Saw does not perform as advertised. Overall it is a decent saw, but the hold down part is trash and the blades that are supposed to be designed to cut metal do a great job for 2 or 3 cuts then they are worthless and more like melt their way through the metal than actually cut. I do not recommend this saw. Save yourself the time and money and buy a standard friction disc metal chop saw. This saw is horrible for cutting mild steel. Using the mild steel blade to cut 3/8" rebar I got 2 good cuts. One labored cut and by the 4th cut I was melting my way through rather than cutting. I spent and extra $70 for the steel saw blade. The workpiece hold down clamp fell apart by the 6th cut. This is not professional grade... DO NOT BUY THIS SAW IF YOU INTEND TO USE IT TO CUT METAL!