mahking51
Established Member
If there is one power tool I can't seem to get to grips with it is the jigsaw!
I have a medium price Bosch and can use it just fine for 'hack' jobs but when I need a bit of accuracy the bloody thing will not cut a perpendicular kerf.
I've tried setting the blade to a square first, going slow on the feed rate, and all combinations I can think of but never seekm to get it right.
I end up cutting way clear of the line and using a trim bit or other method which wastes a lot of time.
Anyone have any thoughts as to where I am going wrong?
Any good articles/books?
Any advice on blades, upcut, downcut etc, when to use the oscilation etc?
I am currently using it on 20mm MDF and some small sections of my greenheart.
regards
martin
I have a medium price Bosch and can use it just fine for 'hack' jobs but when I need a bit of accuracy the bloody thing will not cut a perpendicular kerf.
I've tried setting the blade to a square first, going slow on the feed rate, and all combinations I can think of but never seekm to get it right.
I end up cutting way clear of the line and using a trim bit or other method which wastes a lot of time.
Anyone have any thoughts as to where I am going wrong?
Any good articles/books?
Any advice on blades, upcut, downcut etc, when to use the oscilation etc?
I am currently using it on 20mm MDF and some small sections of my greenheart.
regards
martin