A while ago, I had a cry on here about how incredibly ****-poor the
performance was, of the expensive Black and Decker jigsaw that I bought to
replace my cheap as chips B&D that I had had for years. The new one couldn't
be made to cut a straight line in anything tougher than cardboard, if your
life depended on it. In the couple of years that I have had it, it has
caused me to bodge more jobs than I have in the rest of my entire (quite
long so far) life.

A few months back, my daughter bought her husband a Bosch jigsaw, and I have
hated him for owning it ever since ! On the couple of occasions that I've
had cause to use it, I have bleated loudly about how rubbish my B&D is in
comparison.

Well, today, it was apparently father's day. I had completely forgotten
this, so imagine my delight, when in came number one daughter, with a shiny
new Bosch jigsaw in her hand just for little old me ! What a result. I even
had cause to use it on today's job, and what a pleasure it is to handle. It
cut through the wood in a dead straight line - and I haven't even tried out
the laser guide on it yet - and was totally effortless to control. Deep joy,
as Stanley Unwin used to say. I know it's sad getting worked up about a
power tool, but I do so unashamedly. Bosch tools it is for me, from now on
:-)

Arfa