1.5mm. It also a few degrees off zero.

I need a second mitre saw ideally a smaller more accurate one for 2nd fixing trim, skirting etc which takes standard blades.

Im not bothered about cordless but I'm on Makita 18v.

footprints · 17 Oct 2019

Don't Screwfix stock them?

https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/cu...n&cm_sp=managedredirect-_-pta-_-ragesawblades

bobasd · 17 Oct 2019

just saying but:

you are a tradesman so why mess with any suchlike cheapo tool - why not go for one of the terrific modern machines?
go corded if its for a sliding mitre saw.
messing about wastes paid time, and over a year or so time lost could have bought you a top class machine.

we only have a limited working life in the building trades - every day the job grinds us down further.
we cant afford to lose any working time.

JayJay1978 · 17 Oct 2019

bobasd said:
just saying but:

you are a tradesman so why mess with any suchlike cheapo tool - why not go for one of the terrific modern machines?
go corded if its for a sliding mitre saw.
messing about wastes paid time, and over a year or so time lost could have bought you a top class machine.

we only have a limited working life in the building trades - every day the job grinds us down further.
we cant afford to lose any working time.

Its fine for studwork and stuff and I'm only a plumber but I'm doing more kitchens now so I need something more accurate. The multipurpose blades cut metal yes but it chips laminated trims.

bobasd · 17 Oct 2019

If your doing kitchens then you deff need a table saw - (or a plunge saw and rails)?
there are lots of metal cutting blades available.

JayJay1978 · 17 Oct 2019

I have the Makita track saw, don't need it to cut metal just saying that the multipurpose blades don't do a good job of fine work.

Nozzle · 17 Oct 2019

JayJay1978 said:
it chips laminated trims.

Stick on some masking tape. You need a router though to do pucker joints.

Nozzle

JayJay1978 · 17 Oct 2019

I have an Hitachi M12 router. I've been doing kitchens maybe one a year and I've managed with the mitre saw up to now but its time to get a decent one. Are there any to avoid? I don't want one with a weird bore size.

Deleted member 174758 · 17 Oct 2019

JayJay1978 said:
....just saying that the multipurpose blades don't do a good job of fine work.

I agree, no they don't. In fact I've been generally underwhelmed by Evo blades - and especially that weird bore size. Go for any decent saw and it will have a 30mm arbor. Good brands include DW, Makita, Hitachi, Milwaukee and Metabo. The size of saw you need depends a lot on the size of cornice mouldings you are handling, but 10in/250mm/260mm is a good size for most kitchen work, Double bevel is handy, too, but not essential

Drivay · 26 Jan 2020

You can get an adapter ring to turn the bore upto 30mm, I've got one made by bosch, not used it yet but they are available!

Ryler · 26 Jan 2020

JayJay1978 said:
but I'm on Makita 18v.

Try this then...

The glide rails are super smooth.
Milwaukees are rough by comparison. Tried out both yesterday.
Just saying..
My cordless system is Metabo. Only for that I'd be tempted.

diynot

If you need to find a tradesperson to get your job done, please try our local search below, or if you are doing it yourself you can find suppliers local to you.

Select the supplier or trade you require, enter your location to begin your search.

Are you a trade or supplier? You can create your listing free at DIYnot Local

Sick to death of my Evolution Rage 3

Deleted member 174758

Similar threads