Morris Minor Owners Club

paulk wrote:Just a small point
And like Ginge says the blades wobble no matter what, just keep it hard against the work. And keep the blade screw tight, ours (makita) used to undo itself every other cut and drop the screw in the most awkward places.

There is no screw - It's got a little lever which pulls the retaining pin out the way to change blades. I suppose that's better in a way, but it's a point of weakness over time I reckon, as this is the cheap end of the market so I can't see they've used overly good materials. Still, if it lasts a year of heavy going it'll pay for itself - If it doesn't then it gets replaced or refunded anyway

bigginger wrote:Boring safety point - The DeWalt has a 'blade lock' switch, but I imagine the corded ones don't - either use the switch or unplug whenever you change the blade, it's all too easy to press the go button accidentally while changing the blade. Ouch...

Sounds far too safe to me ;) I messed around a bit with the blade to see if accidentally hitting the switch when changing it was possible - It is, but you'd have to pretty much do it deliberately. Changing the blade is pretty similar to adjusting the foot height, and I did that several times with it all plugged in - Obviously I wouldn't advise anyone else to take such a casual approach, but honestly I think it would be tricky (to say the least) to lose fingers that way

(And next week - How to post to forums with three fingers missing... ;) )

You're lucky - it's pretty scooshy with mine, more so when taking the battery off for charging, mind...

bigginger wrote:The saws are incredibly useful. but I'd save up for a rechargeable one (DeWalt) and buy the grinder. Battery one is PERFECT for taking to the scrappy.

Buy Black and Decker its the same firm !! I'm told that the products are basically the same , but DeWalt have posh yellow outers !! Arfron

Fair enough, this one was on offer at Homebase. It does feel a lot butcher than any B&D tool I've ever tried too