"Rob Morley" wrote in message
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In article , "John
Rumm" says...
Rob Morley wrote:

In article , "Slymo"
says...

Nice one, I may have a go at cutting it myself but obviously I don't
want to wreck it cos they're not cheap so I'll keep my options open
for a bit. What is a ripfence though please?


A width guide for cutting parallel to an edge.

Not all jigsaws can use them, and even then you often need to buy the
fence separately. Axminster sell a Makita fence that may fit other
jigsaws.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0

The usual alternative would be to cut along a batten to get a straight
edge. That is complicated in your case because of the curve in the
screen. You may find that a thinish strip of wood could be bent to the
same shape however if you clamped it at both ends.


Easier to make a quick jig than try to use a batten on a curve, I'd have
thought. Just a bit of ply or MDF, drill hole for blade, screw jigsaw
to top, attach a straight strip of something underneath to desired width
of cut.
I cut a curved bath panel, removing about an inch at the bottom, by marking
a line with a permenant marker on front side, applying clear selotape both
sides, scoring with a sharp knife along required line (front side only) and
cutting with a fret saw with a fine blade. Tooks ages with no breakages or
cracks or chips but then it only need to be done once, but once correctly.
Could have used a jigsaw with a fine blade, but that would have required
cutting from the back of the pannel to prevent chipping but that would have
been difficult to get the saw in due to the curve of the panel.