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For $10, I'll have a spare and give away a nice gift too. The Handisaw is perfect for working with this type of wood (soft). Now I have to be a bit more careful with it to keep from accidentally pressing the trigger. But I vow to be careful. I use it for small (say, "tiny") jobs around the garage. Except that I just found a "deal" for more of these for $10 and am headed out to get some of these for gifts. I like the fact that it uses standard (and cheap) sabre saw blades and it's so easy to change from one to another.
I read about certain "fixes" in some of the other comments and I decided to do them. The button now stays in the "released" position. Just use a pair of "dykes" to cut out one piece of plastic on each side of the front guard. Btw, I paid $20 for mine when they were on closeout at the B&D Outlet store (now closed). That's it. I've had my saw for several years.
I also use it for dowels and trim but have used it for 1x2's also. Only took a few minutes. I use 1/4" wood for lots of little things. I held the button back and put a washer into the slot (you have to see it to know this is simple). they're free in the form of paint-stir boards. Decided to share with you.Visibility.
Up to you, but it bugged me so I fixed it. Visibility problem solved.Safety Button.
Have one and use it for all sorts of projects, even cutting branches of trees. Bought this one for my son so he doesn't have to use the chain saw indoors anymore. Holds charge very well.
Having to hold the safety makes the grip awkward for long cuts, and because of how light the tool is the battery's location makes it unbalanced. It's marketed as a jigsaw, but is completely useless as one. If you need a light tool, for SMALL jobs, and don't want, or are initmidated by, a full-size reciprocating saw, then this is perfect for you. The blade guard makes it impossible to see where your cutting line is, even when I installed the blade upside down it was hard to see because of the sawdust accumulation. Good for cutting small pipes, pruning small branches, and other quick and dirty cuts, bad for any serious work Also, the battery drains too quickly, 1/4" mdf kicked this saw's butt in less than 20 mins.
I ended up sending it back and buying (again, from my favorite online store - Amazon.com) a saw with a cord -- the Bosch Model 1640VS "Finecut" saw. I am happy with other Black & Decker cordless tools I have purchased through Amazon.com (and I love Amazon.com), so I ordered this cordless saw. Unfortunately, this saw would run for only a very short period of time (10 minutes). It was much more expensive, and for some folks it might not be as useful as a cordless reciprocating saw, and the blades are not cheap -- but I am hopeful the Bosch will take care of my needs. -- and took hours to re-charge.
In fact, I moved over a year ago, and busted it out of storage and it still had a charge.Best thing of all, its cheap. Things I cut with it:Landscaping bamboo polesClosetmaid shelving (metal)Plastic parts that are a painand my new favorite: Pumpkins.Just think of how many stupid pumpkin carving kits we buy and break every year. For lumber, etc, I use my Dewalt 10 amp recip. After hacking through 3 walk in shelving systems, i bought this. Now we can just use this bad boy for 90%Oh yeah, as other said, its a joke for real construction work.
It made quick work of trimming shelves.I use it a lot and barely ever charge it. I use it for things I shouldnt. This halloween, I carved an awesome pumpkin with it. The guards doe make it hard to make precise cuts, but something like this i didnt need to worry about having the object move, so it was awesome for this.
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