How To Use A Jigsaw | Tips & Tricks
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2019
- Learn how to use a jigsaw, how it works, and some jigsaw tips and tricks!
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About this video:
I've had a rocky relationship with the old jigsaw from the 1980s-1990s that my dad gave me about 15 years ago. It vibrates horribly and uses u-shank blades. I didn't realize how bad it was, and how useful a jigsaw could be, until I bought a more modern jigsaw. 
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As a young girl in my 20's I went to a garage sale once and found a jigsaw for $10, new in the box. My mom asked what I needed that for and I told her I didn't know, just curious and it's a good price I suppose. Fast forward 30 years. I still have it, learned how to use it and fell in love with it. I now have more tools than most men. Thanks for sharing your tips.
I love hearing this. I have 3 daughters and they are all growing up in the shop
@@OutoftheWoodwork That is so awesome. They will thank you for it. Happy Father's Day to you sir.
Perhaps by now you have invested in a wibbly wobbly vibrator designed for your requirements.
@@pauliomurphicus8484 always gotta be someone being weird
I'm a female & just got a jigsaw. Thanks for the info!
This was so so so helpful- thank you! I lived in fear of this tool until necessity forced me to use it-- and I made almost all the mistakes that you describe (wrong blade for application; too thin blade resulting in bending and beveling)-- *now* I really understand what I did wrong. Truly excellent work- good length and very clear.
Very kind of you, Christopher! Sounds like we went down the same path.
This was super helpful. I had a Black & Decker jig from around 20 years ago that I just upgraded so I can relate to what you said at the beginning. I’m just starting out on some more creative projects so I’ll take all the help I can get. Your videos break it down to simple terms without speeding thru the key points. Thanks a bunch.
You're welcome, Andrew! I'm glad your finding value in these videos!
Exactly the information I was looking for as a brand new Dewalt jigsaw owner and first time user. Thank you!
I was thinking about buying a jig saw soon and was watching various YT videos on what to look for and this has to be the best one I’ve seen so far. This guy knows his stuff and covers all the important points. Well done.
as a woman who has never even used a drill before because my dad is overprotective and he knows it all, I found your RUclips channel amazing!! My dad was so shocked that I own a Jigsaw and showed him how to use it... I feel so powerful now 😌 he also can’t believe I learn on RUclips 😂 you got a new subscriber now
Thank you for the wonderful comment! I have 3 daughters that are all empowered to build and fix things themselves, so I'm glad to hear I could contribute to that with you. RUclips is a great place to learn!
Instead of a sacrificial board, try using Blue Painter's tapejust to the right or left of your cut. Same result and no wasted wood.
First time seeing any of your videos. You're absolutely on point when you explain things. I subscribed right away after viewing. Definately gonna check out more later!
Thanks so much, Christopher! Glad to have you!
@@OutoftheWoodwork you're welcome. Looking forward to seeing more of you
Such a clear professional explanation, thank you it’s nice to have a video that treats us like intelligent adult novices 👏👍
Thanks for the video, very informative... My cut are always "bevelled" so I may try to change the blade quality to see the difference...
You're welcome!
I searched for hrs trying to get a comprehensive tutorial for my newly aquired jigsaw. I'm grateful to have found your channel. Big Thank You! You the best!
Thank you for sharing this video. I recently purchased a jigsaw and was in need of this tutorial. Much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the great tips. I have been using jig saws all my life with bad results. Now I know why. You have a new subscriber because of your very clear deliberate way you did the presentation.
Great job presenting all this info. Ive been woodworking for many years and I did learn a thing or two from this vid.
A concise and useful explanation with good demos. I have subscribed and look forward to more.
I first encountered reverse Jigsaw blades with a shop fitter. They generally want the fine finish facing them. Used with a very low orbital rake and slowly, it's good for detail and laminate finishes. I confess to preferring a plunging cutting circular Track-Saw system with a quality blade, for sheet materials, with a sacrificial underlay board. But personal preferences vary a lot.
TO get a clean cut on the top I score ever so slightly off mark with a stanley blade, deep enough to prevent splintering. Can also do the far upright edge.
I just bought a jig saw. The same one in your video. This is the best video I have watched . Thank you so much. I'm a newbie. 😂. GOD bless you and your family.
Great video. Very informative.
Thanks for taking the time to make it 👍
As always, great content. Very informative.
