The bloke at Evolution tools was being honest. They will cut solids far thicker than the usual quoted max of 25mm/1" but doing so is much harder on the blade and a steady diet of solids will kill blades quickly compared to cutting hollow sections
If you cut a piece of angle this L way the cut takes longer than if cut ^ this way. Same with flats like _ versus l. Obviously there's no choice when mitering* things but when the blade is advancing more slowly through the material heat builds up and as said the tips of the blade suffer. While there's various ways of cooling things they all result in far more mess (and this type of saw already throws it around liberally) and as much as i like TCT chop saws they are probably the noisiest way of cutting metal known to man which doesn't bother me when it takes a few seconds to cut through profiles but for minutes at a time with large dia solids...
* mitering typically results in the blade meeting the work at a more favorable angle instead of coming straight down on it i.e. it's not only the cross sectional area but the way the cut is made through the work if that makes sense.
If you cut a piece of angle this L way the cut takes longer than if cut ^ this way. Same with flats like _ versus l. Obviously there's no choice when mitering* things but when the blade is advancing more slowly through the material heat builds up and as said the tips of the blade suffer. While there's various ways of cooling things they all result in far more mess (and this type of saw already throws it around liberally) and as much as i like TCT chop saws they are probably the noisiest way of cutting metal known to man which doesn't bother me when it takes a few seconds to cut through profiles but for minutes at a time with large dia solids...
* mitering typically results in the blade meeting the work at a more favorable angle instead of coming straight down on it i.e. it's not only the cross sectional area but the way the cut is made through the work if that makes sense.
