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Post by nyctinyshop on Oct 9, 2013 23:36:55 GMT -5
Thanks, for the reply, 7. I just received a set of 5 Progressor blades from Amazon for $13.01 including tax amd shipping! Ironically, these are the same blades that I gave away, brand new, with my Trion. Had just never gotten around to using them, because I didn't enjoy using the Trion. Now, with the P1cc, I'm looking for ways to design curves and holes into my pieces. Can't wait to cut a new splinterguard and try the Progressors.
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Post by 7 on Oct 9, 2013 23:59:02 GMT -5
How long have you had the P1cc?
I am liking how much longer blades last with this saw. With my past jigsaws I remember making a few basic cuts and having a burned blue blade. With the Mafell the blade didn't even go blue while messing around with a 4x4 post.
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Post by atlr on Oct 15, 2013 18:59:11 GMT -5
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Post by 7 on Oct 15, 2013 23:56:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, I might just need a couple of these 10 inch jigsaw blades.
Wood/metal sandwich- all I can think of would be a possible reference to nail embedded wood. ??
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Post by atlr on Oct 16, 2013 13:06:52 GMT -5
The 10 inch measurement is end to end. Bah - marketing. The toothed length is about 9 inches. I think that makes maximum useful cut about 8.5 inches.
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Post by atlr on Oct 16, 2013 13:18:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, I might just need a couple of these 10 inch jigsaw blades. Wood/metal sandwich- all I can think of would be a possible reference to nail embedded wood. ?? Perhaps a steel clad door is an example of a wood/metal sandwich. www.mcgillcorp.com/public/mcg_msds/doorway_file/97_Fall.pdf
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Post by 7 on Nov 17, 2013 23:51:55 GMT -5
Helped a friend replace his daughters plexy/polycarbonate wheelchair tray over the weekend. He was dreading the project because he had a lot of trouble cutting it last time he did one. He said his jigsaw blade was immediately getting so hot that the material would just melt back together and he would have to cut it again. Long story short he was shocked by the p1cc. We could cut with it and as fast as possible turn the saw off and grab the blade with our bare hands and found the blade wasn't even slightly warm. It felt colder than room temp. The MT55 & P1cc made the project really easy.
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Post by GhostFist on Nov 18, 2013 0:11:47 GMT -5
would like to see a pick of that tray and the results. Which blade were you using?
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Post by 7 on Nov 18, 2013 0:27:03 GMT -5
Ill get a picture. I used two different blades, both Bosch, both actually for wood. One was the reg "clean for wood" blade and the other was one of the really thin blades for tight radius work. He already took the tray and put it on the chair but I will get a pic soon and post it with the blades.
The cuts we made looked better than the factory edge. On the MT 55 we used a somewhat dull blade that came with the saw on the highest speed.
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Post by 7 on Nov 23, 2013 19:30:37 GMT -5
I am wondering if I am missing something- So they sell the angle base for the Mafell P1cc. So does Festool etc etc. I don't think I have ever tilted a jigsaw. For all varieties of angled cuts I would either use a table saw, miter saw, or track saw. Am I missing something? What would be a reason to cut an angle with a jigsaw??
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Post by woodie on Nov 23, 2013 20:22:17 GMT -5
I use it quite a bit for cutting rough scribes. Then I can quickly dial the scribe in with a block plane.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Nov 23, 2013 20:43:49 GMT -5
I don't have the angle base, but a reason I have but a jigsaw at an angle in the past is when doing a scribe to seriously bumpy wall and back bevaling can be advantageous or fitting into a skirting scribe at an angle like in a bay window
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Post by 7 on Nov 23, 2013 23:52:45 GMT -5
ah. that would be a use. Thanks.
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Post by jalvis on Nov 24, 2013 12:44:19 GMT -5
I use it quite a bit for cutting rough scribes. Then I can quickly dial the scribe in with a block plane. Thats exactly what I do. Sometime I will even use a sander instead of a block plane.
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Post by 7 on Dec 18, 2013 23:48:36 GMT -5
I think I'll order the tilting foot for the P1CC. Interesting that as soon as I ask why anyone would tilt a jigsaw I had the need. Hard to explain without a picture but I built a fireplace mantle for a house but made the final cuts with MT55 & P1CC on site. The mantle had to be notched to wrap a bell curve that was framed on the wall and stuck out about 4". I figured it out (not fun) but the tilting foot would have made it easy to cut the mantle around the bullnose drywall corner while on a tilt to wrap the bell curve. I also would have used it to scribe the back as you guys mentioned above.
Also, FYI jalvis, I bought the low angle block plane on your recommendation a while back. It's a great tool.
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