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Hello all and thanks for sharing your thoughts in advance. After asking on this very lovely forum about a new jigsaw I'm 'mind made up' on a a Mafell. It's probably what I needed in the first place as I only only really have room/safety-margin for three types of saw. The handsaws in various...

Me too please Phil..

Well... for the past 10 or 15 years me and my dad have used the Makita (in no particular order) for cutting doors; bevel cuts in lengths of timber; flooring; shelving; conti board/shelving... erm.. Joists and whereever else the handsaw was gonna become a bit too tedious and cumbersome. You're...

Briefly today I looked at circular and sliding mitre saws. Then I got scared of the price, ripping my limbs off (circular) and/or portability (Bosch sliding mitre). Earlier before that I realised that maybe the current blade in my Makita looked a but off centre so got the square to it. It was...

Thanks Fixit45. I was set on Bosch aswell but it appears that they're (blue) made in China. I'm trying my best (with some success) to stay away from China manufacturing until they can get a grip on tgeir human rights record and close the Uigher concentration camps etc etc Hence why I'd finally...

Thanks Phil. Not bought yet but will be moving across to Metabo for most of my DIY needs. I'd thought about a transformer from ebay before but recall how heavy and inconvenient my last one was (home DIYer with kit above my skills-grade 😆). So yeah, I think Metabo still and might even do that...

I looked at the jigsaw I already have (lovely bit of kit, or did I already say that). One of the ones made in Japan it seems. 135mm cutting into wood and always seemed to give me (and my dad) straight cuts. 720w 4340ct Makita. Now I don't think I've 3ver used it for anything bigger than 40mm...

Congrats on your new Festool Pete. You must live on a building site or have a transformer sat in the shed:-) Pete, I think I'm slowly getting used to Metabo (not the Hitachi bought out version), especially since they're still made in Germany (so no sign of abused Uigher labour there) and it...

Phil, yes I think probably my fear of circular saws may be an irrational fear... The Farnell is (obviously) out of my price range or requirements, but I've found this Metabo which seems it would be a significant upgrade from the Makita. Especially with 140mm plunge depth (I know... I wouldn't...

I never knew about the body grip giving far better control. I'd actually wondered that. Thanks for the Mafell suggestions. I'm hanging fire on the Bosch just yet as the origin is China and I'm trying my best not to give them my money at present due to the atrocities on the 3million or so...

Oh dear. Thanks @Essex Barn Workshop . Yeah, I'd seen that but was concerned at it being 'to good to be true'. I think I might just ending up buying that then, especially the amount of good reports on Bosch Blue jigsaws

After nearly 10 or more years with my corded Makita which has always been spot on, I think I might be buying another. My dad borrows it often enough that I'm thinking of just gifting it him (or getting him a new one but he'd just say I was being excessive). Now, I don't want something uber...

I've been thinking about this too. At least for the new brick shed I'm accumulating salvage parts for at present. But from eatimates estimates online it seemed that it's not actually as cost effective for the lifetime of the install. Hence I thiught I'd leave it well alone. Interested in...

Thats amazing Johna and I think that's what I might just do with some door/frame repair and the weather strip solution added in. Regards the weather bar, I'm planning on a canopy anyway so that should be easier to fund... Great advice everyone. Thanks. Will update shortly...

Thanks @johna.clements and the more people butt in, the better. I thought about an angle grinder but assumed reclaimed bricks (some less clean than others possibly) wouldn't take kindly to 'the whack'. Cutting was mentioned in case I decided to cut away the bricks at the bottom (left) of my...

Very true James. But it's also about 5cm rotten on either side on the frame bottom. Plus the opening inwards means it gets very awkward sometimes getting stuff from behind the door on the tool wall. I do get your point about the threshhold/weather bar but always knew it was something that I...

Thanks again all... James, no it's been partitioned (by the council when originally built) and this seems to be the same for the few houses along the terraced row. Clogs, do you mean the wall where the window is. That would increase the costs beyond my current abilities and leave me at trying to...

Haha. I did try to google 'how concrete roofs were made for outhouses' (and all sorts of other iterations of thw same thing) and the only outhouses google/ebay seems to recognise is the garden shed types ;-)

Wouldn't say I made it, but I did make it safe. My MIL yesterday had my BIL round and I notice a desk chopped in half. BIL then asks me to give a hand to pop it in 'that corner'. You know, the one that's next to the concrete flight of steep stairs and there's barely any room to stand. Proper...

@Tris thanks so much for that info. Will try and get my head round it and maybe ask a few focused questions when the time comes/if need be. @Bingy man it's thw width that is only 78cm and upon searching such widths in reclaimed upvc frame/door combos it became apparent that they're extremely...