I don’t have a table scroll saw, and I’m damned poor at hand scroll saws.
I’m looking to cut a j-shaped kerf through a 1/4″ thick piece of Ilex. The cut starts in the middle of the wood piece (as opposed to starting along an edge) so I can’t use a bandsaw. If the circular part of the “j” were to complete its circle, its diameter would be 1.25 inches.
Does any company make a blade for a handheld power jigsaw (mine’s a Metabo) that is able to turn sharp curves approaching those possible with a table scroll saw?
Denny
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How far from the edge of the stock will the cut be?
If it's a short enough distance, then a hand-coping saw would be ideal.
And note that there are deep-frame coping saws available too.
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The piece is about 5" across and the kerf would be no closer than 1" from the edge at any point. But I'm lousy with a coping saw. I was hoping to find a blade to go in my Metabo to allow me to make the cut. Ultimately, I want the kerf to be about 1/8th inch wide. If I can get a blade in to cut it, I can probably use sandpaper and riflers to widen it out.
Denny
How about a 1/8" router bit and a template?Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PAEverything fits, until you put glue on it.
Maybe I could. Be hard to set it up just right, but yeah I could.
Denny
Denny,
You can get a tighter radius turn from any jigsaw blade by taking it to the grinder and taking off metal from the rear of the blade. Just rounding over the back corners already helps a lot. You can take any small blade and grind away quite a lot of metal until it'll make the turn. Just drive slowly 'cause it's weaker than you're used to.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?lang=e&id=1
I think this is the idea I've been looking for. Should've been obvious to me, but you know what they say ...... forest for the trees. Thanks, David. That's what I'll do!
Denny
They make blades with the back already cut away for tight turns -- they should be easy to find although I've not looked lately.Woody
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