Cut steel on a regular basis? Or at all?

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And they are flimsy as hell. Bend to easy. We just switched to the diablo sawzall blades at work. Heavier duty, les bending and keep teeth longer.
I’m sure you guys use the heck out of sawzall blades at a recyclers
 

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I've chopped up a bunch of aluminum with a carbide wood blade on a ****** 10" HF miter. I did tops and bottoms of like 8 aluminium cored 4x4 porch posts last year when I rebuilt my balcony.
Never used a hardcore steel cutting blade on a circular saw, though. That's pretty cool.

And big ten, you're right about Lennox recip blades. They used to be all I'd use, but they've gone downhill. It's a shame. I may have to try diablo next time.
 

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The Diablo blade in the Craftsman saw is still going strong, still cuts like the first time.
 

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The Diablo blade in the Craftsman saw is still going strong, still cuts like the first time.
I can see this working in a 7.5" blade. The speed of the teeth moving over the metal would be much less than say, a 14" spinning at about the same rpm as the circular saw. For sure, a 14" carbide metal blade must be going slower or it will fly apart in no time. Too bad we can't just stick these on our 14" chop saws...
 

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I've been using the abrasive cut-off wheel for the the skill-saw for over a decade. The equivalent of a giant dremel cut-off wheel. Have used Diablo blades on my Saws-all too, but never seen this...awesome. Tech changes so fast now, it's amazing. Thanks for the heads-up!
 

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