[Dick Linn]

I have a Hitachi that I got at Home Depot or Lowe's that wasn't all that expensive, maybe $160. It does a very nice job. Check the range of angle adjustments - not all are as flexible. If you are using one to chop aluminum, you might want to consider a bandsaw instead. The most bang for the buck is the $200. Homier bandsaw, if you can get it in a tent sale and not pay for shipping. It is much safer for chopping metal.

We had an incident in our team shop where a metal-cutting sawblade on a chopsaw shed a tooth or two. One carbide sawtooth nearly penetrated the goggles of the student, right at the center of one of his eyes. Fortunately, it did not, but it left a hole!