As a consequence, plunge saws can not only accept different blades for cutting different materials but also a lot of plunge saws have variable speed control integrated into their design to optimise for non-wood cutting.

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Finally, when it comes to dust extraction, plunge saws win hands down over their circular saw cousins, as their enclosed blades tend to prevent debris from flying off in all directions, and the enclosing structure surrounding the blade acts like an extension of the vacuum tube thereby maintaining the sucking power of the plunge saw’s vacuum system right through to the cutting interface. Other anti-kickback mechanisms are also sometimes incorporated into plunge saws, especially those without a riving knife.

As a consequence replacing the included blade with a higher-quality branded one, preferably with more than the 48 teeth of the budget blade, will go a long way to improving the quality of cuts one gets using this Einhell plunge saw. The maximum cutting depth of the Makita DSP600ZJ is an ample 56 mm when the blade is in its default perpendicular position and 40mm when angled at 45º. Plunge saws come in either a mains electricity-powered form, in which case their power specification is measured in Watts, or in a battery-powered form, where the voltage rating of the device is the unit of power measurement. Plunge saws are also the saw to use when cutting wall installation, as one can be very accurate with the cut and the mess that is usually produced when cutting foamy or fibrous insulation can be avoided by employing the superior vacuum system of the plunge saw.

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By scoring the workpiece before doing the actual cut reduces the likelihood that a chip will occur in the finished surface of the laminate. Some plunge saws have a feature that allows them to set the machine so that it will only score the workpiece rather than make a full cut. Hand-in-hand with this track-using feature is the ability of the plunge saw to cut without chipping out the edge of the material.

As noted above, plunge saws, like circular saws, can often angle their blades to carry out an angled or beveled cut. The SP001G is a 165mm (6-1/2") Brushless, cordless plunge cut saw with Auto-start Wireless System (AWS), powered by 40Vmax XGT Li-Ion battery. A similar situation is true at the other end of the scale where being able to tilt the blade further than the 0° setting, usually by a single degree, can also be useful for a similar reason. For some fortunate previous owners of track saws who might already own a track from another company such as Festool, the Makita DSP600ZJ can run successfully on other non-Makita branded tracks (with the exception of those from DeWalt). This is credited to the ability of the plunge saw to precisely control the plunge depth of the blade with millimetre levels of accuracy.