OK someone get the dunce cap out!
It all started with my first Festool purchase, back in the fall of '09....The Trion 300 EQ Jigsaw. I bought it to finally have a really good tool. The first time I tried to use it was disastrous. I tried to cut a straight line and the thing hung a left, then fried the blade. OK so I called Festool and they replaced the Jigsaw...like right now. So I'm still excited and try to make a cut and this time I first got advise on how to properly set the blade guide, then proceeded to fry not one or two blades, but packs of blades (I'm Irish/Thick headed). I finally opened the blade guide up so much that it wasn't even close to touching the blade. Problem solved, but now it won't cut anywhere near 90 degrees. I just hid the saw away so I wouldn't have to think about how much money I spent on it!......Fast forward to Dec 2010.....I'm making a rocking horse for my Grand Daughter and need to make multiple curved cuts in 8/4 pine, I don't have a bandsaw, so off I go to HD to get a different jig saw I'll try Bosch this time, who knows maybe that will do the trick. I take it out of the box and start cutting curves in the 8/4 pine.... I like the speed control, the more you pull on the trigger, the faster it cuts. I like the visibility of seeing the blade/cut line relationship. The chip blower is a nice feature also. I'm noticing that if I go slower, I can control the cut far better. Just one problem. In the two inch pine the cuts are not anything close to 90 degrees...Oh well!.... then the light goes on....I never tried to use the speed control on the Trion. It came with the speed set to 6 and it was never moved! Maybe that's the problem. Sure enough I get the saw out of retirement, set the blade guide like it's supposed to be, take off the plastic blade guard, change the speed control to like 2 or 3, attach the suction, and I now have a portable Bandsaw (well almost)! 90 degree cuts as smooth as can be....Happy Days are here again.
Any body want to buy a Bosch cheap?
I never said I was smart. But I can learn....eventually.
Brian
It all started with my first Festool purchase, back in the fall of '09....The Trion 300 EQ Jigsaw. I bought it to finally have a really good tool. The first time I tried to use it was disastrous. I tried to cut a straight line and the thing hung a left, then fried the blade. OK so I called Festool and they replaced the Jigsaw...like right now. So I'm still excited and try to make a cut and this time I first got advise on how to properly set the blade guide, then proceeded to fry not one or two blades, but packs of blades (I'm Irish/Thick headed). I finally opened the blade guide up so much that it wasn't even close to touching the blade. Problem solved, but now it won't cut anywhere near 90 degrees. I just hid the saw away so I wouldn't have to think about how much money I spent on it!......Fast forward to Dec 2010.....I'm making a rocking horse for my Grand Daughter and need to make multiple curved cuts in 8/4 pine, I don't have a bandsaw, so off I go to HD to get a different jig saw I'll try Bosch this time, who knows maybe that will do the trick. I take it out of the box and start cutting curves in the 8/4 pine.... I like the speed control, the more you pull on the trigger, the faster it cuts. I like the visibility of seeing the blade/cut line relationship. The chip blower is a nice feature also. I'm noticing that if I go slower, I can control the cut far better. Just one problem. In the two inch pine the cuts are not anything close to 90 degrees...Oh well!.... then the light goes on....I never tried to use the speed control on the Trion. It came with the speed set to 6 and it was never moved! Maybe that's the problem. Sure enough I get the saw out of retirement, set the blade guide like it's supposed to be, take off the plastic blade guard, change the speed control to like 2 or 3, attach the suction, and I now have a portable Bandsaw (well almost)! 90 degree cuts as smooth as can be....Happy Days are here again.
Any body want to buy a Bosch cheap?
I never said I was smart. But I can learn....eventually.
Brian
