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Default Bending jigsaw blades

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 16:59:42 +0100, newshound wrote:

To cut the Celotex floor insulation into joist gap panels, I

bought
some of these jigsaw blades which should be good for up to 100mm.


Once you put any sideways force on a jigsaw blade it will bend and you
won't get a square cut any more.


+1

Cut by hand using a panel saw?


+1

Or score and snap. Works at 25 mm not tried 75 mm that might be to
thick or require to much force over a too long a distance.

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Cheers
Dave.