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<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">I'm a fan of the Makita, still.
We bought a PorterCable once that used t-shank, and it was good, but heavy.
That said, for cutting scrollwork in wood, that CutAwl is still my
favorite. Mayhaps a shop near you has one they'll lend? Chico State had one
(where I saw our Shop Fore - and no one else - use it). We bought one at
Regent (where I taught as many of our carps as I could), and I used the one
they had at William & Mary... I never spent any time in the Portland
area shops, though, so I don't know who might have one...</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">Steven R Hood<br>
310.756.3555<br>
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August 29, 2015 11:21:38 AM Jon Ares via Stagecraft
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<div dir="ltr">Greetings all... query to the masses: any recommendations
for a jigsaw? Here's what I've got:<div><br></div><div>Some time
ago, a really great Makita was donated to me from a TV/film shop, and
it's really my favorite - it's somewhat compact, smooth, generally
awesome, except it uses a u-shank style blade, but a u-shank with a hole in
it, for an index pin for the blade to secure to. Love that, but can't
find blades for it. (Regular u-shank blades won't stay in
it.)</div><div><br></div><div>Have a very good quality, NEW DeWalt jigsaw,
but it's a bit heavy, and the worst thing about it is the trigger:
it's EXTREMELY sensitive. Practically breathe on it, and the blade is
off to the races. Just trying to carry it and manipulate it, while lining
up the blade, etc the blade goes. It's a very unpopular jigsaw with my
students, as you can guess. :)</div><div><br></div><div>So.... a good
quality, not-too-sensitive, not-too-heavy jiggy out there? (Thanks for not
recommending Skil/Black n Decker - I've gone through many of those
cheap things, and they throw blades, shake like crazy, make crappy cuts,
etc.... I want a good one.)</div><div><br></div><div>As for the method
question: have lots of fancy-cutting to do on large panels - something a
CNC would do a great job with, but not having one of those, it's back
to cutting the scrolly things by hand (think Victorian trim). 1/4"
material... "back in the day," those heavy, expensive
"Cut-Awls" were designed for such a thing.... any suggestions on
tools to use today? I dislike Roto-Zip and its ilk, as they have a mind of
their own, and the bits burn up too quickly. (Really best to leave those
to cutting drywall circles.) Looking for methods for cutting scrollies and
such with some ease, but it will be big sheets, not small things for a
bandsaw or scrollsaw....<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div
class="gmail_signature">Jon Ares<br><a href="http://www.arescreative.com"
target="_blank">www.arescreative.com</a><br><a
href="http://backstagethreads.com"
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