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I have had this chop saw for a few years and just had to replaced the blade for the first time.I cut a lot of metal ,no sparks ,cut's metal like butter and doesn't heat the metal .Here's a video of it http://www.vansantent.com/Saws/evolution_saw_video.htm

Man that is amazing..how long do the blades last? Looks way better than my abrasive one.

Yeah that's not a bad blade to have if you’re doing a lot of fabricating. The saw it self is just a woodworking chop, the blade will work on any brand chop saw. Evolution also has a compound version for about a hundred more and that feature would really come in handy if you were fabricating frames, suspension, roll bars etc., where you needed different angles.
Those blades run just under $100 and they claim they will make 750 cuts in 2" box tubing.
Those blades came out a decade or so ago, I've used them mounted on a Skill saw also, scared the bejeebers out of me the first time. But they will cut thru 1/4" alum plate like it was butter. Then again I've cut the same aluminum plate with a carbide blade mounted in a Delta table saw, you just had to be careful feeding it so you didn't chip the carbide.
I never tried cutting steel plate or solid bar stock with those metal-cutting blades. I don't imagine they would last very long cutting plate or bar stock or any heavy steel as far as that goes with out a coolant. The cut shop where I worked had an industrial strength chop saw dedicated to cutting bar stock but it was set up with coolant.
If you have a chop saw for your wood working then just buy the blade for $100 and don't try cutting anything real heavy in it. But it would work great for your tubing projects. At home I would still stick with the horizontal band saw for solid stock.

Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

I picked up one of the Craftsman Dual-cut saws a few years back, looks like a 6" angle grinder. Very similar to these is it uses 2 counter rotating blades. It's LOUD, & blows chips all over the place, but chops body panels like you were cutting formica. Leaves smooth edges and no heat warping, it's a dream for doing large body panels, esp. if you're chopping donor parts off a wreck. They have a wax lubricant that can be used for cutting softer materials like aluminum to prevent clogging the teeth.