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What is best tool to cut MDF??
TalkingOctopus:
I will put another vote on circular saw w/ guide for straight cuts. My circular saw was much more powerful than my jigsaw so it cut through MDF more quickly and easily than my jigsaw did. However, I used my jig saw for circular curved edges.
axefreak:
Thanks for all the input!!!!
DougHillman:
--- Quote from: rdagger on October 10, 2004, 01:13:51 pm ---If you could only have one, I'd go with the jigsaw. Except for T-molding and laminate, a small handheld jigsaw can do everything including curved cuts, angle cuts, cutting Lexan, cutting out patterns in a CP, making a cutout for a coindoor.
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A router can do all of those including the T-molding and the laminate. ;)
axefreak:
DougHillman.....how do you use a router for straight cuts and what type of router bit would you use?
Thanks
nathan118:
I assume you get a straight cut just like the circular saw, with a guide. If the bit is perfectly centered in the router, then it would always be the same radius from the straight edge. Seems like that would take a wee bit longer though.