David in Normandy wrote:
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message
Take it back and exchange it for a circular saw,if there's one power tool
that I don't have its a jigsaw basically because they're useless for
cutting
long lenghts of wood straight.




Must agree. My jigsaw wanders to the left so have to steer it to the
right. It can also wander with the depth of the cut too depending on
what I'm cutting. Doing the cut out hole in worktops for a kitchen sink
being a prime example. The cut is not at 90 degrees to the surface.
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David in Normandy.
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You have probably done the hole for the sink now? but if and when I happen
to get a job of that ilk I prefer to use a router which can give you a
precise cut with inner straight edges,although its quicker to cut out the
hole first with a jigsaw and then route the hole to required lines I still
prefer to use the router for each and every cutout.




Yes, sounds like a better way of doing it. The last sink I did, the
angle turned out so far off 90 degrees that there wasn't much left for
the fixing clips to hang on to.

For what it's worth, having tried cutting the sink (and later, the hob)
from a 40mm worktop with a jigsaw, and giving up, going to the effort of
making a jig out of 12mm mdf for the sink (and hob)) and using the
router, I would not now entertain the idea of using anything other than
the router. A brilliant power tool, if you excuse the amount of mess
that it makes, and the potential for losing the family jewels.