Graham Orm
Established Member
Prompted by the Aldi mini saw offer I opted for the WORX model as it looked better quality. I used it all day yesterday cutting up MDF sheet on a built in cupboard job. I'll be using it constantly now, it's as handy as a sharp hand saw but so much better.
Cost: £59 from Argos
It comes with 3 blades, a fine plain steel blade for wood. This has virtually zero kerf and leaves a nice fine, clean cut. A TCT blade that they claim is good for metal. And a blade for stone and tile.
It comes with a laser but I found that it spread a beam wider than the pencil mark whilst hiding the mark, so leading to wavy cutting. I tried it once then left it switched off.
I grabbed the guide for my track saw and clamped it down 21mm away from the cut line and ran the WORX against it, this led to dead on accuracy.
It's plunge mechanism has now made my jig saw redundant for this kind of work.
I was working inside and couldn't use my track saw because it produces too much dust even with extraction on. Using extraction on the WORX there was zero dust. However, the port is a push on plastic elbow which came off it's mount once.
The depth stop is a small tab on the side of the blade housing, easy to change, but not deadly accurate.
The WORX is very quiet and with extraction on you can't hear the saw at all, I was surprised at this as it's similar in size and shape to a grinder or biscuit jointer, which are both noisy.
It's plenty powerful enough for it's size. I ripped down a length of pine skirting and it sailed through it with little effort.
Holding the saw down was awkward at first (it's a plunge type with a spring to push it back up), mainly because it's something new, as the day progressed it became much easier.
There's a good length of lead with it and an Allen key clipped to it for blade changes.
It's not perfect, so I'll give it 9 out of 10. But I'm so pleased I decided to go for it. It will make my life much easier.
