I need to make a number of cuts to worktops, it's at work so the finish doesn't have to be amazing but I want an edge straight enough to glue a strip on afterwards.
Do folk tend to find this achievable with a saw guide and a jigsaw?
A circular saw is 100% better than a jigsaw for straight line cuts, even a very good one like Makita/Bosch.
Use a sawboard with a circular saw.
A jigsaw inherently doesn't cut straight or square. And is pretty slow on something that thick. Also tends to loosen the plastic surface as the blade goes both ways. I would only use it on curves (if any)
I usually use a circular saw (cutting from plain side and run a belt sander over the cut edge afterwards to remove loose bits.
No... the lower end of the blade will wander.
Cut with a jigsaw, leaving a bit. Clean up with a hand plane, sharp and set fine.
Thomas Prufer
+1
Perhaps I'm spoilt, but in anticipation of doing a few mitre cuts in a worktop I bought a router and a template.
A router leaves a clean edge.
You'll have to sharpen the blade blade every 5 minutes.
Carbide tipped circular saw blade with leave an almost perfect edge.
For cleaning up, I have used a power planer, with TC blades.
Fred is correct.
A half inch router and a straight edge guide is the way to get a good cut in a worktop. All the other methods including a good jigsaw with a new blade may be acceptable for government work and may be good enough to glue on a strip of something (you don't say what, wood? Laminate?)but are far from ideal.
tim w
Yes...
Yes, but I figured he didn't have one -- else he wouldn't have asked about the jigsaw...
Thomas Prufer
Jigsaw and saw guide are simply not compatible. So no.
NT
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