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Salvamac Legend 500 Semi-Automatic Crosscut Saw
Semi-automatic crosscut saw for medium-section wood cutting, with a 500 mm blade, 5.5 kW motor, 2800 rpm blade speed, 125 mm cutting thickness, 310 mm cutting width, pneumatic cutting-speed control, and reinforced steel construction.
The core mid-range Legend crosscut saw for safe, reinforced, medium-section production cutting.
The Salvamac Legend 500 is a semi-automatic crosscut saw with tilting blade movement for fast, safe, high-quality cutting of medium wood sections up to 125 mm thick and 310 mm wide, with optional cutting width up to 375 mm depending on configuration.
For Titan, Legend 500 should be positioned as the central mid-range Legend saw: stronger than Legend 400, more compact than Legend 550 / 600 / 650, and a practical fit for shops that need serious production cutting without moving into the larger heavy-section machines.
Best-fit shop profile
Legend 500 is the right machine conversation when a shop is fighting undersized chop saws, unsafe repetitive cutting, inconsistent cut quality, slow manual cut-off, poor material support, and lighter machines that cannot hold up to daily use.
500 mm blade capacity, 5.5 kW motor power, 125 mm cutting thickness, reinforced painted steel structure, pneumatic cut-speed adjustment, and ergonomic two-hand safety operation.
Legend 500 gives solid wood, pallet, packaging, cabinet, door, stair, furniture, and millwork shops a safe, rugged, semi-automatic crosscut station for medium-section production cutting.
Core mid-range platform
The 500 mm blade and 5.5 kW motor make Legend 500 the practical middle option in the Legend range for medium-section production cutting.
125 mm cut thickness
Cuts medium wood sections up to 125 mm thick, making it a stronger production step above the smaller Legend 400.
Reinforced steel construction
Painted, thick, reinforced steel construction and flanged steel feet support stability and durability in daily shop-floor use.
Safety-focused operation
Ergonomic bimanual safety controls, pneumatic cutting-speed adjustment, and protected presser movement support safer repetitive cutting.
Built for medium-section solid wood crosscutting, pallet and packaging parts, cabinet and architectural woodwork, door parts, stair parts, furniture blanks, and repetitive cut-off work.
Legend 500 is a medium-section semi-automatic crosscut saw. It should stay separate from the smaller Legend 400, the heavier Legend 550 / 600 / 650 models, Legend 500 Combo, SalvaStop positioning systems, and SalvaPush / SalvaCut optimizing systems.
Solid Wood Crosscutting
Medium-section rough lumber, furniture parts, rails, stiles, frame blanks, stair parts, and millwork components.
Pallet & Packaging Production
Pallet boards, crate material, packaging components, blocking, and repeated cut-off work.
Door, Stair & Millwork Parts
Blank preparation before tenoning, profiling, moulding, sanding, assembling, or downstream machining.
Cabinet & Architectural Woodwork
Face-frame stock, solid-wood parts, custom components, fixture parts, and secondary cut-off after ripping or rough milling.
Furniture Production
Furniture blanks, frame stock, component cutting, solid wood parts, and repeated shop cut-off work.
Upgrade From Manual Chop Saws
Good fit where a shop needs safer repetitive cutting and a more robust machine than a manual chop saw or light-duty cut-off saw.
Salvamac Legend 500
A central mid-range semi-automatic crosscut saw for shops needing safe, reinforced, medium-section wood cutting.
The Salvamac Legend 500 is the central mid-range machine in the Legend semi-automatic crosscut saw family. Its 500 mm blade, 5.5 kW motor, and 2800 rpm blade speed make it suitable for cutting medium wood sections up to 125 mm thick and 310 mm wide, with optional width capability up to 375 mm depending on configuration.
The machine is built around a painted, thick, reinforced steel structure, making it a practical fit for daily cut-off work in cabinet shops, millwork shops, pallet shops, packaging shops, furniture shops, stair shops, and other production environments cutting solid wood sections.
