12 Jigsaw

PPE

• Use ear protection
• Use safety glasses
• Close toe shoes should be worn in all lab area

General Technique Tips

• Only use the jigsaw on flat materials.
• Give the work your undivided attention. Looking around, carrying on a conversation and horseplay are careless acts which can result in serious injury
  • Do not allow the hand or fingers to come closer than 2 inches to the blade.
• Plan and mark a cutting line. Use relief cuts as needed.
• Stabilize the object being cut over an open space.
  • Ensure that nothing is underneath the location of the cut.
  • Secure both sides of the material being cut, consider how the material might flex or fall as it is cut.
  • Ask for help from someone else to secure the side of the material being cut off.
• Place the baseplate of the jigsaw flat against the material.
• Let the motor reach the top speed before starting the cut.
• Slowly advance saw along the cutting line.
  • Do not overly force the blade into the material. Let the blade cut the material.

• Ensure that that base plate is secured flat on top of the material throughout the cut.
• Secure both side of the material being cut.