John Rumm wrote in message ...
Andy Hall wrote:

I have just purchased a Scorpion saw,


Watch out for this one and keep the receipt. I bought one of these
from B&Q not long after they were launched. I thought that it was
well thought out and did a good job until the mechanism jammed.
I returned it. The second one lasted a bit longer until the motor
started smoking - I suspect through a shorted turn or something.
That went back as well and I didn't try a third. B&Q refunded the
money and gave me £15 in vouchers.

Hopefully by now they have fixed these quality problems because for
what it was intended to do - essentially fairly rough cutting - it
wasn't at all bad.

I was given a scorpion a few years back - reliability seems ok, but I do
find it rather uncomfortable to use. Unlike many reciprocating saws it
does not have the elongated "nose" section you can hold near the blade
which makes getting enough weight behind it difficult. Also the
interlocks require a lot of pressure to disengage, and there is no
trigger lock - so holding it on for a long cut is a pain as well.

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Cheers,

John.

Have an uncle that has a scorpion he is on his second as the first
burnt out but only after along with usual diy work floorboards
worktops chipboard etc etc hacking down a good 40 feet of over grown
privet hedge and several small trees it finally gave up the ghost on
the stump of one of the trees but he did find it had sawed thru 3" of
soil stones etc in the act

Yes it is very uncomfortable to use having as mentioned by John and
trying to use it in super jigsaw mode was even worse. Its one saving
grace tho is the blade (very like tho ones fitted to real swiss army
knives probably the saw i use most always in the pocket :_) )
certainly one of the better ones i have used in recip. saws