Thought I'd start a little thread about this big thing. Notice how I've not said beauty as you'd expect something being called 'quite simply, the best JS in the world', to be near enough perfect. Not that I believe humans can create perfection, but still there's certain little things that stood out.
So instead of waiting til later forgetting I thought I'd start this thread early to capture the beginning of what I'm hoping will be a lovely relationship. I bought this as my only proper electric saw and chose this over the Festools and the Bosch blue both of which came highly recommended. Both the others also seemed to fulfill the criteria of 'not made in China'. I think I'll start there...
A fulfilling 'not made in China' sign. Hopefully if we were at the time of the Holocaust and Hitler we'd have been avoiding German goods. I choose to (try and) avoid China cos of the Uigher atrocities and ethnic cleansing... amongst other things.
Something I'm unable to capture in the pics is the weight. This thing I'd say weighs at least double that of my 10 year old Makita JS. That seems to also be one of the ones Made in Japan and is solid as owt. To give more of a feel of weight without pulling out the scales. About the weight of a small circular saw, very significant indeed!
A few things about attention to detail stood out and I wouldn't expect a Rolls to have such qualities. In this pic you can see that the stop start switch looks like it was a 'last thing Friday' build... Or indeed a 'first thing, hungover Monday'. I've not tried to click it with all my might but it would have been nice if it clicked near perfectly into position. Maybe I'm being harsh but hopefully you know what I mean.
Instructions are easy enough to follow from the pics. Which in this instance told me to align both arrows - one on the base and other on the saw - but if you look below, there's no arrow on the tilt base!
See, no arrow marking on the tilt base. Slightly disappointing again, especially due to the diagrams on the tilt-base box specifically show the arrow that should be here (like on the regular base). The wind down lever to lock the basw in place also wouldn't engage but I'd say this being a good thing. It just needed a lot more pressure, engaged fully and didn't break.
Other than all them slight negatives above, I'm gonna say I'm happy. Just two more months of instalments but the weight really instilled some confidence. I suppose it's like going from a 2L petrol to a 3L diesel engine. Just an analogy and I look forward to using.
Oh, and it seems the only ectra thick blade is the one type. All others appear to be standard single blade thickness. The plastic insert in that Systainer box though. I doubt it'll not be affecred by the elements (under my pillow obviously, where it'll have to be stored
So instead of waiting til later forgetting I thought I'd start this thread early to capture the beginning of what I'm hoping will be a lovely relationship. I bought this as my only proper electric saw and chose this over the Festools and the Bosch blue both of which came highly recommended. Both the others also seemed to fulfill the criteria of 'not made in China'. I think I'll start there...
A fulfilling 'not made in China' sign. Hopefully if we were at the time of the Holocaust and Hitler we'd have been avoiding German goods. I choose to (try and) avoid China cos of the Uigher atrocities and ethnic cleansing... amongst other things.
Something I'm unable to capture in the pics is the weight. This thing I'd say weighs at least double that of my 10 year old Makita JS. That seems to also be one of the ones Made in Japan and is solid as owt. To give more of a feel of weight without pulling out the scales. About the weight of a small circular saw, very significant indeed!
A few things about attention to detail stood out and I wouldn't expect a Rolls to have such qualities. In this pic you can see that the stop start switch looks like it was a 'last thing Friday' build... Or indeed a 'first thing, hungover Monday'. I've not tried to click it with all my might but it would have been nice if it clicked near perfectly into position. Maybe I'm being harsh but hopefully you know what I mean.
Instructions are easy enough to follow from the pics. Which in this instance told me to align both arrows - one on the base and other on the saw - but if you look below, there's no arrow on the tilt base!
See, no arrow marking on the tilt base. Slightly disappointing again, especially due to the diagrams on the tilt-base box specifically show the arrow that should be here (like on the regular base). The wind down lever to lock the basw in place also wouldn't engage but I'd say this being a good thing. It just needed a lot more pressure, engaged fully and didn't break.
Other than all them slight negatives above, I'm gonna say I'm happy. Just two more months of instalments but the weight really instilled some confidence. I suppose it's like going from a 2L petrol to a 3L diesel engine. Just an analogy and I look forward to using.
Oh, and it seems the only ectra thick blade is the one type. All others appear to be standard single blade thickness. The plastic insert in that Systainer box though. I doubt it'll not be affecred by the elements (under my pillow obviously, where it'll have to be stored
. Another plot twist was that the on/off button being a bit off kilter - which UK Mafell said was standard on these saws - started engaging into the on setting fully (for a day).
