Best Metal Cutting Blade? “Dry Cut” vs “Abrasive” vs “Diamond" Blade. Diablo, DeWalt, Makita

chop saw blades designed to cut metal cost anywhere from 40 to 140 so the question is is that 40 blade just as good let's find out in the first test we'll see which blade cuts the fastest through mild steel then we'll see which blade causes the most heat buildup we'll see which blade cuts the smoothest finally we'll see if any of the blades can cut through some armor plating at a price of only 43 the least expensive blade we'll be testing is made by satc all the blades we'll be testing are 14 inches in diameter high density carbide teeth designed for cutting metal the blade is designed to cut wood plastic steel ferrous metals and composites laser cut curve maximizes accuracy and reduces noise and vibration the satc blade is made in china 3.58 pounds or 1 624 grams my own chop saw has a lot of use on it so i went ahead and bought a new chop saw made by evolution and it's the model s 380. the max rpm on the evolution is 1450 rpm so all the blades work just fine i place the lever arm on the saw so we can adjust the downward pressure applied to the blade two and a half pounds on the lever arm is very close to five pounds on the blade let's begin with something very easy for the blades the metal tube is made of mild steel and it's one inch by three thirty seconds of an inch i've already tried two and a half pounds and that wasn't enough pressure for the satc with five pounds of weight on the lever arm unfortunately the satc can't make the cut so i stopped the test after 30 seconds the metal is cooled down so let's try seven and a half pounds and the satc still struggled to make the cut through the mild steel 16.5 seconds to finally get the job done and the satc caused a lot of heat build up on the work piece and left a very messy cut at a price of 48 dollars or just five dollars more than the satc is this when brand the satc has 72 teeth the wind only has 66. ultra thin only 2.4 millimeters provides clean efficient cuts perfect for cutting dry steel and metal the wind brand is made in thailand the wind is lighter than the satc at 3.27 pounds or 1482 grams and the 66 tooth blade made very easy and quick work of the steel tubing in only 0.85 seconds and the blade made a very clean cut and the metal is cool to the touch at a price of 68 or 20 more than the win is this irwin brand the wind has 66 teeth the irwin has 80. laser-cut anti-vibration vents keep the blade cool for smooth and accurate cuts cuts metal instead of grinding it making a smooth finish anti-kickback 2 shoulder reduces dust and sparks for safer cuts designed to cut steel pipe threaded rod angle iron and metal studs metal cutting grade carbide teeth with stan's impact reduces wear and delivers long life the irwin blade is made in china and the orange is the heaviest blade yet at 4.03 pounds or 1 828 grams and irwin has 80 teeth instead of 66 but still made a quick cut and only 2.02 seconds very nice and smooth looking cut for the irwin at a price of 82 is this diablo brand designed for studs angle iron plates bars pipes tubes emt conduit and threaded rod instead of using regular carbide for the teeth the diablo uses a cermet blend it's designed for impact reduces wear and lasts up to five times longer laser cut stabilizer events trap noise and vibration for maximum stability keeping it cool and accurate in metal cutting applications the diablo is made in italy and the diablo is the lightest yet at 2.93 pounds or 1 326 grams and the diablo with 72 teeth is a little bit faster than the irwin at 1.36 seconds however the diablo didn't leave quite as clean of a cut compared to the irwin at a price of 85 is this linux brand which uses diamonds instead of carbide delivers a thousand or more cuts without changing the wheel 30 times longer life maintains original wheel diameter throughout the cutting life of the blade does not wear down like bonded blades reducing dust particles for cleaner workstation designed for steel sheet metal stainless steel rebar cast iron aluminum and non-ferrous metals the linux blade is made in vietnam and the linux weighs right at three pounds or 1 362 grams and the linux diamond blade cuts quite a bit slower than the carbide blades at 13 seconds to make the cut and the linux diamond blade heated up the metal quite a bit and left a pretty messy cut at a price of 87 is this evolution brand high grade carbide teeth offering increased durability hardened steel body ensures the blade runs truer for longer designed specifically to cut steel 66 tooth configuration enables fast efficient cuts the evolution is made in japan and the evolution weighs 3.25 pounds or 1 474 grams and the 66 tooth evolution blade made the fastest cut yet in only 0.75 seconds to take the lead from the win and the evolution made a very nice and clean cut at a price of 92 dollars is this ashland brand most the other blades have 66 to 72 teeth the ashland has 80. specially formulated c6 micrograin carbide with titanium lasts longer it leaves bur-free cut laser-cut expansion slots designed to cut steel studs angled iron pipe rebar channel flat stock and more the iceland blade is made in china and the iceland is the second heaviest blade yet at 4.02 pounds or 1 820 grams even though the ashland has 80 teeth it's nearly as fast as the evolution at 0.95 seconds very fast and smooth cut for the ashland and the second most expensive blade we'll be testing is made by makita and cost 127. the makita has a 72 carbide tip tooth design for cleaner cuts and longer life designed to make cuts in tubing angle iron channel and non-copper pipe the makita is made in china the makita weighs 3.05 pounds or 1 384 grams and the 70 tooth makita blasted through the metal in only 0.6 seconds the fastest time yet very fast and smooth cut by the makita at a price of 135 the most expensive brand we'll be testing is made by dewalt the metal cutting blade has 50 percent longer life the drought includes 66 carbide teeth precise tip placement for longer life and accurate cuts crafted with 12 percent titanium carbide stiff plate design minimizes runout and extends life made in china and the dewalt weighs 3.22 pounds or 1 462 grams and the dewalt moves into a two-way tie for fourth place with the auslan at 0.95 seconds very smooth cut by the dewalt those metal cutoff blades are very expensive so why not just buy an abrasive wheel instead at a price of 32 dollars for four chop saw wheels or eight dollars each is this dewalt brand the cutoff wheels are made of high