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Kangum:
came pretty close to starting a project. had the tools ready. bought the wood and measured it 4 times. had to cut with a jig saw because it had to many curves. came out terrible. jig saw even following a line was hard to control even going slow. i dont know maybe it was the blade i was using.
thinking of just scrapping this bartop project. its alot harder then folks here make it seem. I may clamp the sides together and belt sand the curves. see if it helps. very frustrated now. the pencil mark for my cuts came out way better then i could have hoped. i just couldnt control the saw well enough to make it happen.
aargh...
nuka1195:
skil is a brand, if you mean a circular saw, those aren't meant for curves.
Kangum:
fixed my post now to be more clear sorry. really annoyed and wasnt thinking
Havok:
Clamps and sanding are your friend. Or, just buy an old arcade game and refurb that...
nuka1195:
a good jigsaw with a good blade makes a difference. The best jigsaw i've ever used was a bosch. Even with that to get perfect edges sanding was necessary.
I would plan on sanding, if you went inside your line, can you make it a fraction smaller.
I went to the expense of buying a separate sheet of mdf, just to make a pattern for the sides. Some use the one side as the pattern, so just keep working it until you're happy, then use it as a template for the other side.
And yes, some on here sure do make it look easy.