Temp work surface for hob

Rosa_Damascena

FreeBear said:

Power tools should be used with adult supervision

Some days, I shouldn't be allowed near one...

Reminds me of Ken DIY

travis-powers

Did this with a circular saw cutting rafter feet!
Could of been nasty I can’t emphasise enough to respect power tools 

grumbler

Come on guys.... It's just a jigsaw!

Sandtree

Just to clarify, my issue is straight lines not power tools, I've still got all 9 fingers. Were I able to do it on the table saw or chop saw it'd be fine as have no option but straight... jigsaws and the scroll saw are just the worst, I guess because they're designed to make non-straight line cuts.

Obviously also slight concerned that the companies don't want to charge me over the odds to cut it out for me because they say its not strong enough after.

By way of temp probably 6-9 months to give time for the design to be finalised, budgets agreed, ordered etc.

travis-powers

Just take your time on a slower speed or you could clamp a straight edge to run the base plate to.

grumbler

And in this case the line doesn't have to be perfect as it will be covered by the edges of the hob

Sandtree

grumbler said:

And in this case the line doesn't have to be perfect as it will be covered by the edges of the hob

Thats what I thought with my in wall speakers but was only safe by 0.5mm at most despite having a template to cut around!

My ability to cut a hole was really secondary to the fact the sellers all say not to do it

grumbler

Plasterboard is far too soft to cut it neatly with an electric jigsaw. This is easier and better to do with a small handsaw.

Not to mention that when cutting around a template it's very easy to move outside of the marked hole. For a good result you have to cut inside a template.

Sandtree

grumbler said:

Plasterboard is far too soft to cut it neatly with an electric jigsaw. This is easier and better to do with a small handsaw.

Not to mention that when cutting around a template it's very easy to move outside of the marked hole. For a good result you have to cut inside a template.

It was a manual jab saw... with variable depth didn't want to risk a jigsaw suddenly hitting a blob of mortar or such.