The easiest inverted jigsaw jig? - or: How I learned to stop procrastinating and love the jigsaw
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2018
- Want to fall in love with your jigsaw? Just flip it upside down.
OK. An inverted jigsaw is not quite that good. But it still is a great tool for people who want to make intricate cuts but don’t have a bandsaw nor a scrollsaw. A few people have asked for more info about my setup, so let’s take a closer look.
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DeWalt DW317K jigsaw (amzn.to/2PauahJ): I have worked the heck out of this thing. It has handled continuous running four hours without problem. And that's with all sorts of dust and junk falling into the works from above. At 5.5 amps, it seems to have plenty of power. My only gripe is with the shoe. One side has an adjustable cutting angle, while the other lets you flip it around and lock in at 90 degrees. This feature should be nice; if you want to just make plain-ole square cuts, then you don't have to worry about adjusting the shoe angle or checking to make sure that it hasn't wandered away on you. But the 90-degree-cut side of my shoe is actually more like 94 degrees, making it unusable. I haven't been able to fix it, either. Instead, I just leave it on the adjustable side. That being said, the proven reliability of the tool keeps me happy. No magic smoke yet!
Toggle clamps (amzn.to/2wgwxbn): These vertical toggle clamps feature 200 pounds of clamping pressure. This should be more than enough strength for holding the jigsaw in place, even when cutting grippy stuff like sheet steel. These are untested on vibranium; please let me know how it goes if you get the chance.
Spade bits (amzn.to/2TUmhAF): It's nice to have a set of these around for quickly cutting big holes. You can use these either for rough work or for when you have to plunge the jigsaw blade into a surface for an inside cut.
Workmate (amzn.to/2E3DDpX): If a bench vise and a sawhorse had a baby, it'd be a workmate. This handy tool features a contracting surface that both clamps and supports your work. And when you're not using it, you can fold it up and tuck it in a corner. Mine is some cheap brand that my wife got me for Christmas one year. While it's falling apart, it still works fine. This Black and Decker one looks similar. Hopefully it has more robust clamping hardware than mine, but even if it doesn't, the price is right.
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I consider myself a bit of a McGyver and am generally able to think outside the box to make something work, but I could not wrap my head around how I was going to do this without all the OTHER tools needed to make an A-Team inverted jigsaw table. Now I can thanks to your simple yet thorough video and it turns out that I should have been thinking "inside the box" all along ;)
😆 Same here, I can totally relate on the intimidation factor of some of the jigsaw table builds out there! Awesome to hear this feedback. Thanks for sharing and best of luck with your future projects!
I'm definitely a McGuiver...it's my nickname. You have to be when asked to do a safe makeshift repair to a yacht . The racers...it's a week to 6 day turnarounds. 1 day spare to fit...or FIX
For those 5 times in a year, when I would need a jig saw rig, this solution is just great. Just the right amount of effort needed, to get the cut. Thank you!
You bet, thanks for the kind words! Hoping to do a CNC build this year, so thanks much for your Lowrider 2/MPCNC videos. Very useful in deciding what approach to take. 👍
Sir I really enjoy your most excellent attitude, humour and knowledge. Thanks for making tools a good experience. Keep up the good work.
Wow, I think first woodworking video I like. I have a jigsaw mounted upside down, for some years now, but not what I need right now. I was looking for a jigsaw jig to hold a 2X4 while I cut it lengthwise. Your rig Is not what I was looking for, but has loads of ideas for me. My final rig will not be much like yours, but you gave me enough inspiration so it will answer all my needs. I did subscribe also. Look forward to other things that may inspire me, or will at least interest me. Great idea. Thanks.
1:12 the most badass way a man has ever said 'upside down'
As someone who only needs to make cuts every now and then this such a great tip. Thank you!
Thanks, I was looking at all the complicated jigsaw table builds and was kind of dreading building another tool when I ran across your video. Whipped it together in about an hour using stuff I had lying around. Saved me a ton of time and some money and is probably 95% as good as the more complicated builds on YT! Subscribed!
Excellent description, demo and editing. Not a shot second wasted. Dry delivery is so matter-of-fact and fun at the same time. I like your attitude about do it and get to work.
This is both inspiring and useful. Thank you!
This is a great, straightforward video. Thanks
Thank you for sharing this idea, I came here just to watch one more video and ended up making my own. After months of depression and procrastination, just finished my first project.
Greetings from Brazil, and thanks once again for the inspiration.
Awesome, congrats on the success! Greetings from the U.S.! And thanks for the note! Take care!
This is exactly what I needed thank you. Love the simplicity but effectiveness of this
You're right. This is the easiest way to do it. Thanks!
