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Anyway, I've been boarding the loft out with the loftzone kit and although I didn't buy it specifically for that purpose, I thought I'd give it a trial run on how it cut the cross members (which for people that aren't familiar with the kits, are around 1metre long pieces of 80mm wide steel U shaped cable trunking) where needed. This may make you feel a little happier when I say that I've bent every last D-handle jigsaw I've ever owned.... That's two Bosch blue jigsaws, a Metabo jigsaw and a Makita cordless. It's because with a D-handle jigsaw you generally need to apply downwards pressure to keep the baseplate on the material and when the blade is getting blunt or the material is uneven - such as cutting out in floors, etc - the pressure both downwards and forwards increases and the jigsaws take on a gentle slope at the front. I've noticed this on quite a few other tradesmen's jigsaws as well (both metalworkers and woodworkers), so I know I'm not alone. The difference is that this bend is created over a 1 to 3 year period - not a single weekend! I suspect the baseplate design of youre saw simply isn't up to the task at handPhone calls to the Parkside 'service' line were very unfruitful. From the conversation with this service line, it transpired that they only deal with tools less than three years old. In such situation a full replacement is always offered.
A lot of the pro dewalt/makita fan teams will probably say I told you so, what do you expect from Supermarket brands but the actual jigsaw itself wasn't bad at all. I also contemplated modifying the base as its clearly bent at the point they have skimped on the side supports of the base however that will make the warranty void even though if any things gonna go wrong it will be the motor/switch side. yes definately looks to me like your pushing the body unevenly causing extra pressure on the nose your support should be mostly down and gentle forward pressure where as it looks like mostly forward and little downI'm not annoyed its bent, I'm more annoyed it didn't live up to the build quality of the other cordless tools I have which are generally good for moderate use.
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