On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:08:45 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

Don't on any account buy a B&D Scorpion. They are utter ****e. I

Not only that they cut very slowly, and vibrate your hands to bits!

(although if you want one, pay the postage and you can have mine!)

If you weren't looking to spend that much (these are £150 and up),
then the Titan (Screwfix 94036) is a design of that type at around
£30.

These seem quite solid as well:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/name/reci...-Saw-21374.htm



I would have said so too. However, I happened to be in their shop
last autumn and somebody was returning one where the mechanism had
jammed....... Reminded me of the Scorpion affair, although might
have been a one-off.

This is one where I would almost be tempted to suggest buying a cheap
product. I can't think of an application involving a reciprocating
saw where precision or long periods of use come into the equation, and
I can't think of regular use applications either.

So my main concern then would be the cost of returning the thing when
it breaks being vastly more than the purchase price, and having to
procure another.



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..andy