Faithfull FAIPRS Piercing Saw (Jeweller's Saw)

one of those nice occasions when the item quality was better than anticipated. good sturdy frame, well finished and handle smooth.

Good price

Blade snapped pretty quick (not a surprise as i was cutting fibreboard) but it lasted for long enough for me to finish cutting

AVOID AVOID AVOID!I rarely write Amazon reviews, but sometimes, I'll find a tool or purchase that is just so great, so amazing quality or such great value, I have to log in and write a review.THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE..This is without a doubt the WORST tool I have ever purchased, either from Amazon or elsewhere.I have used jewellers saws before many times, I'm not some newbie that doesn't know how to tension a blade or use burr life or how to saw with one. So believe me when I say THIS SAW IS RUBBISH. It is NOT WORTH the cost of postage, let alone the asking price.Where to start with it's woeful "qualities"?Handle itself is cheap wood, fine. Does the job. The frame *looks* from the photos like blue-painted steel. It's not. It's a low-grade, poorly cast alloy. I'm thinking tin but whatever it is is non-ferrous.The retaining screws are actually made out of something ferrous, tho I'm thinking more likely a very cheap nickel alloy than steel. To give you some idea of how soft and poor these screws are, I scraped them gently with a regular scalpel blade. Do that to any kind of normal steel (let alone HSS), and your blade will dull. This carved a line in it. Carvable steel, well done lads, a new low!The main part of the frame itself is also ferrous metal of some kind, but I suspect again an ultra-cheap ultra soft nickel alloy of some kind. Can you get magnetic lead?The real star of the show here though was the ONE, solitary "blade" shipped with this landfill filler.It snapped as soon as I tried to gently tighten one nut. Not under tension, not bent, not even really being tightened, and it snapped. I tried a few times to actually get it tightened within the frame (moving down as each piece snapped off). I managed to get it in place once. Set it against a 0.5mm thick piece of silver and made one gentle 45 degree stroke. It snapped in half as the frame twisted (likely from the badly cast retaining nuts)I have already submitted a return request for this garbage. If, like me, you couldn't find your piercing saw anywhere, or the blades you know are somewhere in the house, I suggest you either a) Buy a decent one from Cookson old or others or b) spend your day looking for your old saw, because even if you don't find it, you've gotten some exercise, tidied up a bit, and not spend £9 on the worst piece of excrement I have ever seen offered for sale.

Arrived damage. Could still but handle was damaged and the blade snapped.

Why did I not buy one of these years ago? I have had a coping saw since about 1969, but this is so much more accurate for fine detail work, Blades aren't as tough as coping saw ones, but once you get use to that, the rest is a breeze. A great addition to any modelmakers toolbox.

This fret saw is a top piece of kit and great value for money, very sturdy with lock down nuts, easy to extend to blade sizes, simple to use, blade change can be done in a very short time, easy wipe clean and store

Easy to fit a blade