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Originally posted by turbo6bar
Randy, I bought the Chicago Electric with sliding tray (not the bridge saw you have pictured) and am still using it today. My brother and I have laid down several thousand square feet (lost count a long time ago) using that junker saw, and it has served well. In my opinion, you're not going to break that saw, but you probably will wear out the blade in no time. I haven't cut slate before, so maybe the blade will be fine.
regards,
jurgen
I have purchased loads of tools from Harbor Freight and most do fine for what little I use them for.

One very important part is what Jurgen mentioned above is that their saws and cutting wheels are worthless. Buy the tool at HF but get a good saw wheel at Lowes or Home Depot (buy two, one as a spare just in case) to use on the job.

Bought a sawsall from HF recently and the tool was fine, but their blades were like butter trying to cut 18 gauge steel. Got some from HD and worked like a champ. Learned my lesson.
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