Comments on: Dealmonger: Evolution Rage 2 Chop Saw $251 http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/29/dealmonger-evolution-rage-2-saw/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/29/dealmonger-evolution-rage-2-saw/#comment-1022051 John Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:13:16 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=17716#comment-1022051 Hey, thank you so much for the write up! I just wanted to update your readers to let them know that we've dropped the price on the Evolution Rage 2 Chop Saw AGAIN! You can now find it for $245.89 using the link above. Regards, John Thieling Co-Founder Ron's Home And Hardware Hey, thank you so much for the write up!

I just wanted to update your readers to let them know that we’ve dropped the price on the Evolution Rage 2 Chop Saw AGAIN!

You can now find it for $245.89 using the link above.

Regards,

John Thieling
Co-Founder
Ron’s Home And Hardware

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/29/dealmonger-evolution-rage-2-saw/#comment-725031 fred Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:48:57 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=17716#comment-725031 When Toolmonger posted an item about the Evolution saws I commented that I had been using a similar - if not identical to the MK Morse saw. At that time MK Morse marketed them as Metal Devils - CSM7 MB @7inch and CSM9MB @9 inch. Morse also sells several different saw blades - one for mild steel, another for stainless and a third for aluminum. I’ve used it to cut mild steel plate - and it works well with a fresh blade. It works even better on roof decking which is thinner and hard to cut easily with any other tool - this saw is good for that application. I’ve heard that the secret to it working - is a tooth geometry and material (cermet?) that results in much cooler running. I also said that “I’ve used the 9 inch Morse Saw on roof decking (corrugated sheet steel). It has a chip collection chamber (needs to be emptied regularly) - but other than that there are very few sparks flying about and landing on folks beneath the work. This was never the case with abrasive wheel cutting - and nibbling was never a practical option.” And that “ I continue to be impressed using my Morse (aka Evolution Saw). I was a bit worried about life expectancy - based on the warnings in the instruction manual - but I think thay are conservative - or are based on very severe use. I use mine for metal roof decking - not plate steel.” I’ve not tried the chop saw variant – as we do most of our in-shop cutting with either our tilting band saw (Armstrong-Blum Marvel) or our Doall. When Toolmonger posted an item about the Evolution saws I commented that I had been using a similar - if not identical to the MK Morse saw.
At that time MK Morse marketed them as Metal Devils - CSM7 MB @7inch and CSM9MB @9 inch. Morse also sells several different saw blades - one for mild steel, another for stainless and a third for aluminum. I’ve used it to cut mild steel plate - and it works well with a fresh blade. It works even better on roof decking which is thinner and hard to cut easily with any other tool - this saw is good for that application.
I’ve heard that the secret to it working - is a tooth geometry and material (cermet?) that results in much cooler running.
I also said that “I’ve used the 9 inch Morse Saw on roof decking (corrugated sheet steel). It has a chip collection chamber (needs to be emptied regularly) - but other than that there are very few sparks flying about and landing on folks beneath the work. This was never the case with abrasive wheel cutting - and nibbling was never a practical option.” And that “ I continue to be impressed using my Morse (aka Evolution Saw). I was a bit worried about life expectancy - based on the warnings in the instruction manual - but I think thay are conservative - or are based on very severe use. I use mine for metal roof decking - not plate steel.”
I’ve not tried the chop saw variant – as we do most of our in-shop cutting with either our tilting band saw (Armstrong-Blum Marvel) or our Doall.

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