Lean green jigsaw machine.

[Doctor]

Got a lot of scribing to do and under my only buy good tools rule it had to be a Festool.

Top tip, and this will speed up any scribing method but takes practice, cut from the back following the scribe line on the front.
advantages are
1/ you cannot damage the face
2/ no jigsaw in the way to obscure line

takes practice but worth mastering.

Top tip number 2

don't drop festool, they may be great but they don't like being dropped unlike Makita and dewalt which could be dropped all day long.

 

[chippy1970]

As mentioned before, any jigsaw is only as good as it's blade,

I dont know if I would agree with that I used a few of the Dewalt jigsaws (never owned one) with Bosch blades fitted and you still have to turn the saw almost sideways to keep it going in a straight line.

I have always bought Bosch jigsaws myself and cannot fault them even though that Carvex looks nice with all its widget's and gizmo's I just couldnt justify £450 quid for the full set.

 

[Shane]

I have always bought Bosch jigsaws myself and cannot fault them

I've had a different experience with the bosch's, we had a couple of the GST60's (iirc) and the bases buckled really easily, and they weren't badly abused

 

[Chems]

Got a lot of scribing to do and under my only buy good tools rule it had to be a Festool.

Top tip, and this will speed up any scribing method but takes practice, cut from the back following the scribe line on the front.
advantages are
1/ you cannot damage the face
2/ no jigsaw in the way to obscure line

takes practice but worth mastering.

Top tip number 2

don't drop festool, they may be great but they don't like being dropped unlike Makita and dewalt which could be dropped all day long.

Thanks for that Doc, I'll try it!

 

[busy builder]

Oh, I don't agree on build quality and dropability. I have amonst others a Festool ETS125 sander which is brilliant and I could use this all day with getting VWF (tingles in the fingers). I have dropped this 3 times off ladders from about 10' and it just bounces but no damage other than a scrape.

I was using this for windows and someone else had a cheapo B & Q palm type sander, they had to stop using theirs after 1/2 hour because of the vibes. The ETS 125 just keeps going without vibes, I don't know how they do it but its worth the money just for that.