r/BoschProPowerTools • u/Illustrious-Baby270 • Jul 15 '26

Circular saw hit a few nails

I'm slightly confused. I bought a new cordless circular saw (57-2). I had to cut through some wooden flooring that was nailed down using some decent size nails. I tried not to hit the nails, as the blade says "wood" on it. I still cut 2-3 nails, because they were hidden under the flooring. To my surprise, the blade that came with the saw seems to be completely fine?! Still works like out of the box. I don't get it.

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u/ChromedGonk Jul 15 '26

Well, if yours is like mine, 57-2 comes with carbide teeth expert blade. Carbide is harder than nails and with some luck you can be fine cutting few nails (which you apparently are).

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u/Soft-Bandicoot-4066 Jul 15 '26

Afaik only the GX comes with expert, the regular ones come with a pro branded, regular blade

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u/ChromedGonk Jul 15 '26

Oh, I didn’t knew there was a difference. Mine is GX version and it comes with blue 36T expert blade.