Heck, I will toss in $50 towards that, it would be more, but as with Alex’s comment, Christmas has me just about tapped out.
I can do $50 as well.$700 to go.
The curious mind that I have asks, “Why can’t we also have a cold saw?”
I’ll kick in $100. stupidadditionsforanoyingdiscourse.
Turns out this is a DeWalt DW705 saw.
http://documents.dewalt.com/documents/English/Instruction%20Manual/386782-01,DW705eng.pdf
It requires 12" blades, 4000RPM rating, and 1" arbor.
I have been unable to find a blade in 12" with 1" arbor rated for 4000RPM and ferrous material. They only come in the 14", or for low speed saws like this one.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_48565_48565
bwmmcall - The difference is this: The high speed miter saw cuts by removing small chips; it’s in the design of the teeth - it works the same for wood as it does for aluminum. A chop saw for steel uses a sort of giant cut-off wheel and cuts by scraping tiny little particles off, generating a ton of heat and sparks (the reason you cannot use a cut-off wheel on aluminum is because the heat generated is enough to soften/melt aluminum, thus glazing the blade, thus not exposing the metal to fresh abrasive. A cold saw, as bg says, is differentiated by speed (about 100 rpm vs 2000+rpm. Another difference is the blade - it is non-carbide. The reason is that carbide is very brittle - at the higher speed they chip and break. There are carbide blades for the slow running cold saws, but they are different and also require some sort of liquid coolant. Probably more than you wanted to know 