I always had problems of chopping the material for milling and turning before, and eventually got a circular saw for metal. But that solved only part of problems, and chopping thick steel bars and tubing was still a challenge. I saw that others use bandsaws for that, and looking at price and reviews, decided to get this one. It came fully assembled and the box contained couple of M42 14TPI blades.When I installed blade and made first cuts, I was wondering why I did not get it before. I cut steel rounds, stainless steel, aluminum bars and steel structural tubing, and all worked fine. I was surprised that the manual was all about safety and did not explain how to select proper blade types and speed (for steel the speed must be rather slow for the blades to last). Getting few more blades for different materials would help.The tool is more robust than shown in the picture, and I could cut the washers from the tubing which were 0.8mm thick.But while the base is "OK", it did not meet my expectation because the description said that it is cast, not stamped steel. I was sold on this feature and did not get it. That is why I would give a combo only 4 stars, while the basic tool is worth 5 stars.