Many thanks, not only for making this easy, but also for making it look and sound easy. Looking and sounding easy is what encourages certain folks to take the plunge; folks with a fear of failure, folks only just starting out on woodworking, folks with limited materials and limited time; i.e. me, ha ha ha. You also subtly shared some great life skills, thank you for that too! Your method, approach, and tone really struck a chord. Wish you well!
Helpful to a fellow procrastinator who must now get this done in a hurry! You also gave me lots of chuckles throughout your video! Many thanks!!!!
Great video! 👍
Thanks for sharing and explaining it well
Love this! Thank you for explaining the process. I have been frustrated with the videos I have watched because most of them have no explanation just music and I have no clue what most of the materials are that are being used. Thanks again from a newbie!
You are very welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you for your video i have seen a lot of video but i fell inlove with the way you build yours... more power
thanx much again
jz
Definitely putting this on my "build list". Thanks.
This is simple and brilliant, nice one!
I had a router table I built years ago, and just needed this video in order to put on my big boy pants and just make it multifunctional with a jigsaw mount. Thanks for the push.
Man, I like your style.
And video itself is cool.
Thank you.
Great stuff Andrew, my kind of jig.
Thank you very much. you made it so easy, and explained it very, I can make one now. 👍👍
I had to stop the video when you mentioned the gumption trap. I’m reading that book right now and I was just at that point in the book last night. This was the first video I watched today so you can imagine how crazy this seemed. How did CZcams know that I was reading that book?! ;-)
Took me way too long to reply here, but I remember this from one year ago, so I just wanted to say: Moments like those are awesome. I can totally relate to that feeling of, "Well how the heck did things line up in THAT way?" And it's crazy to be sort of on the "delivery end" of one! Total coincidence? Higher power? World is a simulation? I don't think we need to know the answer for it still to be amazing though. Take care!
Any tips or tricks or an emergency stop? Some way to stop that blade from cutting without having to go up under the table ? Love the ideas!
Just what I needed to know, thanks!
I like you sense of humor
Absolutely clever. I love shop tricks like this. Thanks for sharing. -Will
Thanks Will!
That was really great...thanks!
fight the gumption trap! good job, thanks for sharing 🙏
Yeah!!! Thank you, take care!
Thanks for this. It works well with my amateur, on-the-fly woodworking style/skills. And the "gumption trap" I understand all too well.Good job!
2 years later -- thank you! Good to hear, and hope the projects are going well!
Good idea with the clamps Andrew, I have 4 of those doing nothing in my cupboard. I'm just in the process of building a jigsaw table so great time too see your channel. Tony.
Good to hear, thank you! Let me know how it goes! Good luck to you!
Great video thanks for sharing! Inspired me to get out of the gumption trap
Excellent video and process
Thanks for sharing
Thank you, you bet!
Great idea and Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance is in my top five books!
Thanks! And glad to hear it! Such a great book.
Go Andrew! I also am a fan of Robert Pirsig, and no stranger to gumption traps. Thanks for helping me break out of the current one!
Heck yeah! Glad to hear it, you bet!
Great suggestion. Thank you.
You bet, thank you!
Looks like I can also make one. Thanks!
Thanks for your ideas/advice I've been struggling cutting small metal parts in aluminium and mild steel by hand this should help a lot
Glad I could help! Good luck!
awesome idea, I just came across trying to do some chevy wood signs and this will work out great thank you so much i will definitely try it. Carlos T Quartz Hill Ca
I have always wanted to build one on the end of my table saw. I do not know why I never thought of clamps. Thank you. It is a reality now and I enjoy it.
Very awesome! Glad to hear this. Would be happy to see/share a photo if you feel like sharing: andy@projectlab.how. Have a good one!
Great idea. Thank you.
Thanks!
I am going to use your clamp idea on my jig. Thanks
Awesome! You bet!
I would totally settle for hating my jigsaw a bit less. This is a fantastic project! Thank you for sharing!
You bet, thanks for the kind words! I just about brought this idea up to you when I saw that your bandsaw failed you in your spoon video. But now that your bandsaw is working again... Hard to compete!
a lot of people say they hate using jigsaws, your not alone, though my thoughts are if you are only going to have one saw it should be a jigsaw.
Thanks man, now i have to go to bed, but tomorrow i will do what it take to build this simple reversed jigsaw. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the video! Your toggle clamp link is pointed to the spade bits tho.
Thank you, and thanks for the heads up! Whoops! Fixing now. 😊
Thanks dude
Perhaps I will give this a go, I have been wishing I still had my bandsaw. Although, a jigsaw doesn’t have the same depth of cut that most bandsaws have. Yet, it would be free seeing as how I already have a jigsaw and some scrap wood! Can’t beat the price of free.
Sorry to hear you don’t have your bandsaw anymore. The bandsaw definitely beats the inverted jigsaw overall, but from a space vs. price vs. capability perspective... Man, the inverted jigsaw can just do so much. Hard not to be impressed, even after you have been sitting there being jiggled to death. 😆
Quoting Peirsig immediately warranted a Like and Follow!
