Homemade product for perfectly even cutting with a jigsaw: step-by-step instructions

HouseChief editorial staff continues the series of publications with the hashtag #besthouse. And today, next in line is a very convenient and easy-to-make home-made product for a jigsaw, which allows you to make a perfectly straight cut. Anyone who has worked with a similar tool will certainly appreciate the option proposed by the author of the YouTube channel. "Gökmen", which offers the simplest way to manufacture a multifunctional bed in the shortest possible time.

Read in the article

1 How to start making a frame for a jigsaw
- 1.1 Finishing the base of the jigsaw
2 Making the base of the bed for an electric jigsaw
3 Complete frame assembly and how it is produced
4 Adjusting the bed to the jigsaw blade for different needs
- 4.1 45 ° cut for slopes
- 4.2 Manufacturing of a protractor for the bed
- 4.3 Fixing the platform support to the base
5 Homemade jigsaw tests for a perfectly straight saw
6 Epilogue

How to start making a frame for a jigsaw

The first thing to prepare is the support on which the jigsaw will move. To make it, you need a board slightly wider than the platform, and about 80 cm long. Having marked it out, you need to select the middle with a router. The width of the selected groove should ideally match the jigsaw platform.

Homemade product for perfectly even cutting with a jigsaw — In the central part of the board, a groove is selected exactly along the width of the jigsaw platform

Finishing the base of the jigsaw

When the groove is selected and checked, it is necessary to install stops on both sides of it. They are made from pieces of plywood and are attached to the joinery PVA. The restraints should be fixed with clamps until they are completely dry.

Both sides of the selected groove are blocked by stops

After the PVA is completely dry, the clamps are removed, and the groove is checked again with a jigsaw. The platform should fit snugly in it, but not tight. The restraints must be firmly fixed.

One more check of the groove width - and you can continue working

It remains only to drill holes in the restraints for the mount and hammer metal bushings into them. Making them is quite simple by sawing off an ordinary steel or aluminum sleeve. This way the bed will last much longer.

Sections of the aluminum tube are driven into the holes in the restraints, now the support is almost ready

Making the base of the bed for an electric jigsaw

The support of the bed should be high enough so that the jigsaw blade does not touch the workbench during operation. It is on the basis of this size that the width of the boards is selected. The length of the support should be equal to the size of the jigsaw support. The most optimal width can be called 40-50 cm. It turns out that from four boards (2 short and two long), placed on an edge, a rectangle is assembled.

The support boards are ready, you can move on to plywood

The base itself consists of a rectangular piece of plywood, from the bottom of which they are fixed along the perimeter of the board. In order to understand how this should look, you can take a look at the example below. In fact, there is absolutely nothing complicated in this work.

The assembly of the base is made on self-tapping screws.

Complete frame assembly and how it is produced

In order for the bed to turn out flat, it is better to use a square, although at this stage you can do with a ruler. The jigsaw platform support should be positioned slightly further than the middle and at the same distance from the edge of the base. When all dimensions have been verified, holes need to be drilled through the bushings. It is most convenient if it is a drill with a diameter of 6 mm.

You need to drill two holes through which the support will be attached

Further, special furniture anchors with a diameter of 6 mm, which also have an internal thread, must be screwed into the holes drilled in the base. You can buy them in furniture fittings stores, in factories, or simply turn them out of an old cabinet or bedside table of the Soviet era.

Furniture anchors with a diameter of 6 mm are screwed into the holes in the base

Fitted anchors are screwed into studs of suitable size until they stop. They will hold the jigsaw platform support in place.

Studs can be purchased or self-threading on wire rod of the required diameter

Adjusting the bed to the jigsaw blade for different needs

First you need to make the main cut for the jigsaw blade. It is he who will be used for a straight saw at 90 °. For this, the jigsaw is installed in the groove of the support, on which the entry point of the web is marked. After that, 2-3 thin holes are drilled in the marked places. The blade is installed on a jigsaw, after which a through-cut of the support and base is made along the entire length of the groove. Now the bed can already help you to saw off the board or aluminum sheet at right angles, if necessary.

The felling cut is made, but this is just the beginning

45 ° cut for slopes

It was planned to manufacture a bed for various needs, which means that it is necessary to make it so that it is easy to saw off parts at an angle of 45 °. To do this, the jigsaw is positioned again at the beginning of the support, with a mark on the far side of the inner recess.

Another mark for increased bed functionality

Here the jigsaw platform is loosened and set at an angle of 45 °, after which a cut is made again. However, this time it is not necessary to do it along the entire length, 15 cm is enough.

The platform is set at 45 °, after which the support with the base is sawn about 15 cm

Excess wood remaining on the support and base is removed. On the one hand, we could stop at this, but we need to add one more function - the ability to cut 45 ° angles for cashing.

Manufacturing of a protractor for the bed

Having removed the bed support from the studs, it is necessary to outline two perpendicular stripes from the cut at the base. The stop will be fixed on one of them, and the goniometer itself will be located on the second.

Using a regular school protractor, angles 45 °, 90 °, 135 ° and the center are marked along the second line.

The school protractor will come in handy here

At the center point, a 6 mm hole is drilled for the same furniture anchor. From the sections of the slats, it is necessary to glue a kind of letter "T" with a very small central leg. In words, it may be difficult to understand this, and therefore it is better to pay attention to a photo example.

The stop for the goniometer is glued and pulled together with a clamp until it dries completely

In the goniometer, you need to drill a hole through which, with the help of a bolt, it will be fixed in the desired position on the base.

The protractor will be fixed in the desired position using a bolt with a wooden washer

Fixing the platform support to the base

In order to fix the jigsaw platform support, you can use ordinary nuts, "lambs" factory production, or independently make these elements from wood and furniture nuts with thorns. Now the work on the jigsaw bed can be considered complete, you can proceed to the first tests.

The last elements are in place, which means the work is complete

Homemade jigsaw tests for a perfectly straight saw

To avoid unnecessary words, consider examples of work performed using the bed.

The first cut was made using the basic function of the bed - 90 °

Now you should check the goniometer, which helps in the production of cashing.

Perfectly matched elements, the bed gets the job done

No problem, the corners are perfectly matched

Epilogue

Despite the seeming complexity of making a jigsaw bed, in reality everything is much simpler. In addition, a self-made device will serve the home craftsman faithfully for many years to come. But the main thing in such work is that it does not let a person get bored during self-isolation, distracts from disturbing thoughts, not letting get bored. Well, the fact that practically not a penny is spent on making the frame is the cherry on the cake. An additional plus can be considered the fact that such a device is lightweight and quite compact size, which allows it to be carried or transported to any place where the production of carpentry and carpentry work.

We very much hope that the dear reader will adopt a similar method of using the time freed up due to quarantine. If you have any questions on the topic, feel free to ask them in the comments below. The HouseChief editors will definitely answer them as comprehensively and quickly as possible. There you can also discuss what you have read, express your personal opinion about the article. And what do you think, is it useful to engage in such homemade products in self-isolation, or is it better to lie on the couch in front of the TV? Share your thoughts on this matter. And also, please do not forget to rate what you read and, if you like this topic, subscribe to our channel. Be healthy.

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