Chris Bacon wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
hicks wrote:
[ trimming a door with a jigsaw ]

The blade itself bends (especially) when cutting along the
grain. The cut on the "top" may well be pretty straight,
the other side could wobble all over the place, maybe
+/- 3/8" (9mm) for the thickness of a door.

Instead of: You'll get:


| | | |
| | | |
| door | | door |
| | | |
| | | _,,-. - this edge will wobble
|___________| |_,,..-'' up and down like waves.

==============f=l=o=o=r===============

Try it, as you say, on some scrap. Knots especially will
throw the blade off course.

ok. But I'm wondering, as it's such a small amount I need to remove, if
a plane is the right tool to use after all.