LiDL pressure washer

[Rod]

One of the jigsaws I have had the misfortune to own (the first, IIRC), had a bent metal soleplate. Although attached by a mechanism that could have allowed the soleplate to rotate (and allow cutting at different angles), that was for the next model up. That mechanism was held in position by a single screw - and the hole for that was not in the right place - so it started life as an approx. 85/95 degree machine and was not adjustable.

Another - well the soleplate was out of alignment. After I dropped the whole thing onto a concrete floor. But it and the last both failed due to inability to retain blades properly.

So I concur that a cast soleplate is very likely to help - until you drop it. :-)

[Harry Bloomfield]

> Any chance that it's not a complete POS?

We bought the same one about 18 months ago. Works very well despite the flimsy casing. It unfortunately snapped at the joint between gun and lance (plastic and not really up to the job). Lidl refused to honour the warranty, but eventually offered a 40% refund towards a replacement

- all I wanted was a replacement for the plastic part which failed. Cost of the one small replacement part was close to the cost of the entire unit on offer from Lidl.

I was not happy with their 40% offer, but I did manage to fix it by sleeving the break with some alloy tube - so it still does work fine.