Discussion Forum

freud jigsaw

nctacoma | Posted in Tools for Home Building on March 31, 2009 04:38am

Anybody here using a freud jigsaw?

I need a new jigsaw and don’t really want to spend the money on the good Bosch one.

I found a Freud one on Amazon for $71 or so.

Is it any good?

Replies

brucet9 | Mar 31, 2009 06:26am | #1
How long are you going to own this thing? For $60 more you can get top of the line Bosch refurbished with full warranty. If you keep it 6 years that's only $10 per year.

You haven't filled in your profile, so I can't tell if you are a DIYer or in business. If you use it for business, the tax write-off pays 35% - 40% of the difference anyway.

http://bosch.cpotools.com/reconditioned_tools/saws/jig_saws/corded_jig_saws/1590evsk-rt.html

That's such a sweet tool, my dyed-in-the-wool-DeWalt working partner leaves his DW in the truck if he can grab my Bosch instead.

BruceT

xxPaulCPxx | Mar 31, 2009 09:06am | #2
I spent a ridiculous amount of money to buy that saw... and I'm so glad I did. I use it once in awhile, but I know it is precise and with the correct blade will do EXACTLY what I expect it to do.

Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!

Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
popawheelie | Apr 01, 2009 05:23am | #5
Are the reconditioned tools like new? Just wondering.

Are they basicly new tools that had some minor defect that they fixed?

I can see how some things could get by quality control.

Tools that people return after one use?

I've been thinking about getting a Makita 18V because I have the batteries.

No cord would be nice.

Edited 3/31/2009 10:25 pm ET by popawheelie

brucet9 | Apr 01, 2009 05:56am | #6
"reconditioned" tools are sometimes ones that were returned for a defect and have been repaired, but most often they are tools returned during the 30-day return window for any reason (or none)at all; didn't like the feel, too big, too small, DW pitched a fit, whatever.The warranty is the same, so I'm glad to save some bucks.There's a CPO Bosch, CPO Makita and CPO Milwaukee.BruceT

popawheelie | Apr 01, 2009 06:39am | #7
The CPO Reconditioned Makita 18V (tool only) is $209! That's why I haven't bought one.

With small tools like a jigsaw I tend to use them upside down, backwards, all sorts of ways. So I figured not having a cord was a good thing.

$209! And no batteries or charger!

Edited 3/31/2009 11:40 pm ET by popawheelie

Edited 4/1/2009 12:04 am ET by popawheelie

popawheelie | Apr 01, 2009 07:03am | #8
I just ordered the reconditioned jigsaw and the reconditioned 12V li-ion Max drill driver. I wanted a small li-ion drill with a chuck. It's two speed also.

Makita 18V is just overpriced and I can avoid the cord on the Bosch.
brucet9 | Apr 02, 2009 05:04am | #9
I haven't yet found a reason to use a jigsaw anywhere where I couldn't plug in. BruceT
popawheelie | Apr 02, 2009 05:30am | #10
It's no problem really. I haven't cut a cord in long time. I would have bought the Makita but $209 is to rich for my blood and the bosch is probably a much better saw.

I think I'm more excited about the drill. I think i have a problem with drills. The makita will make it nine that I have currently.
brucet9 | Apr 02, 2009 05:41am | #11
One more and you will have enough for a drill team. :)
BruceT
popawheelie | Apr 02, 2009 06:05am | #12
Bwahaha! Drill team, roll eyes ;^)

andy_engel | Mar 31, 2009 02:45pm | #3
I wrote an article on jigsaws for FHB back in 2005. At the time, the Bosch was about the best of the bunch. The Freud not so much. I own a Festool, but mainly because I'd gotten a great deal on it before doing the FHB article. Post-article, I would have bought the Bosch.

Andy

"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein (or maybe Mark Twain)

"Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom

"Everything not forbidden is compulsory." T.H. White, The Once and Future King
FatRoman | Mar 31, 2009 03:03pm | #4
It was on Amazon nine months ago for $49 and if you read down a few posts there weren't many takers even at that price.

http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=76592.1254

'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

View Image
Jeff_Clarke | Apr 02, 2009 06:09am | #13
The Bosch is worth it ;o)

Jeff
FingerJoint | Apr 07, 2009 12:44am | #14
Rockler "Deal of the Day"

http://www.rockler.com/promotion/DealOfTheDay.cfm

April 6, Bosch JS5 top handle jig saw. $69.

Not their "top of the line," but gets good reviews on Amazon.

Edited 4/6/2009 5:50 pm ET by FingerJoint
Jer | Apr 07, 2009 01:02am | #15
Go for the Bosch if you can. I've had good luck with the reconditioned tools. My Bosch jig saw is around 17 years old, I have to use a screwdriver to change blades. It's one of my best power tools. They're worth every penny.
Pelipeth | Apr 07, 2009 01:43am | #16
That's not a place to skimp. For me any way it's one of the most important tools in my arsenal, and the Bosch is the cat's @$$.
IMERC | Apr 07, 2009 02:35am | #17
the Bosch is woth it...

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

WOW!!! What a Ride!

Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"