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Re: Parkside Plunge/Track Saw

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None left at my local store at 1pm. They had 3 drivers left tho.

I grabbed myself a nailer tho


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Anyone recommend a value for money blade to put in for nice cutting plywood?

Looks like it takes 165mm blades with a 20mm centre hole. I've not tried it yet but I assume the 24 tooth blade it came with isn't going to give the cleanest of cuts.
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Grumbledook wrote:Anyone recommend a value for money blade to put in for nice cutting plywood?

Looks like it takes 165mm blades with a 20mm centre hole. I've not tried it yet but I assume the 24 tooth blade it came with isn't going to give the cleanest of cuts.
It's not great but for a stock blade it is ok. Certainly good enough for rough work.
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Picked mine up today...A tasty polish chick that works there hid one in the back for me :wink:

I'll let you know how I get on (with the saw that is :lol:)..
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There was one left in my store but I decided against it. I bought the impact driver and nailer/stapler instead.
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I managed to the the last one in the store I went in to guy behind me at the till have one and a impact driver as well had a look at my managers one when i got back to the yard and it looks to to be the same as the scheppach pl55 so going on screwfix prices saved £140 as they want £199.99 for the same kit. Going to invest in some more rail and a couple of spare blades for mine :thumbleft:
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Wes wrote:Picked mine up today...A tasty polish chick that works there hid one in the back for me :wink:

I'll let you know how I get on (with the saw that is :lol:)..
damn, theres no hot birds in my 2 local lidl's. maybe ill try futher afield. not that i need a track saw like. i got a ts55 already.

btw festool blades are 160mm i think. so they may mess with the cut depth by a couplea mm. there are 160mm and 165mm blades available with the same size centre bore. but its only a couplea mm so nowt to complain about.
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Seems this is why they were selling so fast, some enterprising people out there, 100% mark up!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/plunge-track- ... 4d348771ad
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Can't blame 'em - they were a bargain!

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i think its wrong to make a profit by selling above full price indeed immoral in some respects as you dont get a 3 year gtee with it
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Flippin alright bit of kit...Used it to rip some ply down today and have absolutely no complaints at all for the money...Don't know how long it'll last like but if it gives me a year I'll be happy :thumbright:
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Wes wrote:Flippin alright bit of kit...Used it to rip some ply down today and have absolutely no complaints at all for the money...Don't know how long it'll last like but if it gives me a year I'll be happy :thumbright:
if it gives you 35 months then packs up youll get you money back :lol: :lol:
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I got my stapler, not tried it yet, but it does look light for site work.
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Wes wrote:Picked mine up today...A tasty polish chick that works there hid one in the back for me :wink:

I'll let you know how I get on (with the saw that is :lol:)..
My local store has 2 polish chicks(both pretty ugly with heavy 80's make-up) and a ginger guy with horrendous dandruff,BO and a beard. They had sod all saws either :cb
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steviejoiner74 wrote:
Wes wrote:Picked mine up today...A tasty polish chick that works there hid one in the back for me :wink:

I'll let you know how I get on (with the saw that is :lol:)..
My local store has 2 polish chicks(both pretty ugly with heavy 80's make-up) and a ginger guy with horrendous dandruff,BO and a beard. They had sod all saws either :cb
that was me on my monday and thurday job :huray: :thumbright:
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