"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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The downside of a reciprocating saw is their tendency to pull light
material back and forth if it isn't secured.

Can you, for instance, cut a small branch off a tree and keep both
hands on the saw without it shaking the bejeebers out of the tree?

That is what the foot is for, to stop the material being pulled forwards by
the cutting stroke.
You don't have to hold it tightly at all.