Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. This should hold me until I can buy my dream bandsaw. I
bought the Bosch 1590 to replace my crappy Skil saw that would never cut at
90o consistently. I bought the Bosch after reading a review in Woodworkers
Journal (June 2005), they gave it their highest marks just below the
Festool. Anyway, I tried it today and Wow!! Huge improvement over my piece
of crap Skil saw. One day I will get that bandsaw, Sigh...

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Stoutman

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 01:30:26 GMT, "stoutman" .@. wrote:

Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. This should hold me until I can buy my dream bandsaw. I
bought the Bosch 1590 to replace my crappy Skil saw that would never cut at
90o consistently. I bought the Bosch after reading a review in Woodworkers
Journal (June 2005), they gave it their highest marks just below the
Festool. Anyway, I tried it today and Wow!! Huge improvement over my piece
of crap Skil saw. One day I will get that bandsaw, Sigh...


Compared to the Skil, the Bosch 1590 IS a bandsaw.

("Runs like a sewing machine. Cuts like a chainsaw.")

Congratulations.




Tom Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

stoutman wrote:
Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. the Bosch 1590

Plan; A

Research; A

Execution; A

Gloat; A+

I enjoy mine, except for the trigger lock. I hate those on a jig saw.
Ask my left hand why. He still has all 5 digits, but they're more
paranoid now.

Tom in KY, would you prefer Olympic style scoring? 8.5, 9.0, 9.0,
10.0. The 8.5 is low for buying something you _needed_ for Christmas.

wrote in message
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stoutman wrote:
Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. the Bosch 1590

Plan; A

Research; A

Execution; A

Gloat; A+

I enjoy mine, except for the trigger lock. I hate those on a jig saw.
Ask my left hand why. He still has all 5 digits, but they're more
paranoid now.

Tom in KY, would you prefer Olympic style scoring? 8.5, 9.0, 9.0,
10.0. The 8.5 is low for buying something you _needed_ for Christmas.


LOL!! What are they putting in the water out in KY?

stoutman wrote:
LOL!! What are they putting in the water out in KY?

Same as nearly everywhere else, PCBs, radiation, mercury, Dioxins,
petroleum based contaminants.

Rots the brain just like fine Kentucky bourbon.

I do drink a lot of water.

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
. ..
Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. This should hold me until I can buy my dream bandsaw.
I bought the Bosch 1590 to replace my crappy Skil saw that would never cut
at 90o consistently. I bought the Bosch after reading a review in
Woodworkers Journal (June 2005), they gave it their highest marks just
below the Festool. Anyway, I tried it today and Wow!! Huge improvement
over my piece of crap Skil saw. One day I will get that bandsaw,
Sigh...


Ok now don't screw it all up and put DeWalt blades in it. Bosch makes great
blades too.

Congrats! I made the same jump about 8 months ago, and couldn't agree
more - what a difference! My recent pleasantly surprising discovery is
that this jigsaw, with the Bosch Progressor Wood blade, can cut acrylic
sheets (ie plexiglass) with almost no chipping - wow!
Andy

"Andy" wrote in message
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Congrats! I made the same jump about 8 months ago, and couldn't agree
more - what a difference! My recent pleasantly surprising discovery is
that this jigsaw, with the Bosch Progressor Wood blade, can cut acrylic
sheets (ie plexiglass) with almost no chipping - wow!
Andy


It is also reported to have minimal chipout on melamine. Havent tried it on
that yet though...

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got the same one too, and i replaced my dewalt, that I could never to cut at
right angles. love it.
then went on to get the circular saw from bosch, to replace the old chepo
skillsaw. cant believe the distance. Have come to the conclusion that i
will never buy "inexpensive" tools, because in the long run they just turn
out to be "cheap".

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
. ..
Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. This should hold me until I can buy my dream bandsaw.
I bought the Bosch 1590 to replace my crappy Skil saw that would never cut
at 90o consistently. I bought the Bosch after reading a review in
Woodworkers Journal (June 2005), they gave it their highest marks just
below the Festool. Anyway, I tried it today and Wow!! Huge improvement
over my piece of crap Skil saw. One day I will get that bandsaw,
Sigh...

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http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmeliss...ing_frames.htm
(Featuring a NEW look)

Stoutman

your bosch will screw up too, the bearings will go they are now made in
china, the saw itself is made in taiwan






"superpac" wrote in message
...
got the same one too, and i replaced my dewalt, that I could never to cut
at right angles. love it.
then went on to get the circular saw from bosch, to replace the old chepo
skillsaw. cant believe the distance. Have come to the conclusion that i
will never buy "inexpensive" tools, because in the long run they just turn
out to be "cheap".

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
. ..
Merry x-mas to me! I spent some x-mas money on myself and bought a much
needed new jigsaw. This should hold me until I can buy my dream bandsaw.
I bought the Bosch 1590 to replace my crappy Skil saw that would never
cut at 90o consistently. I bought the Bosch after reading a review in
Woodworkers Journal (June 2005), they gave it their highest marks just
below the Festool. Anyway, I tried it today and Wow!! Huge improvement
over my piece of crap Skil saw. One day I will get that bandsaw,
Sigh...

--
http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmeliss...ing_frames.htm
(Featuring a NEW look)

Stoutman

Here's a fact you probably don't want to know. The Chinese can make
bearings, or most anything else, as well as anyone. The reason you see so
much Chinese crap in this country is that that's what the importer is
buying. If he buys quality, the big profit margin shrinks. Crap is more
profitable. Lots of American made crap too if that's what you want. Here and
in China, you get what you pay for.

"steve" wrote in message
ink.net...
your bosch will screw up too, the bearings will go they are now made in
china, the saw itself is made in taiwan

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:27:27 GMT, "superpac"
wrote:

got the same one too, and i replaced my dewalt, that I could never to cut at
right angles. love it.
then went on to get the circular saw from bosch, to replace the old chepo
skillsaw. cant believe the distance. Have come to the conclusion that i
will never buy "inexpensive" tools, because in the long run they just turn
out to be "cheap".

I also have it. It's a revelation after using a POS B&D and even a
much cheaper and older Bosch. Although I bought it as a GST 135BCE and
it's made in Switzerland, AFAIK, it's identical to the 1590,

Cheap tools can be just fine, the real trick is to know when to spend
on a decent one, and when cheapies will be perfectly adequate. For
instance, I have 5 right-angle disk grinders; 1 good, 1 chiwanese
cheapie and 3 cheaper models got from garage sales for about $5 each.
I cannot tell the difference between any of them. It's a real bonus
not having to stop halfway and mess about changing disks, etc

Barry Lennox