Advantages: Good saw for the money Disadvantages: a bit dodgy to use. Feels like its gonna take my fingers off.
...The Power Devil range is good value for money in my opinion although I have had a problem with my circularsaw.
I dont really like using it as its extremely dangerous in my opinion.
The reasoning behind this is the saw guard is made of a very flexible metal and can easily be bent out of shape.This happened on my saw and the blade is now exposed when you retract the guard before it is cutting.
Sometimes the guard is misaligned and makes contact with the blade and sparks do fly!
It is quite heavy for a small saw too. You really have to hang onto it to keep it under control. Not something for the novice to use and best not used unsupervised.
It does not follow lines too well either.
It tends to go off line far too easily. The guides are not very good and its hard to set up.
It comes with a very large toothed saw blade...
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Advantages: Very good value, spare blade Disadvantages: quality not too good
...I had wanted a saw with a deeper cut for some diy work. The saw would be used very infrequently so would need to be cheap enough to justify getting it.
Homebase stocked a small range of saws, Black & Decker, Bosch & Power Devils. The larger saws ranged from £45 - £130. All had similar features and blade size but the quality of construction did show in the price.
Working to a tight budget made the Power Devil my only real option. The cheapest comparable Black & Decker was another £40.
The saw has a 184mm blade which gives a cut depth of 55mm. It has adjustable depth and angle of cut.There is a rip fence and provision to fit a dust bag. It also came with a spare blade making it excellant value for money.
For £45 it is relatively well made and is fine for occassional use, however the more expensive ones were far better designed...
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...I'm pretty good at DIY, and have no problem tackling most jobs. However I have one major problem, I can't cut a piece of wood straight, I've even practiced cutting wood, but even so it always comes out wonkey.
I'm like silly bollocks, with an old hand saw, and to make it worst, my family take the piss, they've even nick-named me Mr Wonkey.
One day I was looking through the Argos, and I saw these Power Devil circularsaws, for only £29.99. I knew that one of these tools would suit me down to the ground. So I purchased my new saw, and set to work on cutting some wood for a fence.
The saw cut through the wood like butter, and it was so fast, I was cutting my wood like no tomorrow.
When I first used it, it can be a bit hair-raising, as their is this big sharp blade whizzing round, but as long as you clamp the wood safely...
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