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I need to earn some man points by building something and the jigsaw gets a dusting (not a euphamism).
I need to cut straight lines (8-900mm) down some plywood and am looking for some guides and don't know what's good.
Ebay has some clamp guides but I can't tell whether they're good or not.
Any recommendations?
Buy a cheap circular saw.
Jigsaws are bastards
A piece of wood and a couple of g clamps should do it. Better with a circular saw though. Another option is to buy the wood in b&q and get them to cut it on their big saw. Dead straight.
Buy a cheap circular saw.
Probably ain't going to do the 70mm cut that I want or do the curvy bit either.
Circular saw would be a better bet for a straight line. Failing that, can you not just clamp/screw a straight edge on to your waste side? Best bet would be to measure from the edge of your jigsaw baseplate, to the edge of the blade, then clamp a straight edge that distance from your cut line.
Beware, a jigsaw may still try and wander.
There will be plenty of videos on YouTube showing you what to do if you search there I reckon.
You've changed the brief!
I'd still get one for the straight bits.
How many cuts? If its only a few I'd probably reach for the hand saw.
Failing that, can you not just clamp/screw a straight edge on to your waste side?
It's cutting a "U" shape out of the ply so an edge to stop it wandering out is all I'm after. If I have to sand or chisel out anything from the hole side (the inside of the U, isn't a problem. B&Q can't do anything as they can only cut straight, I've asked them. And based on experience their cuts aren't all that straight either.
Long, straight piece of wood and a couple of G clamps sounds like the best bet.
EDIT.
You've changed the brief!
And you offered an answer that wasn't in the question. 😆
Jigsaw? What's hot and what's not?
Gutted - I thought you were talking about Jigsaw!
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Circular saw combined with a 70mm hole saw. Should be able to get it spot on that way.
@atg Nice frock. I think the model helps to show it to its best.
You do realise you could get an uppy downy post for that sort of money? Or brakes.
/STW is slipping..
Was expecting at least one reply about a 5000 piece picture of Big Ben by now...
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dawson, will this do?
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Problem I've always had with jigsaws in anythign other than thin ply and mdf is not cutting a straight line, it's cutting a vertical one - the blades tend to wander from the vertical a bit as they flex so to get the cut vertical you end up running a router along the line afterwards to tidy it up.