Please spend more money to get a good blade. They work very well for about 20 or 30 cuts and then go to hell. I substituted the standard 1/8 inch blade so I could make rip cuts on the white oak I had. I figured a wider blade with a more appropriate pitch for slashing would be better. God I was wrong. I let 2 of these fly apart in the weld. The blade cut well enough that I thought the first was an accident and got the second. The same thing happened after about 20 cuts. I put on a small thin blade and it worked 100x shortcuts now.