that sounds like a 'two steps back' style good luck. Do i really inspire that much confidence

 

**Update** Went to go grab some blades (since I couldn't find what I wanted) and got to talking to a guy at the tool store. He said Aluminum is bad for power tools because the saw dust is actually highly conductive metal shards that just love to cause havoc in an electric device. Never considered that because I was not using my OWN tools before.
that being said, He also mentioned carbide blades

I grabbed a cheap @$$ $20 sawzall, and a set of $7 blades. considering that that is about 1/3 the cost of the aluminum, I feel like it was a sound investment, plus if it survives, maybe I can use it to trim hedges or something....

Anyway, from here on out, i'll be posting in my build thread, but figured i would wrap this one up too.