multipurpose tools: Bosch and Aldi

[John Rumm]

A jigsaw may well be a bit faster, but if you only need a handful of boards cut then the added precision and reduced damage of the multimaster makes it worth the extra few seconds IMHO.

[Fred]

Thanks, these were the kind of tasks I was thinking of, along with the floorboard cutting. I'll see if I can buy one next time round or if the Bosch ones go on sale at Christmas.

[Fred]

I don't know how long the Aldi page will remain for but it is:

Bosches, blue and green, can be found here (and at any other good seller): Fred

[Fred]

Something like this?

[Fred]

I've just found this page; according to the photo, the green Bosch has an input of 180W but an output of only 74W:

reviewer claims the Aldi is more powerful because it is rated 300w but I don't think he has appreciated this is the input, rather than the output, power.

Fred.

[John Rumm]

of those for a floorboard yet)

[John Rumm]

> The reviewer claims the Aldi is more powerful because it is rated 300w

Indeed - mechanical output powers are rarely stated, and are typically quite a bit down on the electrical input (much of which will be lost as heat, and vibration etc).

[Fred]

One last question, looking at the blades available for the Bosch, such as from Axminster's web site, what is the difference between a Japanese plunge cut blade and the "non-Japanese" plunge cut blade? Is it made from a harder type or metal or is the angle of the blade different or something else all together?

TIA Fred

[John Rumm]

Probably down to the tooth profile. Japanese wood saws typically have a different tooth profile to what we think of as a normal wood saw (aside from cutting on the pull rather than the push stroke). The HSS/bimetal ones are designed for plastics and non ferrous metals as well as wood, and are different again.

Japanese profile teeth:

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