I cut a lot of Sheet Metal, especially 22 to 26 gauge stainless and this tool has replaced by Milwaukee 18 V cut off tool for that. Very balanced and lots of control. Also much easier in tight spaces to get a good cut. Another great Milwaukee tool that I didn’t know I how much I needed until I had one.
This is an excellent small cut off tool for many applications in the electrical construction industry, it will easily cut Uni-Strut, large diameter wire, PVC conduit, EMT conduit, IMC conduit, GRC conduit and threaded rod without any problems...Overall this tool performed as indicated, intended and expected without any issues...
I bought it specifically for tile work. The smaller size & ergonomics are better biomechanically than the grinder I've been using. The smaller diameter of the disc allows for tighter radius cuts. All other reviews say to use a 4.0 or higher battery.
For a 12v tool, It works awesome. I used it to build a roll cage for my SXS, with the right cutting discs, it can perform very well! Make sure to use the larger 12v batteries, it eats through the small ones pretty quick.
I jumped on this tool because there is always just one thing in metal I need to cut all of a sudden and the hacksaw is always a struggle. I had a 18" piece of 12ga stainless that I needed to cut across and this went through it easily. BUT it sucked the battery dry in no time so I would recommend the 3.0 or the XC style batteries for any larger project. The 1.5 batteries that I have were warm in about 5 minutes of cutting. I needed to let them cool before the charger would accept them. I was afraid I could damage the batteries permanently by overtaxing them. But it worked out fine. It is a sweet little tool! Oh and if you are thinking the dust port will be useful, it will take some fiddling to get the size to match your vacuum. Why must it always be so?
I use this tool to cut things that normally I would cut with a hacksaw. It wouldn't replace a hacksaw for VERY accurate cuts in small items where you might have to start off very slowly, or cut a groove in a small screw head etc. (that might be rounded off) but for cutting small metal or plastic items or similar, it is hard to imagine going back too a hacksaw now. If you can use the power of a small circular saw blade on anything, then this is the 'go-too' tool I use. The hacksaw has remained hanging on it's nail since purchasing this tool. Highly recommended.
Used this on a few projects and I really like it. It’s compact but yet works extremely well on cutting metal and other products. Glad I purchased this cutter, saved me a lot of time.
Great for my mobile service work, great when out in the "back 40" cutting something off of some old parts car. Compliments my Milwaukee M18 Sawzall. Buy It.