There are very few times I need this tool, and of course the last time I needed mine to scroll on some oak, the POS had trouble holding the blade. It was a cheapie Black and Decker, and my brother in law noticed the blade guide wheel did noot seem to be contacting the blade, so I took it apart to bend the flimsey bracket that holds the wheel guide, and I couldnt get the assembly reassembled.
Talked the wife into letting me get a Milwaukee jigsaw on E-bay for 40 dollars, and that saw is great. I reasembled the Blackened Pecker saw as a cheap back-up saw.
So I find myself working at that Knob and Tube job recently, and the homeowner wants an extra outlet in one of the rooms for computer equipment. Quad box, mounted into the baseboard, lath and plaster wall, baloon framing. Rotozip did more burning than cutting…So I ask the H.O if I can use his old craftsman jigsaw.(did not have mine with me) he did not even know he had one, it was lucky that I had seen it ,he thought maybe it was his wives… So I am happily cutting away and sudenly the saw stops and I get a wiff of that pleasant armature burning smell… I apologize, and finish the job with my reciprocating saw, being very carefull as there is a bathroom on the other side of the wall with tile walls.
I am carting off the debris from the job and the H.O puts the saw in the trash. I ask if he wants to take it apart to see if its somethin simple, he says ” not worth it for a Craftsman.” He wasn’t upset about it, so neither was I…
I get home, take it apart, and fid that it was just that the brushes had pushed out. Put them back in place and the saw fired right up! Now I have 3 jigsaws…
No wonder my wife calls me a tool whore!
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Give it back to the homeowner and earn a feather in yer cap for next time when something happens and you'll need it:o)
be the feather
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Youre a carpenter and you had to "ask your wife" if you could buy a jig saw???
OOOOOOkAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY...
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Think this guy is the one from Great Moments and the chain saw?A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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Funny you should say that..it crossed my mind...lol
Greek poet Archilochus said: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"! From The Hedgehog & The Fox ~~~~ An essay on Tolstoy's view of history ~~ by Isaiah Berlin
http://WWW.CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
sure looks like that..Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
thought the same...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Never said I was A carpenter...
Good on the HO for recognizing that craftsman power tools aren't worth it.
Good on you for not reassembling the B&D until after you had secured the Milwaukee.
Now give the HO his working jig saw back. At least offer it to him, now that it does work, he may very well say "no, keep it". Karma factor and all.
give that saw back to the HO or buy him a replacement...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Either give the Craftsman back to the HO or go buy him a new cheapie. As much as he uses it, even a new B&D would be fine, and now he has something reliable and your conscience is clear.
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
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