"WonderMonkey" u37947@uwe wrote in message news:7924a321faba9@uwe...
I'm making some yard items for youth activities. One of them is a
football.
Here is a picture of somethig real close to what I will be doing:
http://www.henrynet.com/stuff/yard/football1.jpg . I've used the
search function here for advice but didn't find anything that fit. If you
know of another thread, please give me a hint and I'll go there. OK,
right
now I plan on drawing my template, and using my jigsaw to cut the arc. My
problem revolves around making a smooth curve instead of what I usually
do.
Any advice for using the jigsaw for this?

If these go well and I want to make more I was planning on using a ( to be
purchased ) router to make the cuts. I'd make a template for the edge of
the
router to ride along, position my piece of plywood, and whammo, I'd have a
nice cut. Sound ok?

And for some background.... I'm not a TOTAL idiot when it comes to
woodworking, but I'm inexperienced in the best (or even close) way to do
things at times. I'm in the process of building a small shop in which
I'll
have some nicer equipment in for but now it's me, my jigsaw, a circular
saw,
and a jug of water.


And don't forget to put masking tape on area to be cut to prevent
splintering along the cut edge if using plywood. W W