Usually the only thing you get from a cyclone is a mess, but the Cyclone from Evolution helps metal shops clean up. The end is hollow, with a big magnetic plunger in it. Wave the magic wand over your mess, picking up the ferrous scrap, then hold it over the scrap barrel and pull the plunger. If only there was a version for sawdust.
Evolution sells the Cyclone for $13.
Cyclone Magnetic Cleaner [Evolution]
Dropping a tool’s list price down out of the thousand-dollar range can make it affordable to lots of small companies, but when I saw this Bora magnetic drill listed for under half cost, I started looking for a catch. There is one, sort of: The travel on this mag drill is only 2″. But if your application doesn’t need more than that, you may be able to switch to a tool that’s a third of the usual price.
A couple of different Toolmonger readers have written in to ask us what we think of the Evolution Rage circ saws. If you haven’t heard of them, here’s their elevator speech: they claim their saws can cut through steel, aluminum, and wood — even wood with nails in it — with “virtually no burr or sparks.” They also say that their saws don’t heat up steel, which means you can handle the cut right afterward.
Besides these claims, they’re pretty much standard circ saws. The 7-1/4″ model (pictured) cuts 2-1/8″ at 90 degrees or 1-3/8″ at 45. The interesting part is that it spins at 3,500 rpm. Also of note: Evolution claims this model has a “30 minute maximum duty cycle.”
Sadly, we haven’t tried one of these out. Until we can rectify that, do any of you have experience with ‘em? Let us know in comments.
Rage Circ Saw [Evolution]
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