Mike Henderson
03-17-2014, 10:50 PM
Not too long ago, I bought the Festool Carvex jig saw because I was dissatisfied with my DeWalt Jig saw. Overall, the Carvex has been a good jig saw.
However, today I used the circle cutting jig (which I bought with the jig saw) for the first time. It's either useless, or I don't know how to use it. I copied the page out of the manual and took it into the shop and followed each step in the directions. The jig saw just would not cut a circle. It kept trying to "expand" the circle and the cut got more angled (beveled) as I cut. I finally had to stop - the wood was getting burned from the blade.
I gave up on the jig saw, marked the circle, took it to my bandsaw and cut close to the line. Then I used my MicroFence jig with my router and cut to the final size. That worked great.
A few more details: I was making a fairly large Lazy Susan - 26 inches across - in cherry. Nothing really unusual in the wood or the process that I can figure. But as far as I am concerned, that circle jig was a waste of money. I wish I had taken some pictures of the cut so you could see the burning of the wood.
Mike
285022
However, today I used the circle cutting jig (which I bought with the jig saw) for the first time. It's either useless, or I don't know how to use it. I copied the page out of the manual and took it into the shop and followed each step in the directions. The jig saw just would not cut a circle. It kept trying to "expand" the circle and the cut got more angled (beveled) as I cut. I finally had to stop - the wood was getting burned from the blade.
I gave up on the jig saw, marked the circle, took it to my bandsaw and cut close to the line. Then I used my MicroFence jig with my router and cut to the final size. That worked great.
A few more details: I was making a fairly large Lazy Susan - 26 inches across - in cherry. Nothing really unusual in the wood or the process that I can figure. But as far as I am concerned, that circle jig was a waste of money. I wish I had taken some pictures of the cut so you could see the burning of the wood.
Mike
285022