Stuart Ablett
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Looking for a little guidance here guys, I need to buy a new jigsaw.
I have a Bosch Green (consumer grade) Jigsaw. It has been a workhorse, but the one thing that has always plagued it is the blade retention, sometimes for no obvious reason the blade just comes loose, and bad words are said. This just happened last night on the outfeed table for the SawStop, the blade just went it's own way off to the side causing a lot of bad words to be said, and making the hole for the DC pipe a lot bigger. I don't want this to happen on a client's job, bad enough that it wastes my time, but to possibly ruin a client's property, yeah, not worth it. The old green monster will still get work in the welding shop, with the right blade it does well cutting steel.
I'm looking at another corded Bosch, the JS470EB a barrel grip saw.
Link >> HERE <<
Does anyone have this saw?
Do you like it?
Can you recommend something else?
It's just under $150 plus shipping, so keep that in mind, the Festool Jigsaw is another $100 and Amazon will not ship it to Japan.
Cheers!
I have a Bosch Green (consumer grade) Jigsaw. It has been a workhorse, but the one thing that has always plagued it is the blade retention, sometimes for no obvious reason the blade just comes loose, and bad words are said. This just happened last night on the outfeed table for the SawStop, the blade just went it's own way off to the side causing a lot of bad words to be said, and making the hole for the DC pipe a lot bigger. I don't want this to happen on a client's job, bad enough that it wastes my time, but to possibly ruin a client's property, yeah, not worth it. The old green monster will still get work in the welding shop, with the right blade it does well cutting steel.
I'm looking at another corded Bosch, the JS470EB a barrel grip saw.
Link >> HERE <<
Does anyone have this saw?
Do you like it?
Can you recommend something else?
It's just under $150 plus shipping, so keep that in mind, the Festool Jigsaw is another $100 and Amazon will not ship it to Japan.
Cheers!