Hello dude i made same thing but i face a problem that the wood stack in blade and its give a lot of kick back ,any recomandation?
Excellent idea with the toggle clamps. I've been racking my braincell Tring to think of a simple solution. This is awesome.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Gumption trap! Thanks for showing me how to get out of it. Just do something! Loved the explanation and very beginner friendly approach to solving problems.
Thank you, you are welcome! :) I'd highly recommend "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" for more info on beating pesky gumption traps...
Yeah it's one of those that is always on the reading list. But I think perhaps I will get the audiobook! Thanks again!
Been going through all the fancy videos and the one question is -- how are you keeping the saw in place?
The demonstration you give and the Toggle Clamps -- great!
:) Thank you!
Excellent, just what I need! Tried to order the clamps using your link but it just brings me to the Amazon home page. Maybe these are no longer produced? Find another option? Wanted to use your link for your benefit, small as it may be, since you're providing this cool build :-)
I have a cordless jigsaw, which does not have a locker to keep it on. What's the best way to hold the trigger and keep the jigsaw running?
thanks my friend it's great
You bet! Thank you!
Inspired solution! Nice video.
Thank you very much!
@@AndrewReuter I am making a video where I build an inverted jigsaw jig. I am using your idea of clamps. I want to give you credit. Do I have your permission to credit you in the video? I will include a link to your video in the description.
Married Man Woodworking Go for it! Can’t wait to see it! Thanks for checking in!
@@AndrewReuter I released the video today. You are mentioned (and I hope I pronounced your name correctly). A link to your video is in the description.
Married Man Woodworking Awesome! Will check out your video today. Thanks for the heads up! 👍
Silly question but how do I power it on when I need to depress the button from the top of the jigsaw.
Great video
Thank you!
Thank you
Thanks so much for this. Im a full ass adult with kids and asked my dad with lots of engineering and construction experience how to do this and he just told me "you're not doing that" like a child. I just need to make about 4 small cuts in a tiny piece of Jarrah and was gonna ask him how he'd do it.
This is great! I was about to pull the trigger on a Rockwell Blade Runner X2 but I already had a jigsaw to cut intricate curves on some slingshots I make for kids. If I were to get a rotary tool though, would itbe a better option since I'd also be cutting HDPE plastic? or would the rotary tool melt the plastic?🤔 Great video man! Subscribed!
Thank you! Yeah, I’m guessing rotary would be better for super intricate cuts. Wouldn’t work as well as jigsaw for straight cuts. Haven’t worked with HDPE much but I suspect there’d be a way to work with both tools there while keeping things cool enough to avoid melting. Slow and patient would hopefully help. Good luck keep me posted!
Thanks for replying@@AndrewReuter !! I'll make a video and keep you posted. Have a great summer!
Master Craftsman hehe
Hi Andrew - I recently build one of these inverted jigsaw jigs, but I'm having problems holding down the workpieces when I run them through the blade. Everything is shaking.. Do you know how to fix this problem?
Great vid. Sort of sorry it came to an end. I was getting into it all. I actually have been looking for a way to cut out an internal 90 degree internal square corner. Solid timber. ( Basically an oblong inside a 20mm plank) I was hoping one of the local joinery firms in town would be able to do this with CNC machine but alas they either had trouble securing a smaller bit of wood or their drill bits still left a rounded bit in the corner. I thought modern CNC machines were able to angle the router bits to chew out the corners neatly. Anyway I have used a circular saw and biscuit machine for the ends and ten sharp Japanese saw to cut out corners. A bit fiddley. I was warned against jigsaws because they can wander a bit. Maybe upside down would be better. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you! Sounds like a challenge you have there! If it's still useful, my suggestion would be that it sounds to me like a jigsaw could do that, but you'd want to stay back form the line and then chisel/file/sand to the line later. Might be easier to make a template of the hole you want to cut and router it out with a flush trim bit. That's essentially the same thing as the CNC, where you'd have to go back and clean up the corners with a chisel, but at least you wouldn't have to pay someone else to do it... Good luck, in any case. Let me know how it goes/went!
@@AndrewReuter Cheers for reply Andrew. Yes I will get back. Found an Ozito small circular saw that sits on frame that could plunge to correct depth and width even though it has 89mm blade. Maybe we can put in smaller blade. www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-89mm-600w-plunge-pro_p6290303
Thank God. I was hoping the other video was a place holder. I was telling my wife “he’s usually more descriptive in his videos” lmao.
Oh...my...God. I’m famous now! 🥰
PS @04:58 my wife and I started laughing.
