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RetroJames:

--- Quote from: Havok on April 16, 2008, 10:16:05 pm ---Clamps and sanding are your friend. Or, just buy an old arcade game and refurb that...

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Yup. Clamp it and when you make your cut(s) stay 1/16 ot 1/8 away from the line. Then sand the rest. Experience and skill will dictate how close you cut to the line, but everyone sands to some degree.



Also, quitters suck so hit it with yer purse Nancy and get to cuttin'  ;D
Zobeid:
Here's a suggestion. . .   Make a pattern first using 1/4" plywood.  It's easy to cut with the jigsaw, and it's easy to sand.  Once you get your pattern perfected, then you can trace the outline onto your thicker wood.  Cut out the shape roughly with your jigsaw, but leave a little margin.

Then clamp your pattern to the piece once again and go around it with your router and a flush-trim bit.  It's like magic, you'll get an exact duplicate of the pattern.  And a lot of sawdust.  You can use the same pattern to make both sides of your cabinet, and they'll come out perfectly identical.

BORIStheBLADE:
A good way for making a straight line is to make a guide out of something straight like a piece of metal or something. This way the saw that your using whether its a jig or circular saw will cut straight. Lets say that the built in bracket on yous circular saw is for example 1.5" to the side of your blade mark with a pencil 1.5" off the line you want to cut and clamp the guide on that line. With the saw following that guide it should be straight and on you mark.
solderguy1:
I never had much luck with jigsaws in the past, but I picked up a new blade when I had to cut my curvy trackball cutout and it turned out great.  I'd say try a new blade with a practice piece of wood first, so no stress.  Have fun.
Zobeid:

--- Quote from: BORIStheBLADE on April 16, 2008, 11:54:06 pm ---A good way for making a straight line is to make a guide out of something straight like a piece of metal or something. This way the saw that your using whether its a jig or circular saw will cut straight.

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That doesn't work with all saws.  My $30 Wal-Mart jigsaw works pretty well freehand, but whenever I tried to use it with any sort of guide the blade jumped its track.  It really didn't like that for some reason.
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