Black & Decker Scorpion 400W Handsaw Reviews

Mother in laws....who needs them? Well to be honest with you, I do. Why am I mentioning my mother in law in a review about an electric saw? Cos I used mine to chop the Old Trout into little bits haha ! Only kidding, she's too tough even for a power tool. My wonderfull Mother in law bought me a brilliant birthday present this year....a one way ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

THIS TREE, MY LAD, IS AN EX-TREE I live in a conservation area, so anything you do to a tree, has, at least in theory got to be approved by the council. However, in our garden, we have what I'm reliably informed is called a Siberian Crab-Apple tree. Or at least we did, but since it hasn't leafed or borne fruit for at least three years ...  Read the complete review

After seeing this product on tv my wife bought it for me after the first time I used it the blade was slack, on the third time of using the tool the blade and blade holder flew off. It was held onto the reciprecating arm by 2 3mm screws, both heads had sheared off. I tried to get through to a customer service number at Spennymoor waiting for over ...  Read the complete review

The girlf and I have joust bought a house. It's barely 4 years old and so I didn't think I would be doing any DIY on it for the foreseeable future. Why, then, have I spent more time than ever before in B&Q since moving in? It would seem that DIY is an inescapable fact of moving house. The project in question was the boarding of ...  Read the complete review

Bought my Scorpion saw in February 2002 to help me out with a particular problem on a DIY attic conversion project. I needed a tool to cut through the studs in a partition wall, with minimum disturbance, to allow me to insert lintels over doorways. Having watched the advert on TV, I bought the saw, and it was the ideal answer to my problem. In ...  Read the complete review

I saw this saw in a DIY shop, and thought it looked like a good buy, I was right. This saw has a variety of extras. This saw has a dual position which allows it to be used as a handsaw or jigsaw. This makes this saw a buy, on it's own, but there is more. There is a variable speed button at the fingertips, which allows you to ...  Read the complete review