"Pete C" wrote in message
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OK...

First impressions, fairly heavy but well balanced. The 4m rubber cable
is made by the 'Wuxi Wire Factory' no less

The blade clamp and mechanism has virtually no play at all, though the
blade support roller has some side to side movement.

Comes with 3 blades, a coarse wavy set wood blade, a medium taper
ground wood blade and a fine wavy set HSS metal blade. The box states
the blades are Swiss made, but somehow I doubt the jigsaw is

Tried it out with the medium wood blade on ply with the cutting angle
at 90 deg, and found it cut a few degrees off vertical. Easily sorted,
just moved the shoe foward and tried a few cuts adjusting until it was
bang on.

Also found when cutting close to an edge the plastic shoe flexes in
the middle which can make the cut wander, so took it off. Underneath
there is a plated steel plate screwed to the ally base, so at least
the steel doesn't mark wood the way ally would.

Next tried some test cuts on ply using a guide. If run at a fairly
high speed or allowed to cut more slowly without pushing it hard, it
does a *perfect* 90 deg cut with no wandering at all. ABSOLUTELY
BLOODY MARVELLOUS!!!

That said, if pushed too hard on a slower speed or with the wavy set
blade, it does tend to wander off vertical but not terminally so.

Tried a few cuts on a 2x2, much the same as long as the jigsaw isn't
pushed to one side while making the cut.

So in in summary, not quite as good as a £100 jigsaw, but unbeatable
for the money, especially as it has a 3 yr guarantee.

cheers,
Pete.


Thx impressed. I think the tool is Swiss made according to the web site.