The centre of the shop · review
The one saw here that will cut steel as well as wood — a genuinely useful trick, and a compromise on the wood cut that goes with it.
The bottom line A specialist tool that happens to be cheap. If you never cut metal, the money is better spent on the Scheppach or the Metabo.
Hands-on testing pending. Nothing below is presented as our own measurement. Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgements are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
255 mm multi-material blade, 1 800 W with soft start, bevel to 45°, mitre to ±60°, and a 3 m cable. Evolution rates the supplied blade for wood, metal and plastic.
Evolution built its business on carbide-tipped blades that cut mild steel dry, without coolant and without the shower of sparks an abrasive disc produces. It works, it is genuinely useful in a mixed workshop, and no other saw on this page offers it.
The question is whether you cut metal. If the answer is no — and for most people reading a woodworking site it is — then this is a 255 mm saw whose blade is a compromise, competing against saws whose blade is not. The Scheppach above has more table and a stand at a lower price; the Metabo has a better fence.
A blade that cuts steel has a tooth geometry that cuts steel: more teeth, a different grind, a different rake. On wood that produces a cut that is acceptable rather than clean, especially across the grain and on veneered material. The fix is straightforward — keep the supplied blade for metal, fit a dedicated wood blade for wood — and it costs the price of a blade.
Hot metal chips and a bin of fine sawdust are a bad combination, and an extractor connected during a metal cut delivers the first directly into the second. Either empty and disconnect the extractor for metal work, or accept sweeping up afterwards.
One reference across the five European markets we checked, on one EAN, and consistently the cheapest 255 mm saw among them. Not sold on amazon.com.
| Blade diameter | 255 mm |
|---|---|
| Motor | 1 800 W, soft start |
| Bevel | 45° |
| Mitre | ±60° |
| Supplied blade | Multi-material TCT — wood, metal and plastic |
| Cable | 3 m |
| Amazon reference | B0CZTZKRPH (identical on 5 markets) |
| EAN | 5056583007696 |
It cuts wood perfectly well and it does not cut it as cleanly as a dedicated wood blade with the right tooth count and grind. Treat the supplied blade as the metal-cutting one, buy a proper wood blade for wood, and swap — the saw is then better at both jobs than any single blade makes it.
On a machine designed for it and with the blade it was designed to use, yes — that is the point of this one. The hazard people miss is downstream: hot metal chips into an extractor full of wood dust. Empty the extractor first, or run the metal cuts without it and sweep up.
18 V · 70 mm cut height · 216 mm blade · bare tool
A cordless table saw with a 70 mm cut height and no battery in the box — and a French price nearly €300 below the British one.
Best for: Site work and small shops already holding Bosch Professional 18 V batteries
≈ £820 / 620 €
210 mm · rack-and-pinion fence · 65 mm cut
The most refined compact saw here: a rack-and-pinion fence that moves squarely by design, in a body small enough to carry in one hand.
Best for: Site work and small workshops where accuracy matters more than capacity
≈ £540 / 480 €
254 mm · sliding carriage · 2 000 W
The only saw here with a sliding carriage built in — which is what turns a table saw into something that crosscuts panels accurately.
Best for: A workshop that regularly breaks down and squares sheet goods
≈ 635 €
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
