Zed Rafi wrote:
i've got a VERY basic jigsaw. it's a Black & Decker corded jigsaw, that i
got for very cheap (50 canadian bucks).
I imagine these jigsaws are considered absolute crap to the experienced
woodworker, but it seems to work fine for the occasional use i make of it.

"Lawrence Wasserman" a écrit dans le message de
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What kind of jigsaw do you have? The first & best thing you can do is
to get a high quality saw like a Bosch or Milwaukee.

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Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland






Rafi:

Get the BOSCH blades for your saw jig saw -- assuming they fit.
Available at HD and CTC here in Kanuckistan. I recently replaced my Old
B&D with a Makita and was not that satisfied. Getting the new blades
made a great difference. Difference between the Bosch blades and the
cheap blades is amazing. Often you can get a polished looking surface
with the right blade for the speed and the material. Then the other
smoothing operations go quicker.

Also -- if you do not need a "precision edge" to mate with something,
you can get an inflatable sander at Lee Valley to fit in a drill press
or whatever. They do a beautiful job of smoothing an edge. $50 or less
as I recall. SWMBO got one for Christmas for her intarsia -- of course I
test it occasionally for here just to make sure it works properly...


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Will
Occasional Techno-geek

Zed Rafi wrote:

i've got a VERY basic jigsaw. it's a Black & Decker corded jigsaw, that i
got for very cheap (50 canadian bucks).
I imagine these jigsaws are considered absolute crap to the experienced
woodworker, but it seems to work fine for the occasional use i make of it.

The big problem with cheap jigsaws is not durability but lack of precision.
Way backalong I tried a Bosch and immediately bought one--cost more at the
time than all my other portable tools combined but it was worth it. There
is no other power tool where the difference between "cheap" and "good" is
as apparent as in a jigsaw, but until you've used both you don't realize
just how wide that gap is.

Using Bosch blades in your saw if it will take them should help but it still
doesn't have the orbital action or precision control of blade movement that
the Bosch mechanism (also used in one variation or another by Milwaukee and
a couple of other vendors now that the Bosch patents have expired)
provides.

If you can't get a smooth cut then you need to smooth it by other
means--depending on the intricacy of the cut you can use planes or scrapers
or various kinds of sanders.

"Lawrence Wasserman" a écrit dans le message
de ...
What kind of jigsaw do you have? The first & best thing you can do is
to get a high quality saw like a Bosch or Milwaukee.

--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland



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