Customer Reviews

Milwaukee 48-00-1430 9-Inch Tungsten Carbide Sawzall Blades, 3-Pack

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These blades are pricey, but they are the best thing I've used yet for cutting cast iron piping during remoding jobs. I've tried metal cutting circular saw blades, metal cutting disks on an angle grinder, other metal cutting reciprocating saw blades and a pneumatic cut off wheel. This not only does the job, but one blade will last long enough to cut many pipes!

What a difference when cutting up steel last a whole lot longer then a standard blade.

It only took two of these blades to cut up a 16' fiberglass sail boat.

The package itself shows that this blade is NOT for cast iron or hard tile. I bought this product to cut through a piece of aluminum channel. Took probably 45 minutes, which was far longer than it took at the metal yard. They did it in about 2 seconds. I like my sawzall Factory-Reconditioned Milwaukee 6538-821 15-Amp Super Sawzall Orbital Reciprocating Saw with Case quite a bit and eventually I got through the channel, but I expected way more out of the blades. I don't find them all that special. Oh, and this might be painfully obvious to most people, but just in case, do NOT use them for wood - they will make a huge mess out of that.

I still have two out of three left, so if I find a good use for them that I would recommend, I will post it. By the way, the package says that these cut:

Fiberglass
Block
Masonry
Plaster
Ceramic tile

The two items shown that they specifically are not able to cut are:
Hard Tile (Grade 5)
Cast Iron

The one that is supposed to cut Cast Iron and Hard Tile (Grade 5) is the diamond Milwaukee 48-00-1440 Sawzall Blade 6" Diamond Grit and Milwaukee 48-00-1450 Sawzall Blade 9" Diamond Grit

I purchased these blades believing they were tungsten tipped blades, as the picture attached shows clearly teeth on the blade, And the description said tungsten carbide.
No where has it said "Carbide grit Blades" as it clearly says on the packets once they were delivered. Misleading info and picture !!

I needed a reliable blade to cut up a cast iron stair railing for disposal. Using a hand hacksaw was extremely time-comsuming and hard on the body, as it took a long time for just one cut. This blade inserted into Sawzall tool (mine was sold by Sears), worked just fine and only took 10 minutes per cut vs. an hour by hand. The blade was still in excellent condition after three cuts so I'm very please with the result. I have not tried it on anything else.

Bought these for my new Milwaukee 2625-21CT M18 18-Volt Hackzall Cordless One-Handed Reciprocating Saw Kit. The spec DOES say for metal, and once I got the package it read not for metal. You need a diamond saw blade for cutting metal.

Luckly the kit did include ONE bi-metal saw blade; and I was able to do the work I had bought it for.

I own a large selection of Milwaukee tools and a few Hilti tools. IMO, getting Milwaukee products are like getting Hilti products for a little less money. However, if you work in punishing, demanding conditions everyday, all day, then Hilti may be the way to go for the very long haul. For 90%, Milwaukee is a good bet.

The product is fine, the supplier was slow in shipping and the shipping charges were excessive. I will not order from them again.