PeterC wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:55:21 +0100, Arfa Daily wrote:

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

Well, I hope to have the same pleasure on Tuesday! Got p'd off with
the Powercraft jigsaw (it needs a guide dog) wandering around and
cutting random slopes, so ordered a Makita 720W from Axminster (£12
cheaper than TS) as it gets good reviews.

Its a jigsaw Jim, but not as we know it. You are in for a major treat :-)


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