Aldi multipurpose saw

[drmico60]

Aldi are selling their multipurpose saw from Sunday 8 September for £29.99. I bought one of these a while back and it is excellent for cutting sheet materials including mild steel up to al least 8 mm. There is a short review on my website:
http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/work-zone-multi-purpose-saw.html
I have no connection with Aldi except as a satisfied customer.
Mike

[S. Heslop]

Oh that's interesting. I've just spent the last few days making a 'foot' for an aldi angle grinder I'd just bought, so I could ride it along a fence to cut 2mm steel sheet. I was using a jigsaw at first and the blade was deflecting a full 10 degrees (the blade itself was bent about 45 degrees by the time I noticed it was wandering). I'm not really sure what jigsaws are supposed to be good for. I guess they're okay for rough cutting mdf and plywood.

I might get one of these to avoid the grinder dust flying everywhere in future. Thanks for bringing it to attention. I wonder how it'd handle cutting 30x3mm square box section steel...

[micktoon]

Thanks for posting , it looks like a handy thing to have in the shop , amazing to see its not made in China too, that makes a change !.

 Cheers Mick

[Deko]

 "not really sure what jigsaws are supposed to be for"  How about cutting 1" thick ally, as the pics below show.   

Cheers Dek.

[Brass_Machine]

The Aldi by us (in the states) doesn't sell anything that cool. Mostly just food.

[John Rudd]

 

The Aldi by us (in the states) doesn't sell anything that cool. Mostly just food.

Yeah, but you got that other place that's like Aladdins cave........Now what is it called? 

Oh I remember.  Harbor Freight

....What a place that is....Tool heaven....

[AdeV]

I suspect it's worth buying a few of those blades at that price... I use an Evolution Rage Pro blade in the milling machine - unlike a slitting saw you can run it up to a couple of thousand RPM and it just ploughs though whatever you throw at it (it does need lubricating on a mill....). The only thing you really have to watch for is the white-hot chips it generates, and the noise is indescribable (wear ear protectors).

The blade shown on the Aldi page looks to have a fair number of inserts on it (more than the Rage Pro blade), I assume this means even more aggressive feed rates could be sustained...

[rotorhead]

Thanks for the heads up on the Aldi saw, got spare blade also while I was at it @ 7quid, very good value and guaranteed for 3 years too.

Whilst in town (Grimsby), I visited Halfords for some car spray paint, got that but also spotted what I think was a brilliant deal on tool chests.

They're offering an Industrial 6 drawer tool chest on castors for 350quid, but also throw in another 6 drawer top chest worth 250quid for free.

Couldn't resist it, but hell they're heavy...

They're also offering 25 combo spanners that look like Snappy ones, for 50quid I did resist that though, don't really need many more, but @ 2quid a spanner it's a good deal....

[S. Heslop]

Got one of these saws today. I was expecting more hot chips and noise but the thing cuts real clean and quiet. No spare blades at the Aldi I visited though so i'll have to try another on tuesday.

[JohnC]

Damn you MadModder!  I was passing our local Aldi and would have driven on, but having seen this thread I thought I would just look in.......
Well, you know the rest. 
And I needed some tomatoes anyway.....

John

[Deko]

I think we all understand how a Yorkshireman feels about spending money John, but the pain will soon go and you will still have a nice new plaything .

Cheers Dek.