Disposable Saws
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davegw
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Smudger,
that looks very much like the saw I bought from B&Q a while ago - that's been perfectly serviceable.
To be honest I'm not likely to replace it until it falls apart, so I'd imagine it's ok for your requirement.
Dave
that looks very much like the saw I bought from B&Q a while ago - that's been perfectly serviceable.
To be honest I'm not likely to replace it until it falls apart, so I'd imagine it's ok for your requirement.
Dave
Smudger
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Thanks. Off to the trade counter, then!
mailee
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I am the same as Dave as I have the same saw too and am still using it. Got to admit it is getting a bit blunt now and could do with replacing but there again it is over a year old! I often use it at the timber yard to rough cut stock to fit into the car and it has been brilliant. :wink:
tulsk
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that saw is 2 for a tenner at B&Q at the moment, just got 4 yesterday. cheers John
lurker
Le dullard de la commune
AND when they die you have lots of scraper making steel :lol: :lol:
Smudger
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That is a good point.
I'll probably go to Screwfix, as I want some cheapo saw horses as well. They have a Stanley pair for £30. Look a bit lightweight, but should do me.
Have to be careful now I'm on a pension!
I'll probably go to Screwfix, as I want some cheapo saw horses as well. They have a Stanley pair for £30. Look a bit lightweight, but should do me.
Have to be careful now I'm on a pension!
woodbloke
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lurker
Le dullard de la commune
Those Stanley ones are rubbish!!
I have a pair
I have a pair
lurker
Le dullard de la commune
Play the game Smudge,
Now you are a pensioner your should be shuffling around down Aldi, Lidl & Netto blocking up the aisles and smelling of wee. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now you are a pensioner your should be shuffling around down Aldi, Lidl & Netto blocking up the aisles and smelling of wee. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Smudger
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lurker":fa6h2dhp said:
Aaaaaaaaargh!!!
No wonder pensioners are so bloody stroppy!
I went to Screwfix (via the recycling centre, where I find that our marvelous local council hasn't emptied the containers since 1986 so the whole area is awash with wet newspaper and general rubbish, haunted by packs of wild dogs, feral cats and nenaderthals) to be told that they dan't have what I want in stock, but they can get it for me for tomorrow afternoon. I CAN ORDER IT ON THE WEBSITE IF I WANT IT TOMORROW!!! I don't have to drive an 8 mile round trip!
So I went to B&Q. Now to be fair, I despise B&Q and our local one has some of the most unpleasant staff you have ever met. They didn't have any predator saws, just Stanley and Irwin. Great. So I bought one, and then went to look for saw horses. Nope, none. I asked one of the people in orange pinnies (there were 2 nearby having a chat) and got told that they don't sell benches. Yes, but I wanted saw horses. Not what he showed me - a sort of transformers workmate that turns into a sack barrow. I asked how come they don't sell saw horses, given that they sell saws and wood. He looked at me slack jawed and said 'clever, isn't it?'.
As my wife said when I recounted this to her - why didn't you go to Melvyn's - the local ironmonger. Why didn't I?
Grinding One
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Smudger":35i4ks10 said:
Want me to send you some mate,we have tons here...shipping will kill you tho
Or better still, why didn't you just make a pair? :shock: Four legs, top rail and two bits of ply/2 x 1/whatever as braces...... I've even knocked them up from a scaffold board in the past when we've had nothing else suitable.Smudger":3dyhzbhs said:
chippy1970
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Go for an Irwin orange and black handle throw away used to be called Jack saws. I have used them for years only around £6 and last well.
Also dont buy the plastic saw horses they are rubbish as said, I have 4 of the Draper metal folding ones and they are about £25 a pair.l
Also dont buy the plastic saw horses they are rubbish as said, I have 4 of the Draper metal folding ones and they are about £25 a pair.l
neilyweely
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I know the thread has moved on a bit, but wanted to say I use these S & J predator saws all the time, professionally, and they are ok. Have done the Bahco thing, the stanley jetcut and so on, and the predator seems to last longer. All these saws will cut well, but the S & J just seems to pull into the cut better, if you know what I mean. They do an X version, which is IMHO the best of the lot, although the laminate saw is good too, and not just for laminate!
Neil
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