Makita has announced several new XGT 40V cordless power tools for May and they include 2 new metal cutting saws. They are a 40V deep cut portable band saw GBP01 and a 40V 7-1/4″ metal cutting circular saw GSC01, both models being brushless of course.
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40V max XGT® Brushless Deep Cut Portable Band Saw (GBP01)
This is Makita’s latest cordless deep cut band saw and it offers some serious specs starting out with a Makita built brushless variable speed motor that allows up to 5″x5″ inch cut capacity for thick pipes and Makita says their new 40V model is twice as fast as their 18V XBP02 model! Being a 40V XGT power tool means it only requires one battery to operate which means less batteries to fiddle with than their X2 tools and a single battery bay versus a dual battery bay cuts down on tool bulk making for a bit less bulky cordless power tool than X2.
Other features include a soft start and electric brake, an LED light to help with low light, integrated blade tracking dial to keep the blade from wandering, die cast aluminum gear and blade housing for rugged durability, fold out hook to hang the tool when not in use, and anti-restart protection in case the trigger is pressed when you insert a battery so you don’t hurt yourself or damage property.
40V max XGT® Brushless 7-1/4″ Metal Cutting Saw, with Electric Brake and Chip Collector (GSC01)
Prior to this model, if you wanted a cordless Makita metal cutting saw, your choices included the 18V LXT 5-7/8″ metal cutting saw XSC02Z model or the X2 36V 14″ cut off saw XWL01Z model. While the larger cut off saw offered a larger cut capacity, it was a table top tool where you had to bring the material to the tool not the tool to the material, the 18V model was indeed more portable but had a smaller blade. Now you can have a truly portable model with a larger blade with the XGT 40V model which offers a regular sized 7-1/4″ metal cutting blade. Why not use a standard wood cutting circular saw and just attach a metal cutting blade on it you ask? That’s because a metal cutting circular saw is built from the ground up for the heavier demand of cutting metal including the torque needed to do so and beefed up blade guard to make sure they don’t spit sharp metal shards at you. As you can see, the upper blade guard fully encloses the upper blade section.
Makita says their XGT 40V metal cutting saw has up to two times faster cutting performance than their comparable corded model 4131 so a win for cordless plus they also say you get enough runtime with a 40V 4ah battery to make up to 160 cuts per charge! Other features include a large 2-5/8″ cut capacity thanks to a strong brushless motor and an electric brake to stop the blade quickly. An LED light helps with low light and also has preglow and afterglow to illuminate the cutting area before and after the cut area. Onboard storage is available for it’s included hex wrench for blade swaps. An additional safety feature includes a trigger switch with two stage lock-off to make sure you really want to make a cut, and also for safety of course so you don’t cut yourself.
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