whats in your tool box

antiskeptic

Waffle wrote: »

I noticed alot of people have jigsaws. Does anyone else find them total sh$t for anything except the roughest of cuts?

In their defence..

A jigsaws prime application is cutting curved lines so it's not surprising that you'll come across limitations if trying to use them instead of a circular saw. That said, I find them a fantastic tool for general use so long as pristine cuts aren't required. They're typically lighter that circular saws and don't require as much setting up of the work in order to safely make a cut. A sharp blade and not too much forcing .. and a straight edged cut is well within reach.

Try get a neat mitre when dealing with bowed skirting board (typical of the rubbish available in Chadwicks) using any other tool too...

yoshytoshy

If you're cutting something like a work top with a jigsaw and don't want the edges to splinter.
Put a strip of duct tape along the cut line and it helps stop splintering.

galwaydude18

Or you could just use down cutting blades instead or the duct tape and there would be no fear or any splinters that way!

yoshytoshy

galwaydude18 wrote: »

no fear or any splinters that way!

Orly!

Buford T Justice

galwaydude18 wrote: »

Or you could just use down cutting blades instead or the duct tape and there would be no fear or any splinters that way!

Or cut the worktop face down.:D