The operator workflow is semi-automatic and safety-focused. The cut is activated through ergonomic two-hand controls, the cut speed is adjusted by pneumatic regulator, and the presser movement uses ball bearings with double dust protection and automatic lubrication.
The core specification set includes 500 mm blade diameter, 5.5 kW blade motor power, 2800 rpm blade speed, 7 Nl air consumption per cycle, 1 x 120 mm / 1 x 100 mm suction ports, 125 mm maximum cutting thickness, and 310 mm maximum cutting width, with optional cutting width up to 375 mm depending on configuration.
From a Titan Equipment standpoint, the Legend 500 should be sold as the right machine when the customer needs a safe, reinforced, mid-range crosscut saw but does not need the 150 mm capacity of Legend 550 / 600 or the 200 mm capacity of Legend 650. The discovery conversation should cover stock size, cut-list workflow, dust extraction, air supply, voltage, blade requirements, infeed/outfeed support, stops, operator count, and whether the customer should stay with Legend 500 or move into Legend 500 Combo, SalvaStop, SalvaPush 2000, or SalvaCut.
Titan sales position
Position Legend 500 around safe medium-section production cutting, reinforced construction, practical semi-automatic operation, pneumatic cutting-speed control, and a clear upgrade path into Legend 500 Combo or Salvamac optimization.
Use Legend 500 as Titan’s core mid-range Legend saw before heavier 150 mm, wide-section, or optimizing upgrades.
Legend 500 sits above Legend 400 for power and cutting capacity, below Legend 550 for 150 mm thickness, below Legend 600 for 610 mm width, and below Legend 650 for maximum section capacity. Legend 500 Combo, SalvaStop, SalvaPush 2000, and SalvaCut become the next conversation when programmable stops, optimization, defect cutting, reporting, or production-line integration becomes the real requirement.
Good: Legend 400
Best for smaller semi-automatic crosscutting and lower section capacity where the customer does not need the 500 mm blade platform.
Better: Legend 500
Best for shops needing a strong mid-range semi-automatic crosscut saw with 500 mm blade, 5.5 kW motor, and 125 mm cutting thickness.
Best Mid-Heavy Upgrade: Legend 550 / 600
Use Legend 550 when 150 mm thickness is required, and Legend 600 when the customer needs wider 610 mm cutting capacity.
Maximum / Optimization Upgrade
Use Legend 650 for maximum Legend capacity, or Combo / SalvaStop / SalvaPush / SalvaCut when cut-list automation is required.
Legend 500 specifications without table formatting.
Final published specifications should follow the quoted Titan/Canadian configuration. Confirm Titan SKU, optional cutting-width configuration, electrical package, blade, guarding, infeed/outfeed support, measuring stops, roller conveyors, dust extraction, compressed air, footprint, installation, startup, training, warranty, and service path.
For cabinet, millwork, furniture, stair, door, pallet, packaging, and solid-wood shops that need safe medium-section cutting, reinforced construction, and practical semi-automatic operation.
Legend 500 should be sold as a mid-range cut-off productivity machine. The correct package depends on stock size, cut-list workflow, need for stops, dust extraction, air supply, voltage, blade requirements, infeed/outfeed support, operator count, optional cutting-width requirements, and whether the customer should stay with Legend 500, move to Legend 500 Combo, or move into Salvamac optimization.
Strong fit for
Shops that need more safety, better repeatability, and stronger daily-use construction than a manual chop saw or light-duty cut-off station can provide.
Confirm during quoting
Legend 500 is configuration dependent. Final customer-facing publishing should match Titan’s quoted Canadian configuration.
Request a Salvamac Legend 500 machine quote.
Send Titan your material type, maximum section size, cut lengths, current cutting process, safety concerns, production volume, need for measuring stops or programmable stops, dust extraction, compressed air, electrical service, infeed / outfeed support needs, and whether you are comparing Legend 500 against Legend 400, Legend 550, Legend 600, Legend 650, Legend 500 Combo, SalvaStop, SalvaPush 2000, or SalvaCut.