This is a decent blade for the money.I 've thrown everything from scraps of plywood, two by four wet kiln-dried Poplar, this blade and it has always had a decent tore cut.It Poplar almost splinter.I blade.If not recommend this to your attention that you cut, and keep it clean and sharp blade that will last long. Now get out there and do a bit of dust.
Aluminum Cuts like wood. Be careful though. The miter saw instructions you give precautions to follow for a given blade does not catch the metal (the part that is cut) and round like a ball on the back side of the saw. I have not read / follow the instructions of my saw, (and has learned the hard way).
I can not say enough good things about this saw. I got it for about a month and it works perfectly within its boundaries. Set up was easy and adjustments have been there out of the box. 40T blade it comes with is hard on wood and dust bag does not really work (like most of them), but can be adapted to a vacuum. Easy to adjust and relatively compact. Laser works well, and throat zero clearance is nice. Finally, I want a 12 "double bevel, but I'll use it for a long period of time.reduction equipment more than I do are better done with a table saw anyway. Excellent tool like most Ridgid tools I used.
