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What type of jigsaw blade would you good folk recommend for
a clean (versus fast) cut in 3/4in ply? Is 10-12tpi reasonable? Am I right in thinking that it would be counterproductive to push this up to 20tpi? -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Malcolm Hoar" wrote: What type of jigsaw blade would you good folk recommend for a clean (versus fast) cut in 3/4in ply? Bosch Bi-metal, 10 TPI is about as good as you can get, but don't expct it to give a "clean" cut unless you are working with 13 ply Birch. Cut proud and clean up with a router if you truly need a clean edge in ply. Lew |
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On Oct 29, 9:13 pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"Malcolm Hoar" wrote: What type of jigsaw blade would you good folk recommend for a clean (versus fast) cut in 3/4in ply? Bosch Bi-metal, 10 TPI is about as good as you can get, but don't expct it to give a "clean" cut unless you are working with 13 ply Birch. For clean cuts, the Bosch "swiss filed" are the best. They are sharp enough to easily cut your fingers when you buy them. I cut out last year in a crunch project I cut out six rounded poker table frames and elbow rests (the large kind you see at Vegas or on TV) and it only took three to cut out all the table pieces out of utility grade birch. I honestly don't buy anything else but the Bosch blades for the jigsaw anymore, and haven't for years. They are worth every penny. There are charts somewhere online that can help you figure out which ones to buy for each application. Robert |
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In article , "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
What type of jigsaw blade would you good folk recommend for a clean (versus fast) cut in 3/4in ply? Bosch Bi-metal, 10 TPI is about as good as you can get, but don't expct it to give a "clean" cut unless you are working with 13 ply Birch. Cut proud and clean up with a router if you truly need a clean edge in ply. Here's what I found: * The Bosch T101AO (20 tpi) produced a very clean straight cuts. Not quite as clean as a router, of course. But I was pretty impressed with this saw cut. However, it was a disaster on some (gentle) curves. * I switched to the T119BO for the curves and they got the job done but with a fair bit of tearing that needed to be cleaned up. -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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ROY! wrote:
Coincidentally, I recently saw an article or tip that suggested making a zero clearance jigsaw plate. They can be bought for less than a buck each for Bosch jigsaws. |
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On Oct 30, 12:44 am, "
wrote: On Oct 29, 9:13 pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote: "Malcolm Hoar" wrote: What type of jigsaw blade would you good folk recommend for a clean (versus fast) cut in 3/4in ply? Bosch Bi-metal, 10 TPI is about as good as you can get, but don't expct it to give a "clean" cut unless you are working with 13 ply Birch. For clean cuts, the Bosch "swiss filed" are the best. They are sharp enough to easily cut your fingers when you buy them. I cut out last year in a crunch project I cut out six rounded poker table frames and elbow rests (the large kind you see at Vegas or on TV) and it only took three to cut out all the table pieces out of utility grade birch. I honestly don't buy anything else but the Bosch blades for the jigsaw anymore, and haven't for years. They are worth every penny. There are charts somewhere online that can help you figure out which ones to buy for each application. Robert It all depends on your stance (not too wide in Minneapolis) how you hold your mouth...and how quickly you feed the saw. A nice slow steady pace, with the blades Robert suggested will give you a nice result. Keep in mind one side will be cleaner than the other. Bosch blades are worth every penny. I'm glad they work in my Milwaukee. |
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