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Black & Decker SC500 3.4 Amp Navigator Powered Hand Saw/Jig Saw | List Price: $76.00
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Brand: Black & Decker
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - Powerful 3.4 amp, 0-6,500 spm motor for controlled cuts
- 2 tools in 1: Easily converts from powered hand saw to jig saw
- Patented tool free blade change
- Compact design with contoured handle and soft grip
- Scalloped front end for visibility to blade and cut line
This is an ingenious tool with some limitations... [Posted on 2004-11-29]
I just bought this saw for an incredible price at a day-after-Thanksgiving sale (Menards). In fact, the $19.50 I paid is 1/2 the normal price in the local hardware stores. As for the saw's performance, I have some mixed feelings.
My motivation for buying this saw (other than the incredible price) was to use it with various blades to cut 4" pvc pipe, tree limbs, etc. instead of using handsaws. It does all of this fairly well, but it would perform much better if B&D came out with a wider assortment of blades. At just 3.4 amps, this saw is not overly well powered and thus it should have an assortment of blades available so as to maximize the efficiency of the cutting action. For instance, the wide woodcutting blade has teeth that are fairly fine - which is good for precise cuts in material such as pvc pipe and lumber, but not so good when cutting tree limbs or any other situation where you want an agressive cut. All I got with the saw was a wide woodcutting blade (the blade that is normally pictured in the saw) and a narrow blade to use for cutting metal pipe. In my opinion B&D needs to come up with some more blades!
Having said all of that, I really like the ingenious design of this saw. Although I will probably never have a need to "convert" this saw to its jigsaw configuration - I have much better jigsaws for that - I think that this feature might be handy to the novice weekend warriors out there.
If you can find this saw at a bargain price I recommend it as worth the money!
I love this saw! [Posted on 2006-01-08]
I've always been a little nervous using my handheld circular saw and I've never put my little jig saw to much use. Often I've ended up sawing things by hand--tedious! This saw is so handy and easy to use that I never hesitate to pull it out and put it to work. I love it!
blade removal [Posted on 2006-05-01]
This is a great saw, but there is a problem with the mechanism for removing/installing the blades. This afternoon I went to change blades, and for some reason I could not get the blade on. Normally it's quite intuitive, you don't even have to think about what you're doing, so it took me quite a while to figure out what the problem was. There is a small stud (or whatever the technical term might be) that you need to slip the hole in the tang of the blade over. This can get turned the wrong way. It's designed so that the hole in the blade will only fit over it from one direction. Then you turn the entire blade, along with this stud, into the lock position. But if the stud is accidentally turned into the lock position when the blade isn't on it, then you need to press down on the release button, take a pair of small pliers or tweezers and turn it back to the correct position. It took me about an hour to figure this out--I was going crazy trying to figure out why the same blade I'd been using for a couple of years suddenly wouldn't fit anymore. I hope this note will save someone some time. Otherwise, an excellent product.
Blade Changing - "That guy saved you" [Posted on 2007-06-23]
My wife bought this tool on clearance, w/o packaging or instructions for $14. We couldn't install blades. Thanks to the guy who offered the "Plier Trick". To quote my wife, "That guy saved you".
To expand on his instructions: If you can push the black button that moves the locking pin in and out, you need to do the trick. Get needle nose pliers or a flat head screwdriver. Push the black button, which extends the locking pin. Insert a screwdriver or pliers through the hole on the opposite side and turn the end of that pin 90 degrees. At this point, it should not retract completely when you release the button. Now, place the blade over the pin and rotate 90 degrees into place. The pin should retract. To remove the blade, push the black button, rotate the blade out of operating position (90 degrees) and slide it off the pin. It is now in position to install the next blade.
Hope this is useful!
Terrific Electric Saw! [Posted on 2008-04-07]
It saws wood fast and clean. That's just what I needed. Perfect. Don't need to change blades, so I don't care about that. Neighbors came around to see this thing in action.
I'll throw a block party if I can buy another one here. Lent it to Ma. Her mouse chewed all through the cable, even the wire! Aughh... First one was drowned in 16 inches of rain. Want a third one, Amazon. Please bring it back soon.
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