cuts great, literally thousands of cuts in a week, about 3,000 5" cuts in 3/4" air dried white pine, 6,000 cross cuts of about a half inch in the same pine. The only reason I knocked the sprocket off is it was causing a lot of vibration, it didn't seem to affect the cut but did cause some of the fasteners to loosen in a non-critical area of the machine. I suspect the vibration is coming from the weld. I would buy this brand again and recommend it wholeheartedly, my blade still has plenty of life, no burned cuts despite the many cracks I've made.