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DEWALT DW8001, 14 in chop saw wheel

The abrasive alternative to a cold-cut blade: a 14-inch wheel that cuts anything ferrous, loudly and hot, for the price of a sandwich.

DEWALT 14 inch abrasive chop saw cut-off wheel

DEWALT DW8001, 14 in chop saw wheel

The abrasive alternative to a cold-cut blade: a 14-inch wheel that cuts anything ferrous, loudly and hot, for the price of a sandwich.

Amazon reference
B0000224J0
EAN
0028874080010
  • Cuts any ferrous section a 14 in chop saw will take, including hardened and heat-treated steel a toothed blade refuses
  • Aluminum oxide with a high grain concentration stated
  • No maximum speed published, on a 14 in wheel — the rating is printed on the disc rather than the page

Best for: A chop saw cutting structural steel, where speed and cost matter more than the finish

≈ $6
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Specifications

Amazon reference
B0000224J0
EAN
0028874080010

This is the cheapest cut on the whole site, and it belongs on a shelf of blades because it is the alternative to one. A 14-inch abrasive wheel in an ordinary chop saw will go through angle, box section, rebar, threaded rod and hardened bolt in seconds — including steel that is too hard for a toothed blade, which strips its teeth rather than cutting.

What you pay for that is everything else. The cut is loud, the sparks go everywhere, the edge comes out blue and burred and needs dressing, and the wheel consumes itself as it works: a 14 in disc worn down to 12 in has taken two inches off the saw’s depth of cut. A carbide cold-cut blade does the same job cool and clean for twenty to a hundred times the price, and lasts accordingly.

The listing is four lines and two of them are the same line. “High grain concentration for agressive cutting action and smoother running wheels” appears as the second bullet, and “High grain concentration for aggressive cutting action and smoother running wheels” as the fourth — the same sentence twice, misspelled once. What is not published is the thickness, the arbor size, or the maximum speed, which this site’s disc shelf treats as the first marking to read.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $6 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.

The questions welders ask

Abrasive wheel or cold-cut blade?

They are different tools for the same cut. An abrasive wheel grinds its way through, generating heat, sparks and a blue edge, and it will cut hardened steel that would strip the teeth off a carbide blade. A cold-cut circular blade shears the metal with teeth, leaves a cool, clean, nearly burr-free edge and lasts far longer — at twenty to a hundred times the price per blade. This hub’s introduction treats both as legitimate; the choice is between a consumable and an investment.

Why does the wheel get smaller?

Because that is how it cuts. An abrasive wheel works by shedding dulled grain and exposing fresh, so its diameter falls with use — a 14 in wheel worn to 12 in has lost two inches of depth of cut, and the chop saw’s capacity falls with it. That is normal and it is the main practical reason to buy wheels by the box rather than one at a time.

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