Was wondering what size the blades were for the body saw, it does look more manuverable and I can see it saving many a router bit in the future. $20 is a bargain if it uses standard jigsaw blades. Envisioning a tax writeoff trip to HF in the morning.
No shop should be without either tool. Yes, use the holidays as a way to go and fetch a saw saw (reciprocating saw) because you will use it, a lot. Aside from a cordless drill it is easily the most used power tool (well the shop vac might come in a tie) in the garage. It's just an 18V DeWalt and it will hack through any type of framing, sheet metal, tree limbs, chains, rebar, PVC, truck tires, you name it. Tied mine to a wooden pole with a string to trim some hard to reach oak limbs near power lines, neighbor got a great laugh but it worked like a charm. Wouldn't use it on a KR, it can be a violent tool that is very unforgiving. A saw saw doesn't go near as high as 10K cycles a minute and is more prone to hang up giving you a nasty gouge across your surface. It also makes nasty gouges in skin, glasses and gloves are a must. If not this year it will make a great present for your wife/girlfriend in 2006 ;-) B. Ferguson PS - Having a blast squeezing the X-Plane KR into tight spaces. Thanks for all the effort that went into it. All of this landing jargon now makes a whole lot more sense. > Sawsalls are great, but the body saw is not quite the same in KR work. The > body saw is like a miniature Sawsall that you have much more control of. It > can't cut 2 X 4s with nails in them, but you don't have to worry about > slipping and cutting your plane right in half either.
