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  • Re: Evolution Rage Circular Saw - 1B variant spec?

    From Marland@21:1/5 to jkn on Tue Apr 1 20:57:56 2025
    jkn <jkn+es@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
    Hi All
    I went to my first Car Boot Sale of the year today, and splashed
    out on an Evolution Rage Circular Saw. I don't use many power tools but
    have a potential use for this coming up.

    I know of these from a little while ago ... and noted that this example
    seems to be a 'Rage-B' or 'Rage-1B' variant.

    I'm curious re. the differences between the 'original' model and this
    '-B' one, but can't find much information. Does anyone have any knowledge?

    Thanks
    J^n


    Nowt to do with your query but I would never buy a power tool at a boot
    sale unless the seller had some provenance such as they were an individual selling a deceased parents belongings.
    Too often you see a stall from a regular seller doing it for a living who
    has several items and there is a fair chance many have been stolen from
    some poor sod whose van has been ripped open who not only has the cost of replacing tools but vehicle repairs costing 1000’s and loss of earnings
    till they can get working again, and it has become so common that is
    becoming difficult to get insurance that isn’t itself is a crippling
    burden.

    GH

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  • From jkn@21:1/5 to Marland on Tue Apr 1 22:24:36 2025
    On 01/04/2025 21:57, Marland wrote:
    jkn <jkn+es@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
    Hi All
    I went to my first Car Boot Sale of the year today, and splashed
    out on an Evolution Rage Circular Saw. I don't use many power tools but
    have a potential use for this coming up.

    I know of these from a little while ago ... and noted that this example
    seems to be a 'Rage-B' or 'Rage-1B' variant.

    I'm curious re. the differences between the 'original' model and this
    '-B' one, but can't find much information. Does anyone have any knowledge? >>
    Thanks
    J^n


    Nowt to do with your query but I would never buy a power tool at a boot
    sale unless the seller had some provenance such as they were an individual selling a deceased parents belongings.
    Too often you see a stall from a regular seller doing it for a living who
    has several items and there is a fair chance many have been stolen from
    some poor sod whose van has been ripped open who not only has the cost of replacing tools but vehicle repairs costing 1000’s and loss of earnings till they can get working again, and it has become so common that is
    becoming difficult to get insurance that isn’t itself is a crippling burden.

    GH

    FWIW (a) I almost never buy power tools at a car boot sale, partly for
    the reason you mention and also for general lack of information about
    how the tool has been looked after etc. There was good reason to be
    happy in this case.

    (b) I asked Evolution Power Tools who (perhaps surprisingly) got back to
    me on this; they said that the -B variant was made in a different
    factory but basically had the same spec. Maybe a few cost-cutting
    differences ... but I haven't seen any

    Oh, I also notice that with the move to cordless in the trade there are
    a fair few corded power tools coming up cheap...

    J^n

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  • From Marland@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Wed Apr 2 08:52:06 2025
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Marland wrote:

    but I would never buy a power tool at a boot
    sale unless the seller had some provenance such as they were an individual >> selling a deceased parents belongings.
    Too often you see a stall from a regular seller doing it for a living who
    has several items and there is a fair chance many have been stolen from
    some poor sod whose van has been ripped open

    I agree there's a high chance they're nicked and would never buy there,
    OTOH I doubt many people take grants of probate to a car boot ...


    Probably not, but I know a couple of people who have taken some deceased relatives belongings to a boot sale and sold them from just that, the car
    boot or estate car load area. They look quite different from the battered
    van that has hundreds of items on several tables or the ground whose owner
    does the rounds of several sales sites. Some will be genuine house
    clearers but it is easy for the less scrupulous to hide stolen tools
    amongst the legally obtained ones.

    GH

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Marland on Wed Apr 2 08:19:47 2025
    Marland wrote:

    but I would never buy a power tool at a boot
    sale unless the seller had some provenance such as they were an individual selling a deceased parents belongings.
    Too often you see a stall from a regular seller doing it for a living who
    has several items and there is a fair chance many have been stolen from
    some poor sod whose van has been ripped open

    I agree there's a high chance they're nicked and would never buy there,
    OTOH I doubt many people take grants of probate to a car boot ...

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