Jason Roehl
01-14-2006, 10:02 AM
Ok, I'm the recipient of a Sears gift card. I THINK it's for $150--at least, that's what my folks gave my wife, but they may like her better.
Before a whole bunch of other suggestions pour in, I am pretty much set on a jig saw. My $10 auction-special, 30-yr.-old Crapsman let all its smoke out last year, and I've been able to manage with my Milwaukee Super Sawzall. (Not for fine work, just flooring and rough carpentry where the cuts were somehow concealed).
Here's the problem. Browsing the Sears website leads me to believe that their pickin's are pretty slim in the jigsaw category. Ideally, based on some people's recommendations, I'd really like the Bosch barrel-grip model or that green one from Germany, but Sears doesn't sell those.
Anyone have any experience with any of the ones on the Sears website?
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/search.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&verticalFullName=Tools&keyword=jig+saw&displayTarget=searchresults&gobutton.x=0&gobutton.y=0&gobutton=find
I'm leaning toward that yellow 6.5A model. I never mind kicking in a few extra bucks when I've got a gift card. Unless someone wants to buy the card off me...or trade it for an orange Borg card (they've got the Bosch barrel grip).
Any thoughts?
Before a whole bunch of other suggestions pour in, I am pretty much set on a jig saw. My $10 auction-special, 30-yr.-old Crapsman let all its smoke out last year, and I've been able to manage with my Milwaukee Super Sawzall. (Not for fine work, just flooring and rough carpentry where the cuts were somehow concealed).
Here's the problem. Browsing the Sears website leads me to believe that their pickin's are pretty slim in the jigsaw category. Ideally, based on some people's recommendations, I'd really like the Bosch barrel-grip model or that green one from Germany, but Sears doesn't sell those.
Anyone have any experience with any of the ones on the Sears website?
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/search.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&verticalFullName=Tools&keyword=jig+saw&displayTarget=searchresults&gobutton.x=0&gobutton.y=0&gobutton=find
I'm leaning toward that yellow 6.5A model. I never mind kicking in a few extra bucks when I've got a gift card. Unless someone wants to buy the card off me...or trade it for an orange Borg card (they've got the Bosch barrel grip).
Any thoughts?