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Fox

I need a circular or plunge saw to chop up a load of Viroc cement boards (as featured in red on the Hackney Downs Grand Designs house!).

I'm doing a whole house self-build renovation, so whatever I buy is going to get plenty of use. It seems to make sense to buy a DeWalt circular saw (I'm already very much bought into the DeWalt 18v system) and use it with a track for cutting boards but then be able to use it for other jobs.

The other option is to get a cheap track saw like the Mac Allister one from B&Q and fit it with a decent blade, then buy a circular saw separately.

@dbr has also pointed out that I'll need a chop saw too (I had to google this - I've never even used a circular saw before so have no idea what I'm doing really).

Any pointers? Do I want 185mm or 165mm? Black Friday is coming, which is convenient...

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mespilus in reply to @Fox

You may like to consider an Evolution cutting blade. The abrasion from cementitious boards is extreme.
https://shop.evolutionpowertools.com/collections/evolution-blades/products/rageblade185multi

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Chaley in reply to @mespilus

You shouldn’t use these in non evolution saws, they cut at a different speed to regular saws. I want to say they are a fair bit slower. I have one of their chop saws and it’s great for having set up it the garage to cut stuff up, but they’re not all that in terms of precision.

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