Advantages: Long cord, changeable blades, faster than manual sawing Disadvantages: Noise, vibrations
...power saw. Resplendent in it's Black & Decker Orange livery and with the picture of a scorpions tail painted on the side, this surely looked the tool for the job. The blade looked long enough to get the job done (about 12cm) without being unwieldy, the teeth fine enough to cut cleanly but chunky enough to do it quickly. The power cord long enough to give me room to work and the handle comfortable enough to hold for short bursts of sawing. My decision ... ...soon heading home.
Supplied in a tough plastic carry-case, the saw comes with a 3m power cord and three saw-blades. The blades can be changed easily simply press the release button, swing the old one out of place and snapping the new one home. The blades in question are for general purpose wood sawing (the biggest blade), a hacksaw blade for plastics and metal and a flexible jigsaw blade for use on wood when cutting corners etc (like a jigsaw only ...
LegendaryMrDude 03.12.2005
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Advantages: Has a safer feel to it than a chain saw, and more useful too. Disadvantages: Less cutting depth than a chain saw
...N&J Tools, Brentford, when the Black & Decker KS890EK ‘Scorpion’ saw was pointed out to me. Yes, it was £20 cheaper than the cheapest chain saw, and my testicles could relax to their normal jaunty devil-may-care position.
It also looked as if it could do more than chop up logs too.
WHAT YOU GET
Included with the saw itself, you get a tough black carrying case, making even me look like I know what I’m doing. This has space to house the three blades ... ...but of most interest to me was the Scorpion ‘Thick Wood’ blade, which looks like a conventional handsaw blade, albeit a short one. Fearing that I might get half way through the job in hand before blunting the blade, I bought another at £12. The other two blades are a ‘curve cutting blade’, a kind of cruder jigsaw blade for big jobs like cutting the aperture in a kitchen worktop to drop a sink unit in, and a metal cutting blade.
The mains lead is ...
BNibbles 12.10.2004
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Advantages: cuts just about anything with minimum effort on your part Disadvantages: poor design means the blade becomes loose
...gadget lover I bought my black and decker scorpion about 5 years ago. At the time it was the only electic saw that I could find and I had a big DIY job to do at home.
The saw itself comes with three blades; one for wood, one for metal pipes and plastics and a third somewhat flexible blade for use as a jigsaw. So this is really three saws in one.
The blades can be changed by simply pressing a safety catch on the side, removing the old one and sloting ... ...lucky enough to have a black and decker dealer nearby and every 12-18 months I'd take the machine to them, they would give me a reconditioned one and repair my saw for the next person to experiance the same problem. I'm on my 3rd saw in 5 years. Unfortunately the dealer has closed and I can see the screws begining to come loose on my current unit. Eventually I guess I'm gonna have to open up the unit myself and try and fix it.
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Soundsexciting 14.12.2005
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Advantages: Light, quick, versatile Disadvantages: Battery Life (cordless)
The Black and Decker Scorpion is a reciprocating saw - i.e. it moves the blade back and forward for you .....
It comes in 2 flavours - the corded variety and and the cordless (which is the one I bought).
Courtesy of B&Q bargain basement, I picked up this excellent tool for £35 recently (but they are not available in all stores).
Uses
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The cordless freedom allows me to get to places a corded saw could not reach.
I needed to saw a number ... ...- in this it has been ecellent.
I have only used the wood blade at present, but the quick release/change mechanism and metal blades are there for the future....
What Do You Get
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A hard case, charger, 1 battery, manual, 3 blades and the saw.
The battery is the new style sliding Firestorm 14.4v battery - these can be shared with other compatible B&D tools but I have yet to see one ....
What Do Yo Not Get?
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a4angus 07.04.2005
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