On 29 July, 15:12, Jules Richardson
wrote:

Caught me out a couple of times, until I learned to shove the handle down
with more force before slotting the blade in.

Yeah, I had a good look at the mechanism, took it apart to clean it
up, took it to a service place but to no avail. Ah well.

All I can say is make sure you get something with the most robust bevel
mechanism that you can get.

Shall do, thanks. Just out of interest, what other types of saw have
you got, or are they not jigsaws?