#1

CLIMBING FRAME

By Scott Thomas

"The bars were cut from steel conduit which the blade went though like a hot knife through butter..."

I'd broken the my last mitre saw on another project so this was a good excuse to buy a new one. As soon as I saw the video of the Evolution Rage3 I new this was the tool for the job. One of the main reasons being I new I needed to cut steel tubing as well as wood. Not having to change blades was a big plus.

Most of the materials were reclaimed or leftovers from other projects. The big 3.4m beams were the runners from two giant pallets, the ply board, steel tubing and a few other sections of wood were lying around the shed, and the feather boards for the roof were from replaced fence panels, the Slide, swing, telescope and steering wheel were birthdays presents for my daughter. The only expense was deck boards and wood for balustrades, screws, bolts, cement and ballast, swing hooks, sand, handles for the sand pit cover, climbing holds, preservative, and window box.

Once all the holes were dug for the tower section, the planed and treated uprights were concreted in place. I had easily cut notches in the top of each upright, to support cross beams, with the Rage3. I set the depth to half way and cut multiple lines across the end of each upright and cross beam then knocked the waste out with a hammer and tidied with a chisel. Deck boards were used for the outer frame of the sandpit, quickly and easily cut on the Rage3. Cross beams formed the base then I lined it with ply board and cut a two-section cover to fit. The Rage3 made short work of all the cross beams and deck boards for the platform.

It was here that the Rage3 came in to its own and any doubts I may have had about its ability to cut metal using the same blade simply melted away. The bars were cut from steel conduit which the blade went though like a hot knife through butter except, as the video showed, the metal was still cold to the touch! Once cut, all the bars were fixed in to place and the monkey bar component fixed to the main tower.

#2

BIG FIREWOOD CUTTER

By Tony Lee

"One blade cuts many tons of wood very smoothly. Cutting huge amounts of big firewood with my Rage 3 truly is fun..."

I'm a retired dentist, 74 next Sunday. My wife and I enjoy constant central heating and hot water in our large country house. That's thanks to your great saw and our great friends, a demolition contracting family. Each year, we try to pay for their kind deliveries of loads of wood, to merely a tiny extent, by providing their Christmas turkey!

I bolt my 255mm Rage 3 onto a trestle bench (with old furniture castors for rollers), and cut heavy joists, 2" X 12", 3" X 12" and thicker, and bristling with nails and fittings, into one metre lengths. These I stack as close as possible to my boiler house, but sometimes have to 'overspill' to a larger stack in the yard where I do the cutting. Our french 'Geminox' boiler can easily take five one metre lengths, and burns quietly all night and day throughout Winter and Spring. Being next to a farmyard, I keep the site clear of nails etc, with a 600mm wide 'Nailbiter' wheeled magnet, which I recommend wholeheartedly.

One blade cuts many tons of wood very smoothly. Cutting huge amounts of big firewood with my Rage 3 truly is fun, as much as the Water Rat's messing about in boats is!

#4

'AARROW'
MULTI-FUEL STOVE

By Pete Baker

"Its a real bonus to have a single tool with a single blade so versatile."

Just a quick note to let you know how successfull the use of my Rage3 255mm chop saw was during the install of my 'Aarrow' multi-fuel stove. I used it to cut down the vitreous enamel chimey, the steel register plate and the plastering angle beads aswell as the woodwork (floorboard & skirtings), its a real bonus to have a single tool with a single blade so versatile. Of course I also cut down the timber that I stripped out for the stoves first burn!