Tool review: Craftsman Dual Cutter saw

[VWstreetrodder]

Read a lil bit about this new tool & decided to give it a closer look.
Says it can cut wood, mild steel bars/angles/pipe, thin stainless, soft metals, sheet rock, & a whole slew of other materials.
Uses two counter rotating blades in a handheld saw thats very similar to a 6" grinder in design.

Sooo, I broke down this weekend & bought one. Price was a bit much, but it paid off.
It is AWESOME!! I have used the composite metal cutting blades in a skill saw to cut sheet metal, & of course the sabre saws. They do OK, but this thing blazes thru body panels like nothing & the cuts are clean & precise.

You get some sparks but just slow down & that goes away. It generates very little heat, minmizing heat warpage. Makes cleaner cuts than a plasma cutter & doesn't need to be dressed with a grinder.

Next to my Lincon welder, this has to be my most valuable tool.

[DHOTROD]

Do you have any pictures of it.

[canadianal]

ive heard that these saws do a great job of cutting too have never seen one in action but am looking for something that would cut a even clean edge on sheet aluminum.

[VWstreetrodder]

It'll cut aluminum no problem. The edges it left on my cars steel panels were clean & neat. No burrs or curling, aluminum would be easy

Sears online catalog page

[vara4]

Vw; I take it that this is the tool your talking about.
Craftsman 6-1/8 in. Circular Saw, Twin Blade Cutter
Does it cut curves or can you do a circle with it.
Or better yet can it turn a U shape or a horse shoe?


Thanks ~ Vegas ~

[techinspector1]

it slices, it dices, it crawls on its belly like a reptile.........

[VWstreetrodder]

Vara
It's limited as it is a circular saw. It's more handy if you do a lot of fabrication from scratch with various materials like I do. You can shape with it a little, but that would be better done with proper tools like an air nubbler or shear.
For what it's designed to do tho, I haven't seen anything as smooth & easy to use.

[astroracer]

My wife bought me one for our anniversary. I really like it, cuts most anything you throw at it. I use it for cutting tubing and plate down to usable sizes. It cuts through 1 1/4 x .156 DOM like it was butter. It is a bit cumbersome and the site line is hard to see but, for rough cutting tube, plate and sheet it works great. The only thing I really don't like is the massive chip size. I usually do most of my cutting outside with this thing so as to not get metal chips into everything...
I want to mount one in a chop saw style miter box. That would be the berries for making accurate cuts.
Mark