performance aluminum oxide grain for long life and fast cutting two sheets of fiberglass for durability and safety the dwell cutoff wheels are made in canada and the dewalt abrasive wheel is the lightest yet at only 1.32 pounds or 598 grams and the dewalt abrasive wheel needs quite a bit more downward pressure to cut efficiently with only two and a half pounds on the lever arm the dewalt made the cut in 52 seconds not a very clean cut and the metal definitely needs deburred this is just a warm-up round on some very soft metal but the makita came out on top at 0.6 seconds evolution was nearly as fast as 0.75 when 0.85 ashland and dewalt 0.95 seconds let's see how the blades perform on some 3 16 by an inch and a half angle iron beginning with the satc with 7.5 pounds of weight on the lever arm the satc really struggled with the mild steel angle iron a minute and 29 seconds to make the cut the sound meter in the particle counter is four feet away from the saw the blade is very loud at 118.6 decibels the air inside the shop started off at under 100 small particles which are around the size of one micron the number on the right indicates the number of large particles which are around 5 microns in size and the satc created a lot of dust at 1 260 small and 144 large particles and the satc caused a lot of heat build up on the work piece and left a very messy cut unfortunately the satc experienced some chipped teeth from the mild steel the dust is settled so let's test the wind with only two and a half pounds on the tester 3.95 seconds on the first cut and the wind is a little bit faster on the second cut at 3.64 seconds 3.74 seconds on the third cut for an average speed of 3.8 seconds and the wind is a lot quieter than the satc at 107.7 decibels there's a lot less dust in the air at 521 small particles and 55 large nice and clean cut with the wind testing the urban with two and a half pounds on the tester andy irwin needs about 2 seconds longer than to win at 5.72 seconds on the first cut andy irwin made the second cut at 5.72 seconds again the same as the first cut 5.11 seconds on the third cut for an average cut speed of 5.5 seconds the irwin is a little bit louder than the wind at 108.5 decibels but made less dust 366 small and 46 large particles a very nice and clean cut with the irwin testing the diablo with two and a half pounds and the diabolo is about the same speed as the irwin at 5.82 seconds on the first cut and the diablo is very consistent with his cutting speed at 5.72 seconds on the second cut and it's 5.72 seconds again on the third cut for an average speed of 5.8 seconds and the diabolo makes the least amount of noise yet at only 103.4 decibels 574 small and 43 large particles very nice and clean cut with a diablo with two and a half pounds on the linux diamond blade it took 53 seconds to make the cut so let's go ahead and try five pounds and the linux did a lot better at just under 17 seconds to make the cut the metal is cooled off so let's try seven and a half pounds which is about 15 pounds of pressure on the blade and the linux made to cut in 11 seconds the linux diamond blade is pretty noisy at 115.7 decibels the linux diamond also puts a lot of dust in the air at 1300 small and over 100 large particles and the linux made a pretty messy cut with two and a half pounds on the evolution the blade is just as fast as the wind at 3.95 seconds on the first pass and the evolution made a second cut in just 3.49 seconds four seconds on the third pass for a three cut average of 3.8 seconds the same as the win 110.9 decibels 497 small and 45 large particles very clean cut with the evolution with 2.5 pounds on the saw the ocelon is the fastest blade yet at only 3.13 seconds and it's even faster on the second pass at 2.78 seconds 2.93 seconds on the third pass for an average of 2.9 seconds 105.4 decibels 790 small and 53 large particles very good looking cut by the arslan with two and a half pounds the makita is almost as fast as the ashland at 3.23 seconds on the first pass the makita is a little bit slower on the second cut at 3.49 seconds almost the same speed on the third cut at 3.44 seconds to move into second place behind the ashland and the makita is a little bit louder than average at 111.9 decibels but very little dust at 414 and 35. very clean cut with the makita with 2.5 pounds the dewalt is just as fast as the makita at 3.18 seconds almost identical cut speed on the second pass at 3.23 seconds 3.54 seconds on the third pass to move into second place behind the ashland and the dewalt is very loud at 115.3 decibels 444 small and 36 large particles very clean cut with a dewalt let's start off with seven and a half pounds with a dewalt abrasive wheel and the dewalt abrasive wheel made the cut in eight seconds with seven and a half pounds of weight on the saw the abrasive wheel makes less noise than most of the blades at 103.7 decibels but what a dusty mess 2857 small and over 500 large particles so the ashland came out on top with an average cut speed of 2.9 seconds dewalt finished in second at 3.3 makita 3.4 win in evolution 3.8 seconds looking at just the small particles the irwin makes the least amount of dust at 366. makita performed well at 414 dewalt 444 evolution 497 and win 521. some of these blades claim they can cut through rebar stainless and other types of hardened steel so let's see how the blades perform making just one pass through some quarter inch by two inch 4140. i'll set up the saw to remove right at one quarter inch of steel and let's see how hot the metal becomes with right at 2.5 pounds of weight the wind started off very fast but slowed down a lot towards the end of the cut 9.38 seconds and the metal started off pretty cool at 70 degrees fahrenheit and went all the way up to 108.4 the wind blade did experience several chipped teeth with two and a half pounds of pressure the irwin started off pretty fast and really slowed down near the end of the cut 11 seconds to make the cut and the metal temperature made it to 113.4 degrees fahrenheit the irwin appears to have some very minor wear and tear to the teeth with two and a half pounds of pressure the diabolo is the fastest cutting blade yet making the cut in 8.97 seconds the metal stayed relatively cool at 109.9 degrees and the carbide teeth on the diablo looked nearly as good as new with 7.5 pounds of pressure the linux diamond made the cut in nine seconds but the metal made it to about 214 degrees before the adhesive on the tape lost grip and there's still plenty of diamonds left with 