I came across this video by tool taker-apart-er extraordinaire AvE on the YouTube about the Dremel Saw Max. This tool is a mash-up between an angle grinder and a mini worm-geared circ saw. Mine has gotten me out of more than a few âwhat am I going to use to cut [____ fill in material I never cut]â situations.
It sailed through a 1 1/4-inch paper-composite countertop that had sent my jigsaw screaming for shelter. Because it cuts wood and plastic by abrading, not removing chips, itâs great for clean cuts in 1/4-inch lauan. It also operates as a grinder and cuts metal. I bet itâs killer for vinyl siding.
In the BOLTR video, AvE gives the toolâs construction high marks from the cord retention to the switch. Itâs solidly built. It does have a bearing that can’t be repaired, but I think that’s OK because if you use it like I doâsparinglyâyouâll never wear it out. I donât think Iâve even worn out a blade, which he says are expensive to replace.
When heâs under the hood, he finds a loss-prevention magnet built into the tool. âSkookum.â He likes this and then says that big-box stores that sell this tool donât buy their inventory. Rather they sell tools and pay manufacturers like Bosch (the Dremel parent) upon the sale of tools. He calls big boxes tool consignment stores. Interesting.
The Saw Max is small and lower power but fast. BOLTR (AvEâs tool playlist) says he gets 14,000 ârip âemsâ out of it. Whatâs interesting is that he does a little math to come up with a stat that I had to think about for a minute: âSurface Feet.â
Basically, if this thing were on a rail, it would go 10,000 feet in one minute. Thatâs some skookum chooch.
He also claims it âgets hotter than a 2-dollar pistol,â which is something I havenât found to be true. And that the â30% glass reinforced nylon guardâ is set up to melt from sparks while grinding. True in theory, but I havenât encountered it.
He talks like most of us talk so if you get triggered by 4-letter words or him yelling at his camera, this video is not for you.
Enjoy the video.
