Lidl barrel jigsaw mini review

Pete C · 2007-07-12T18:34:23+00:00

OK...First impressions, fairly heavy but well balanced. The 4m rubber cableis made by the 'Wuxi Wire Factory' no less :)The blade clamp and mechanism has virtually no play at all, though theblade support roller has some side to side movement.Comes with 3 blades, a coarse wavy set wood blade, a medium taperground wood blade and a fine wavy set HSS metal blade. The box statesthe blades are Swiss made, but somehow I doubt the jigsaw is ;)Tried it out with the medium wood blade on ply with the cutting angleat 90 deg, and found it cut a few degrees off vertical. Easily sorted,just moved the shoe foward and tried a few cuts adjusting until it wasbang on.Also found when cutting close to an edge the plastic shoe flexes inthe middle which can make the cut wander, so took it off. Underneaththere is a plated steel plate screwed to the ally base, so at leastthe steel doesn't mark wood the way ally would.Next tried some test cuts on ply using a guide. If run at a fairlyhigh speed or allowed to cut more slowly without pushing it hard, itdoes a *perfect* 90 deg cut with no wandering at all. ABSOLUTELYBLOODY MARVELLOUS!!!That said, if pushed too hard on a slower speed or with the wavy setblade, it does tend to wander off vertical but not terminally so.Tried a few cuts on a 2x2, much the same as long as the jigsaw isn'tpushed to one side while making the cut.So in in summary, not quite as good as a =A3100 jigsaw, but unbeatablefor the money, especially as it has a 3 yr guarantee.cheers,Pete.

Jul 12, 2007 23 Replies

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Doctor Drivel 19 years ago

Do they have a free service telephone number with piped music while you wait?

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Andy Hall 19 years ago

Why don't you call them and find out.

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Owain 19 years ago

Nursey took his mobile away after he spent all his canteen money on making nuisance phone calls to the IOP.

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Doctor Drivel 19 years ago

They do have piped music then?

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