2.5 pounds of pressure the evolution takes the lead from the diablo making the cut in 5.77 seconds and the metal temperature only made it to 97.5 degrees only a couple of chipped teeth with the evolution and the ashland is even faster than the evolution at 4.76 seconds and the metal stayed relatively cool at 102 degrees and there's very little visible wear with the ocelon blade with 2.5 pounds of pressure the makita moves into second place behind the ashland at 5.26 seconds the metal only made it to 97.5 degrees the same as the evolution just a minor doling with the makita blade with 2.5 pounds of pressure the dewalt started off quickly but lost speed near the end of the cut 8.77 seconds and the metal made it up to 114.4 degrees the dewalt did experience several chipped teeth with 7.5 pounds on the dewalt abrasive wheel the dewalt made the cut in 9.83 seconds and the metal went well past 200 degrees and melted the tape so the ashland made the fastest cut in 4.76 seconds but the makita is nearly as fast at 5.26 evolution finished in third at 5.77 seconds dewalt 8.77 and diablo 8.97 seconds the evolution in the makita made the coolest cut with the metal only reaching 97.5 degrees the arsenal and teeth carves a wider path which caused a little bit more heat buildup at 102 degrees fahrenheit all of the blades with carbide teeth kept the metal temperature relatively cool the diamond and the dewalt abrasive wheel both created a lot more heat now that we've challenged the blades let's test them again on the angle iron to see if they lost some cutting speed with 2.5 pounds of weight the wind averaged 3.74 seconds cutting through the angle iron before the piece of 4140 and the wind took twice as long this time at 7.64 seconds so the wind definitely experienced quite a bit of damage and irwin averaged 5.5 seconds and only needed 9.6 more time to make the cut 6.03 seconds so the irwin is still in great shape and the diablo averaged 5.8 seconds before making the cut through the 4140 steel and the diablo only needed 3.1 percent longer at 5.98 seconds very impressive with three times the amount of pressure as the other brands the linux diamond started off very slow at 11 seconds and held the same speed this time at 11 seconds the evolution is a very fast cutting blade and just made the fastest cut yet at 4.96 seconds but it did take 30 percent longer than the original time the iceland is even faster than the evolution in 4.4 seconds but it needed 51 percent longer to make the cut this time and the makita moves into the lead over the ashland at 3.74 seconds and only needed 10 percent longer to make the cut this time the dwalt is fast at 5.01 seconds but it did slow down quite a bit needing 51 percent longer this time around not surprisingly with seven and a half pounds of weight the abrasive wheel made the cut just as fast this time at eight seconds after cutting to 4140 steel the makita is now the fastest cutting blade at 3.74 seconds the iceland finished in second at 4.4 evolution 4.96 dewalt 5.01 and diablo 5.98 seconds another way to compare durability is to consider the original performance compared to how the blades perform after coming in contact with the 4140 steel and the dewalt abrasive wheel and the linux diamond didn't experience any significant performance change and the diablo only needed 3.1 percent longer to make the cut irwin 9.6 and makita 10. these blades are definitely not designed for cutting through ar-400 steel but let's go ahead and do it anyway let's go and skip the satc since it doesn't appear to be designed for cutting metal to keep the metal from work hardening i'll have to apply just enough pressure to keep the blade moving and the wind took almost 40 seconds to make the cut so it definitely experienced a lot of damage and the irwin made very easy work of the ar 400 making the cut in only 17.18 seconds and the diablo is nearly as fast as the irwin at 17.39 seconds the linux diamond blade cuts really slow needing 34.24 seconds and the evolution definitely isn't designed for high carbon steel and it needed 26.48 seconds and the iceland made the fastest cut yet at 13.89 seconds and the high carbon steel is doing a lot of damage to the makita 22.82 seconds just like the makita the dewalt is also experiencing a lot of damage finally making the cut at 31.75 seconds and the dewalt abrasive wheel made the cut in 29.26 seconds let's go and test the blades one more time on the angle iron to see which blade held up the best with two and a half pounds of weight the wind gave up after only 10 seconds unfortunately the wind blade is run andy irwin made the cut in a very respectable time of 12.57 seconds the diablo isn't quite as fast as the irwin but it still made the cut at 15.73 seconds with seven and a half pounds of pressure the linux diamond blade made the cut in 13.79 seconds and the evolution experienced quite a bit of damage 17.23 seconds to make the cut and the iceland makes the fastest cut yet at 11.35 seconds and the makita experienced a lot of damage from the ar 400 but still made the cut in 19.26 seconds just like the makita the dewalt experienced a lot of damage but finished the cut in 20.74 seconds if you're looking for a blade that can handle the most abuse the ashland is the fastest cutting blade after coming in contact with the armor plating at 11.35 seconds however the much more affordable irwin is nearly as fast at 12.57 seconds linux diamond 13.79 and diablo 15.72 seconds so which blade is the best if you need a blade for mild steel and occasionally cut some medium hardness steel the makita seems like the best blade but it is very expensive if you're looking for a less expensive option the irwin and the diablo blades are under 100 and both blades perform very well the linux diamond blade is very durable but the cuts aren't quite as clean and the blade causes a lot of heat buildup after making all the cuts the dewalt abrasive wheel only used up about a quarter of an inch so if i had to choose this one blade i would definitely go with the makita but it is very expensive also i really like the irwin and the diablo both of those blades held up to quite a bit of abuse before they begin to fail now ultimately these blades are not designed for high carbon steel so if i had to cut high carbon steel i would definitely use an abrasive wheel all the videos in this channel including this one are viewer suggested so if you have a video idea i hope you'll take time to leave a comment thanks so much for watching please take care and look forward to next time

