On 01/12/2021 13:06, TimW wrote:
Decent blade guides should keep it in place. The biggest risk is if you
have to pull it back past the blade. 350W will be ample for 18mm material.
However, my attack would be to make a decent template of what you need
out of 1/4" - 1/2" MDF or similar, use that to mark out your shape, then
rough cut round it with the jigsaw - stay 1/4" away from the line. Then
stick the template to the cutout[1], and route the edge using a bearing
guided flush trim bit the the router to make a perfect copy of the
template. Quick, easy and repeatable.
[1] masking tape on the template and the workpiece then a small spray of
CA glue on one side, and a squirt of activator on the other. Bring them
together and it sets solid in seconds. Has enough grip to fix the
template in place for routing. Then you can prise them apart with a
scraper etc, and the masking tape will pull away from the template and
the workpiece.
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Cheers,
John.
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