Thanks for such vital information. A tool is only efficient if we use the right attachments. Just bought a Dewalt Jigsaw in the Home Depot deal of a lifetime... all the way from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹. My son will ship it to me.
Good information presented in an order that makes sense, that's a sub every time. Thank you
I had the same experience with an old, 30 plus year old jigsaw. I rarely used it for the same reason. I got a new Dewalt jigsaw and what a difference, smooth with little vibration. A great addition to my workshop.
I was honestly surprised when I used the Dewalt for the first time. I was thinking, "oh, this is why this tool is a thing" 😂I use it all the time now!
Awesome video. One of the best I've seen in terms of explaining and demonstrating. I, too, had one of those ancient jigsaws!
Thank you, this video is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. I’m buying my first jigsaw (dewalt )to use for crafting. No prior experience, but proficient with a drill. For now I’ll be making a series of semi circle wood cuts, largest cuts will be approx 36 “x 18”. I don’t have a workshop as such. What kind of work surface do I need...ie fold up preferably, before I start . Can I use workhorses, do I clamp always. Any info would be very useful.
Excellent video. I usually don't like watching videos over 5 minutes. But in this specific 10 minute video every second is precious. I bought a Bosch GST 700 Jigsaw yesterday and i find this video amazingly useful for the beginners. Thanks alot!
Glad it helped!
Wow. A lot of great and helpful info!!!
Very good narration, learned something new from your easy to understand vid. Keep it up and thank you for sharing.
Very useful and helpful. Thanks you!
Great explanations. Thank you
Great detail. Thanks!
Excellent video with a lot of usable practical information. I wish all videos were like this one.
Thanks, Rick...very kind of you!
Clear well presented demonstration - just had to subscribe, thanks!
Thanks!
thank you for all!!!
Great video. Thank you.
Good teaching. Thank you.
Thank you very much for sharing the information.
Thanks you very much, I learned quite a bit. you are a great teacher. 👍👍
Keep you the good work!
Excellent. very good teacher. Thank you very much.
Excellent tutorial on the various blades and how they cut. Thank you. I'm now a subscriber 😁
It's great to have you!
Great video! Thank you! I have an old jig saw, and have been looking into upgrading. I will do it this weekend, because I want to cut curves for my cat shelves, and my old jig saw is not happy about it. Thank you for the inspiration.
Very nice explanations and demo - thanks.
Great explanations bro. Keep up the good work playa!
Great stuff, thanks 👍
Great video, time for a new jigsaw . you got yourself a new subscriber. Thank you
Thanks and glad to have you around!
That was really good....I have inherited a few jigsaws over the years and I really dislike using them.....it seems obvious, now I’ve seen your vid, that I’m potentially using the wrong blade cut direction and putting too much force into my pushing. 👍
Maybe you'll discover how useful it can be like I did!
Thanks for all the tips and info on this subject.. great video
You're welcome!
Ton of information with sample applications. Nicely done. Thanks for the video. Didn’t want to leave without subscribing.
Thanks so much!
Nicely done 👍
Very helpful!!
very informative. thanks for the idea.
Great Video. I would like to hear you elaborate on the orbital selection feature more so. If you do this, show reasons for the various selections when working with various materials and techniques to consider with the various settings. Thanks
Thanks it had what I first needed to know!! Plus a few extras!
Excellent! Thanks for the tutorial it really was very helpful.
Thanks so much!
Very helpful thanks
Thank you so much for making this video. I have 2 jigsaws and none of them cut the way I want then to. 1 wanders off in a direction and the other cuts at a bevel. 🤔🤔
Excellent how to use jigsaw tips and tricks!
Thank you for the help
Not long finished upgrading my Erbauer jigsaw with a dead 18V NiCd battery to use the 20V Active Energy 20V lithium packs.
Glad I found this video to know get some good results with my first cordless jigsaw, unless you count the Black and Decker Quattro thing j had as a kid.
Great , very helpful indeed , thank you .
You're welcome, Carl!
I am so new , and it's so helpful.
Very educative video... Love from India...👍
Buying my first jigsaw tomorrow and your video was loaded with great information to get me started. I have had very limited use with one. I am buying a dewalt cordless so I very excited.
Great to hear this! Let me know how it goes!
@@OutoftheWoodwork I played around with it quite a bit. Where I am new to it I can't really compare it to others but it works amazing and feels very comfortable and balanced.
Thank you was a video that I took as an example :)
You're welcome - glad it helped you out!
