Sometimes, you want to cut a piece of wood or metal or whatever might be, and you have to cut a curve. Well, the traditional circle saws, they do not work very well for that or even the hand saws. Yeah, you can get small little hand saws that will do it by hand. But you know what? I prefer to use a power jigsaw to cut my circles and curves.
Now, the cool thing is that these tools will also cut straight lines. But they are really best when you cut curves. I happened to like the cordless tools because the cord does not get in the way. Just slide this lever up and take the blade out, and it is that simple. You want to put the blade back in. Lift the lever back up, and put the blade in position and it is done.
Another great improvement of the jigsaws is this new guide roller. Older jigsaws did not have it, and this little apparatus keeps the blade straight.
Another fantastic feature is this little lever. It controls the amount of arc that the blade has. When you are cutting hard materials, you want it in this position, and it just makes the blade go straight up and down. But rotate the lever around to this position, and the blade kind of actually moves back and forth and allows you to take much more bite out of the material.
Another feature of this particular jigsaw, it has a little fan that actually blows the sawdust out of the ways, that you can see the line that you are cutting on. And this is a great feature because it allows you to cut 30 or 45-degree angles by tilting the table of the saw.
These little jigsaws are fantastic tools. I really think everybody needs one around the house. And I tell you why. You can make really cool, little cuts with it. Look at these tight curves. You can make house numbers, whatever it might be. Anything that you can think of, a jigsaw can just about do.
I am Tim Carter of AskTheBuilder. If you want to discover more home-improvement tips, go to AskTheBuilder.com.
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