Customer Reviews

Black & Decker BDSS100 16-inch Scroll Saw

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I purchased this saw from Amazon for my son to use doing fret and scroll work as he seemed interested in trying it for a hobby.After doing a little research and not wanting to make a large investment till it was clear he liked it I made a perfect choice.For the money invested in this saw it was clearly the best choice. For hundreds less than the saws I reviewed it has most all the features and specs. as the others.Now that he has one I want one also and for the money in my opinion it is the clear choice.The only drawback is when I purchased his it was $116.00 and eligible for the super saver shipping on (7/3/08)now it costs approx. $30.00 more for shipping and $4.00 more for the saw since super saver shipping is not available (7/27/08).Even so the saw is still a good choice.

I've only used the scroll saw less than 14 times probably, and changed blades only 5-7 times, and guess what? Today when I was trying to tighten my blade, the tension lever breaks. Can't believe this. Now I'm going to have to call up Black and Decker and see if they can fix this. I can't get what is left of the screw out of the hole, otherwise I could have shimmed in a metal rod or something.

update: I used needlenose pliers to push the jagged edge of the broken screw around and around until it de-threaded. Now I use a Palm TX stylus in the hole in place of the broken lever.

update: I've had it 3-1/2 months and the lower bladeholder just broke while changing blades. The metal broke right off! Now I have to figure out how to order the parts and punch out the spring pin holding the broken bladeholder... bummer!

update: It's been a little less than a year, and now the saw won't switch on. Must figure out what's wrong... again.

update: The switch was under warranty and they swapped it out. But now it is out of warranty and making a banging rattling sound. Will have to figure it out myself what is wrong.

I was very excited about buying this, but it was so difficult assembling it correctly and getting the blade to stay in that I got disgusted with it and cut the cord off and threw it out. I wasn't going to give it away after throwing so much money and time on it.

1.1st shipment. Tracking # would have been beneficial.That way I could see that FEDEX lost the package. Instead, I had to go thru Amazon Email to vendor 15 days later. When the trak was provided, I went thru FEDEX to place a trace. I was the first to ask about this shipment, Hmmm. The vendor was supposed to be doing this. It's only been 20 days from date of shipment.

2. 2nd shipment. Vendor sends replacement out only after 2 Emails from me, 7 days apart. 1 product shows up on porch, box torn open, visable damage to product. Was this the recently "found" 1st shipment? IDK, refused. 1 week later, replacement shows up and a FEDEX employee picks this 1 up with a call tag.

1 month later......I'll get a scroll saw local. Tired of flakey vendors not providing the customer with needed info.