I have one of these. Suspect you made the same mistake i made. When cutting metal try turning off the pendulum setting. Otherwise the blade will bounce around. It did get through some metal piping, but I only realised that it has a pendulum setting afterwards so it was like trying to tame a bull wearing red tinted glasses.
Yes, pendulum should only be used when on wood and wood that is deeper than the whole length of the blade..... certainly not on metal, although it does cut through metal it is rather slow compared to say an angle grinder, but it does produce more coarse fillings in my usage.
I had an early brushed motor worx resip saw, buy it buy mistake thought it was the 516, any upgrade to the actual 516 sometime ago, and you're right to be excited by it. It is so much more powerful, looks and feels better too.
It's just such a mad tool! And the blade is just a section of bandsaw blade - again completely mad by design, very functional but just a bonkers product! I would have to call it the mini gun of saws, its big, brash, over powered, and leaves you with a smile on your face afterwards that is like a Cheshire cat! - and a slightly numb hand - arm and whole body from the vibrations!! :-D - good vibrations!
I have one of these. Suspect you made the same mistake i made. When cutting metal try turning off the pendulum setting. Otherwise the blade will bounce around. It did get through some metal piping, but I only realised that it has a pendulum setting afterwards so it was like trying to tame a bull wearing red tinted glasses.
I will try that on one of my other blades and see if that changes the outcome :-P either that or a diamond / tungsten blade maybe?
@@mikesptworld Any update on this? Was the pendulum setting the reason for the damaged blade?
Yes, pendulum should only be used when on wood and wood that is deeper than the whole length of the blade..... certainly not on metal, although it does cut through metal it is rather slow compared to say an angle grinder, but it does produce more coarse fillings in my usage.
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Many thanks for your comment :-)
I had an early brushed motor worx resip saw, buy it buy mistake thought it was the 516, any upgrade to the actual 516 sometime ago, and you're right to be excited by it. It is so much more powerful, looks and feels better too.
It's just such a mad tool! And the blade is just a section of bandsaw blade - again completely mad by design, very functional but just a bonkers product! I would have to call it the mini gun of saws, its big, brash, over powered, and leaves you with a smile on your face afterwards that is like a Cheshire cat! - and a slightly numb hand - arm and whole body from the vibrations!! :-D - good vibrations!
@@mikesptworld So very true.