Channel: Project Farm

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Keywords: project farm, Dry cut metal blade, dry cut vs abrasive metal chop saw blade, best dry cut metal blade, dry cut metal blade comparison, metal cutting chop saw blade, diamond chop saw blade, diamond metal cutting chop saw blade, Dewalt metal cutting blade, Makita metal cutting chop saw blade, Oshlun metal cutting chop saw blade, evolution metal cutting chop saw blade, lenox diamond metal cutting chopsaw blade, diablo metal cutting chop saw blade, irwin metal cutting chop saw blade

Id: Z7kX7pqaFmI

Length: 17min 55sec (1075 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 17 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/Peelboy]

The amount of work this guy puts into the production project farm is epic.

[u/Paul_The_Builder]

I agree. Diablo isn't ALWAYS #1 in his tests, but they always perform really well. When buying a blade, I almost always go with Diablo if its an option.

[u/Craigslistbox]

I bought an Evolution cold saw after I watched some videos of guys cutting railroad track. It’s really a beast.

[u/ditchdigger4000]

Diablo puts out superior cutting blades and at a fair price. Although the Torch blades from Milwaukee are absolutely wicked on metal.

[u/richtopia]

I wish he had used the Evolution Multi-Material blade instead of their dedicated metal blade. The metal blade is probably the most appropriate for a comparable test here, but I'm really curious how Evolution's claim to fame fairs against other blades.

Maybe this would be a good dedicated video, I'll suggest it later.

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I could watch this all day. Great review, no bs or ads in the entire video.