Evolution Rage Circular Saw - 1B variant spec?

Nowt to do with your query but I would never buy a power tool at a boot sale unless the seller had some provenance such as they were an individual selling a deceased parents belongings. Too often you see a stall from a regular seller doing it for a living who has several items and there is a fair chance many have been stolen from some poor sod whose van has been ripped open who not only has the cost of replacing tools but vehicle repairs costing 1000’s and loss of earnings till they can get working again, and it has become so common that is becoming difficult to get insurance that isn’t itself is a crippling burden.

GH

FWIW (a) I almost never buy power tools at a car boot sale, partly for the reason you mention and also for general lack of information about how the tool has been looked after etc. There was good reason to be happy in this case.

(b) I asked Evolution Power Tools who (perhaps surprisingly) got back to me on this; they said that the -B variant was made in a different factory but basically had the same spec. Maybe a few cost-cutting differences ... but I haven't seen any

Oh, I also notice that with the move to cordless in the trade there are a fair few corded power tools coming up cheap...

J^n

I agree there's a high chance they're nicked and would never buy there, OTOH I doubt many people take grants of probate to a car boot ...

Probably not, but I know a couple of people who have taken some deceased relatives belongings to a boot sale and sold them from just that, the car boot or estate car load area. They look quite different from the battered van that has hundreds of items on several tables or the ground whose owner does the rounds of several sales sites. Some will be genuine house clearers but it is easy for the less scrupulous to hide stolen tools amongst the legally obtained ones.

GH

Especially if you can use the 110v system, where you can use proper trade tools rather than consumer shed stuff.

Yesterday I scored a 110v Evolution mitre saw, a transformer and cable for £25, from somebody moving house who needed them gone. I only really wanted the transformer but I can definitely use a mitre saw. That means I can now access the many 110v tools on the market.

Theo