Every so often in the building trade, you’ll come across a really impressive power tool that you end up wondering how you ever did without.
In this case, I’m talking about our discovery of Evolution power tools, and in particular our Evolution mitre saw. Quite simply, it’s one of the most reliable and accurate that we’ve ever had, and the price is simply unbelievable. They’ve got two main types available, the Fury and the Rage. Ours is a Rage 3, but we’ve also heard good things about their other saws too – so we’ve no reason to doubt that if you’re looking at another model it will be just as good too.
When it arrived it took minutes to assemble – we’ve had some in the past that come with tons of pieces to put together with instructions that you need a degree to decipher. With the Evolution, there was a small amount of assembly to do, but it was explained clearly and took a very small amount of time to complete. That’s a great advantage for us, as we’re paying staff wages, and we’d rather that time was spent on actually working rather than scratching heads trying to figure out what goes where.
So far, we’ve been using our Evolution for a couple of years, and the blades have lasted well. Admittedly we’ve got through quite a few, but that’s been true with other makes and models too. The good news here is they’re not too expensive – generally around £15 a pop. Switching over the blades is a simple task too – just make saw you and your staff know what they’re doing – we did catch one member of the team trying to fit the blade the wrong way around.
There are a lot of big brands out there, but we’ve been really impressed with this Evolution saw. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re in the market for a new mitre.