- Brand: Astro Pneumatic Tool
- Blade Material: High Speed Steel
- Surface Recommendation: Fiberglass
- Power Source: air-powered
- Special Feature: Brushless
- Ideal for body shop repair muffler and exhaust work
- Adjustable blade guide increases blade life
- Cuts all types of aluminum plastic fiberglass and sheet metal
- Cuts intricate shapes and tight radius curves on flat and curved surfaces







Leia Waters –
Started out with the cheap version from the local Chinese freight store for $22. You can feel the difference in quality right out of the box before even trying it out. This tool feels more solid in every aspect imaginable and comes with al the paperwork you expect from a quality tool (warranty card, complete parts diagram, etc). It only got better from there once I hooked it up and tried it out. The motor is MUCH quieter and appears to rotate faster. I made a 4″ long cut in some 18 gauge sheet metal in about 10 seconds that had been taking me about a minute with the cheaper saw. Really impressed with this product. Wish I had bought it first!
JimF –
Saw this tool listed with good reviews and noted that it would be perfect for some projects I have “in the works.” Therefore, I had to have one. Nicely made and with 5+1 blades and two hex wrenches included, you need only a hose fitting, a few drops of air tool oil and you are ready to go. The wrenches allow blade changes and blade guard adjustment. As with many air tools, the operating lever is pretty much either off or on. After a few minutes cutting, I was used to it.As to its purpose, there are jobs in which a handsaw is too bulky, clumsy, or cannot start a hole on an inside cut. By the same measure, a jigsaw may not be able to access the cut or the material is too heavily contoured. This mini-Sawzall solves that. I wondered about the 1/4″ stroke but the bi-metal blades that are included pretty decent and cut the appropriate material quickly. Curves are easily cut. Sometimes too easily for my hands. The blade flexes and one must watch any precision cut closely and progress slowly. Vehicle exhaust tubing, excess material or other non-precision cuts go very quickly. The exhaust collar may be rotated to direct the air and shavings away from you.The only thing I wanted was a blade guide which would control the side-to-side flex. I pondered for a bit and found that the “straw” from inside an aerosol brake cleaner can fit nicely over the blade guard. With a little hair dryer heat and twisting, the 1″ polyethylene straw sections slid into place on the guard, straddling the blade. But their thickness left too much gap. So, I cut two 1″ sections of vacuum tubing and slid them over the straws. Now, the blade still has room to flex, but is more controllable as you cut.Overall, a very handy, well-made-in-Taiwan air tool that should last a good long time.
SCalhoun –
Ran this with a 2.0 hp compressor with a 10 gallon tank. I got this saw to cut sheet metal for auto restoration, but the first job I used this on was cutting the tubular frame on a set of bucket seats for custom mounting.The saw cut through the double wall steel tubing without much problem. It didn’t stall out, and absolutely sips air. The supplies blades cut cleanly and fairly quickly through this steel and stayed sharp through multiple cuts. The tool doesn’t vibrate as much as some others, so I was able to use it without discomfort. The blade guard is adjustable, and the blades are nice and thin.I can’t speak to the tool’s durability, as I’ve only used it once, but it is a great value for the casual user. If you need one, you could do a lot worse than this one.
Stealthbuilt –
I had an ingersoll rand for about 2 years but it began to fail to work. I decided to try the cheaper astro saw and so far its working great. Very powerful and has been easy to use for everything I’ve done. I will say it is much more aggressive and more of an “on or off” as the ingersoll rand you could feather in the throttle a bit better. I would say it is probably not quite as precise because of that, but still works great.
Noah –
This makes pretty short work of sheet metal. The cheap one every hobbyist goes to first thinking they’ll save a couple bucks since you won’t use it much, listen up, this is for you.I have both and can tell you with confidence, this one has a bit more than double the strength, cycles way faster and transmits about 50% the vibration. I have pretty severe carple tunnel in both hands and tend to accidentally drop the cheap one because I can’t feel my hands after about 30 seconds, the Astro is much easier on me, I can go several minutes before needing to shake out my hand and stretch.As for blades, don’t blow a bunch of money on the tiny little blades these are supposed to use. I was very pleased when I was able to put a hacksaw blade in this with zero modifications! Buy the expensive long hacksaw blades and cut them into 3-4 pieces. You’ll have a better blade at a fraction of the cost. If you need a longer blade, cut the hacksaw blade to the desired length…. Or just leave it whole and you’ll have a flexible, long reach blade.The price difference between the cheap one and this one is very little. It’s also way less headache to use too.
FIG –
Appears to be very high quality, made in Taiwan, good value for price.
Troy C. –
Nice tool easy-to-use
Arien haddock –
VERY useful little saw and quite powerful, you can use whole or pieces of hacksaw blades in the arbor with no problem, works much better than the correct blades anyway if you buy good blades. Had no problem cutting though sold cast steel, hardened bolts and all in very tight quarters where a standard whiz tool or sawzall wont fit. For the price works just as good as the tool truck expensive brands, some tool trucks even sell astro tools. If you wrench you know, just get this saw if you need a compact saw you can put almost any blade into.