Actually, the blade is designed to work at the secpific revolutions of the machine, so using it in anything else would probably result in overheating, warping and loss of teeth. In the worst case you could have pieces of blade fragment and turn to shrapnel. Anyway, the motor is very good, the torque is great and the thing is not even expensive, so why not give it a try? Mine is just fine.

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