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Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. This is the COMOWARE twelve-inch aluminum-cutting

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blade I used with my DEWALT miter

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saw. I cut a lot of twenty-twenty

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aluminum extrusion for my van,

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and that combination made those cuts smoother,

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quicker and easier than the other tools

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I tried. The matching product is the

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twelve-inch, hundred-tooth COMOWARE blade.

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Its specification sheet identifies a one-inch arbor,

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carbide tips and a triple-chip tooth pattern

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for nonferrous stock. Blade diameter,

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the center mounting hole and the teeth

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describe different parts of the blade.

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My matching picture and Amazon buying link

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are on the full review page below.

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My DEWALT D W S seven-fifteen miter

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saw was the tool driving this blade.

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The blade and saw were a combination

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in my build, rather than interchangeable names

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for the same product.

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The matching saw picture shows that supporting

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tool, while the blade picture identifies the

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cutting accessory I am reviewing here.

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One roof-mount job began with a fifty-eight-inch

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extrusion beam and three short aluminum connector

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blanks. I cut the beam and the

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one-point-seven-five-inch connector pieces before drilling them.

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My actual photographs show the connections and

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the added extrusion raising the light bar

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above the existing rack.

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The fitting work came after the cutting.

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Each connector needed drilled holes,

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and the two sides used different hardware

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sizes. The rack side and the twenty-twenty

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side had their own slot nuts and

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bolts. I repositioned the small nuts while

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starting the fasteners. The diagram separates cutting

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the stock, drilling the connectors and fitting

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the assembly. My review is positive about

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that extrusion-cutting combination. It cut the aluminum

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more smoothly, quickly and easily than the

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other tools I had tried.

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That result is why this blade belongs

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in my actual build kit.

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The roof photographs show the fabricated assembly

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and its hardware, alongside the blade and

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saw pictures that explain the setup.

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The Freud L U eighty-nine M zero-twelve

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is another twelve-inch circular blade for nonferrous

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stock on my comparison page.

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The DEWALT D W forty-eight ninety-two assortment

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is a different approach: straight blades driven

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back and forth by a reciprocating saw.

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I used that DEWALT set elsewhere in

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the van, but it is not a

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substitute disc that mounts on my miter

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saw. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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This was my COMOWARE twelve-inch blade experience

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cutting aluminum extrusion, from the saw and

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blade combination to the drilled roof-mount connectors.

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The full review, matching pictures,

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related saw review and current Amazon buying

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options are linked below.

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Until next time.