I bought the 14 Fein Slugger Dry Cut Metal Saw over 6 months ago. I bought this saw for my own shop at home, but I use an Evolution 14 saw at work. The Evolution is still 1000X better than any abrasive saw, but the Slugger blows it way out of the water! There is really no comparison between them. The Evolutions base is about as flat as a pretzel, its stamped, thin sheet steel with waves, peaks, low-points, and a super rough surface. You cant even put a square up the front edge to true the fence angle up to the blade. The angle gauge is completely useless and inaccurate, so if you need any amount of precision, youll have to dial it in every time through trial and error. Basically it’s a guessing game with the Evo. Beyond that, the work holding mechanism is not very rigid for several reasons. The first, most obvious one is just that the entire base is a flimsy, pretzeled up piece of sheet steel. Second, the vibration of the saw and workpiece arent too bad, but theres way more vibration and blade deflection & walking than the Slugger. The third only applies when trying to make a miter cut, as the movable jaw cant provide sufficient surface area or the proper balance of clamping forces to support the workpiece at any angle other than 90, so the workpiece moves, causing theangle to come out wrong every time. The Evolution blades cut much slower than the Slugger blades, they vibrate, walk, deflect, and dont maintain smooth cutting action like the Slugger blades do. The Slugger is a beast, weighing over 60lbs. The base is very flat and has a super smooth surface finish, as do the vise jaws…
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