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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1041314" data-attributes="member: 176704">You are correct about the relationship between &quot;B&amp;D&quot; &amp; &quot;DeWalt&quot; - but I didn't want to complicate the picture by trying to explain it! In that context I have a (probably nearly 30 yr old)&nbsp; B&amp;D &quot;Alligator&quot; dual-reciprocating blades electric tenon saw which was great for jobs like lopping trees and tree roots - but that was discontinued and replaced by the Dewalt &quot;Alligator&quot; version which is heavier and has longer blades. I converted the B&amp;D version to take the longer DeWalt blades as the shorter B&amp;D (especially the rough cut) blades became virtually unavailable - unfortunately the &quot;balance&quot; is not right now and there is a hell of a lot more vibration <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" />.As for &quot;cheap&quot; tools,&nbsp; there is a place for those that you won't use very often and are of generally good/robust design - but not if you are going to use them regularly and hard, like in the workplace or in a variety of roles (as we here generally do).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1041314, member: 176704"] You are correct about the relationship between "B&D" & "DeWalt" - but I didn't want to complicate the picture by trying to explain it! In that context I have a (probably nearly 30 yr old) B&D "Alligator" dual-reciprocating blades electric tenon saw which was great for jobs like lopping trees and tree roots - but that was discontinued and replaced by the Dewalt "Alligator" version which is heavier and has longer blades. I converted the B&D version to take the longer DeWalt blades as the shorter B&D (especially the rough cut) blades became virtually unavailable - unfortunately the "balance" is not right now and there is a hell of a lot more vibration :(. As for "cheap" tools, there is a place for those that you won't use very often and are of generally good/robust design - but not if you are going to use them regularly and hard, like in the workplace or in a variety of roles (as we here generally do). [/QUOTE]

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