A love story as old as time itself between a man and his Jigsaw, beautiful 😊
Tommy I had the same rocky relationship you described. I was literally afraid to use my 30-year-old underpowered jittery Craftsman. It bounced all over the place, I had no control, the blade would bind when doing curves, and I was afraid it would bend or break, and I'd wind up injuring myself. I really needed to use a jigsaw on a recent project so I sprang for the DeWalt cordless 20V MAX XR (DCS344B) and a quality set of Bosch blades (variety pack). Oh wow -- it's like night and day! Now I look for excuses to use the thing because I love it. I have so much control and feel so confident using it. With the really narrow blade it's almost like taking a scroll saw to your workpiece. Thanks for this super helpful video, and all of your other content is great too. I'm a new subscriber.
It's amazing how the right tool can change the whole experience!
Great job in this video, learned a lot!
Thanks, i'm glad it helped!
I use Starrett Dualcut blades, which cut on both the up and downstroke. Even with my cheap 750W Dexter jigsaw, I get very clean edges with almost no tear out. These blades also come in standard and scroll cut versions.
Great point. Those blades look amazing and I wish I would have at least mentioned them!
New to using power tools. Thanks or the good instructions and tips!👍
You're welcome Diane!
Thank you!
Great great video even for a knowledgeable carpenter.
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
Great presentation
LoveU bro .
I am Jig saw operator.
First video of your’s that I’m watching and you earned a subscriber. 👍👍
nice one. i have a good stanley one, its gray. but stanley. works great.
Very resourceful. Thanks a lot...
Thanks, Sammy
Very helpfull thx
Very helpful, thanks.
You're welcome!
Thanks for the information, usefull :)
great video with no hidden sponsorship!
Excellent presentation, good job! Thank you. Now I will get to cutting :)
Cutting is the fun part!
Good review 👍
Nice video, can the cutting length be adjusted for special cutting eg cutting half depth on the wood instead fully cut?
Not with the two jigsaws I have. But, you can buy blades of different lengths that don't cut as deep.
I have a very old jigsaw also and it vibrates so bad I hate to use it but sometimes I need to I’m glad I watched your video, I’m going out and buy a new one tomorrow
i love the detailed explanation, subscribing..
Thanks!
great video... very informative... thanks
You're welcome, Charles. Thanks for the feedback
🙏Thanks for the Valuable Demonstration and Guidance.
You're welcome!
Thanks you teaching technique is awesome! 💄💖 I'm a beginner DIYer 💃💖💖💖💖. Thanks again for your time and patienc!🌞🌞🌞💃
You're welcome, I'm glad it helped!
Great video! I just bought the same jigsaw. How do you flip the shoe around for the splinter-guard?
Thanks! There's a slotted screw underneath right in the middle of the shoe. Loosen that and flip it around.
Thanks this was great.
Thanks Eric!
- Excellent presentation. Very helpful info.
A great video man you just got a subscriber. Do you have any videos on makeing a plunge cut? This tutorial was right on time!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 lots of time and editing went into this so thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Clamping a piece of wood for a shoe guide has helped me get a straighter line… but your video was very informative, I see why I’m getting ruff cuts, too aggressive 😊
can the jigsaw be used as a scroll saw thanks good vids
nice video - well described content and informative.
Thanks!
Great vid!
Thanks!
This is one of the BEST "how to" videos. EXCELLENT information, really good pace that doesn't put us to sleep. I've been looking for my jigsaw in the garage. Have you seen it?
😂 as my dad would say, "it's the last place you left it"
@@OutoftheWoodwork Our saying is slightly different: "It's at the last place you look."
@@nemo227 That one too 👍
@@OutoftheWoodwork I think I left it in the garage. It may be lost forever. Maybe I should just buy a new one?
Thank you for an excellent video. I must say that trying to do a plunge cut without a pilot hole is very dangerous. I'm a safety professional. A carpenter on our job tried to do plunge cut and ended up having six stitches where the broken blade cut him. The blade broke and struck him on the chest.
Thanks for the comment! While a blade could potentially break during any jigsaw operation, a pocket/plunge cut, done incorrectly, is likely more dangerous. It has to be lowered straight and slow without bending the blade and applying shear force. It's not my preferred method....I drill a pilot hole and drop the jigsaw in.
Plunge cuts not worth it. Pilot holes is the way to go, professional or or amateur = safety first!