Laughing out loud. You are very polite! 😆
Andrew Reuter seriously Andrew, I watch all your videos. I feel like I learn so much. 😎
I'm not much for most "how to videos"... but this one is clear, to the point and simple....5 star as far as I'm concerned... jus sayin
Very cool video. I like "Yep, reading from the script" shot :D How did I deserve mentioning at the end? :D Thanks!
Thanks! I thanked you at the end because I used your shots a couple of times, specifically “pointing the camera at a monitor” and “filming a book from above.” Mine aren’t as well executed at this point, but I’m still happy with them!
My tendency previously was to say: “Ugh. How am I going to record my screen with a screen recording program and still get a good shot? I don’t even know what program to use, much less codecs, and how to make it not look out of place when next to softer DSLR footage.” The grittier “just point your camera at it” approach is faster and cooler, in my opinion.
For anyone reading this comment, you can see more of what I’m talking about on Piotr’s channel here: czcams.com/video/TEWk5xFFmSE/video.html
@@AndrewReuter, thanks and I'm glad it could be inspiring to you to some extent :)
I used fender washers to hold it in place.
Great idea! Much cheaper and almost as quick! If you have any photos, I’d be glad to share your tweak.
awesome......yes it helped
Awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing and best of luck with it!
Is this safe?
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have an m12 jigsaw that the button can’t be locked to on. Any suggestions on how I can keep the jigsaw button locked on while using your set up? Thank you
Thank you! One option is to take some sort of clamp and squeeze the trigger in the on position. Plain old spring clamps will sometimes fit, but can be a pain to put on and take off. Irwin squeeze clamps work, if they’re small enough to fit inside the box. I use a locking round-jawed clamp for my portable bandsaw, though it might be too big for this space. Or you can just used a zip tie if you are going to leave the jigsaw in the jig for a while. But then you need to plug it into a power strip with an on/off button or something like that so you can still easily shut the saw off in case of an emergency. Good luck! Feel free to let me know what you chose!
Is guide support on upper side blade necessary?
I’m guessing it’d work better with a guide, but it’s not necessary. Just gotta pay attention to the blade and adjust if it starts to bend. 👍
@@AndrewReuter Thank you for quick reply 😊
I tried the inverted jigsaw thing one time. Skeeved me out too much. 🤔 The box and the zero clearance certainly do seem to make things less sketchy.
Oh yeah, the most positive way to describe using one of these is “coarse.” A possibly more accurate term would be “nasty.” It’s like running a jackhammer.
I’ll also say that my fingers have literally hit the moving blade before... and come out fine. Doesn’t seem possible. Could be that you really need to be pressing on the blade to cut anything, versus something like a bandsaw, which features a much thinner, sharper blade that will cut you instantly. Very tempted to do some hot dog testing...
Jeez. Just when I had an excuse for everything. Just kidding...kinda. I'm so relieved that I can "just flip my jigsaw upside down and get to work" because I've been wondering how I could make those cuts while remaining true to my primary spiritual principle of procrastination. Doing it this way and putting the rest off til later satisfies it all. Kinda genius. Mr. Reuter, if I may be so bold, I believe this could be "Wood and the Art of the Disappearing Gumption Trap"...just sayin. Though my current standards are somewhere between extremely low and completely fictional, and while it's not the most original thing I've ever come up with, it sounds pretty good to me at the moment. Begrudgingly subscribed.
As a person replying 2 years later, I'm with you on the spiritual principle of procrastination! 😆 Good title, thanks and hope the projects are going well!
Great solution to install and remove the jigsaw from the table with the clamps! I'm stealing this idea and reworking my jigsaw table - as soon as I find my way out of this "gumption trap"... ;) damn thing is worse than a maze... lol
Glad to hear of the theft, thanks! 😆 And good luck with your gumption trap maze. As soon as you escape from one, doesn’t take long to get stuck in another...
I never knew Quentin Tarantino was so handy.
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did just that recently, worked okay, but i still really want to have a badsaw for such things
Definitely no substitute for a bandsaw! I wish you luck in your quest to acquire one. Not cheap, and often tough to find good used ones, but they are game changers.
haha... I avoid stuff like this with the idea that, "I'll buy the proper tool later..." (but it hasn't happened yet...)
as a kid, I rigged all sorts of stuff up - maybe time to try again
Thanks Dr Strangelove
🤣👏👏👏👏👏
If it happens that you use a Dewalt saw. Look carefully at your jigsaw shoe, there is two threaded holes on it. The problem is that they are not usable as is because the shoe surface block any access to them. I drilled small holes in the shoe to enable to attach it under the "table" using only two screws and those fancy threaded holes. I also drilled a hole in the table to access the screw that adjust the angle of the shoe. Bingo!
And instead of building a box, I just attached a chunky piece of 4x4 under the table and hold it securely in a bench vise.
@04:58 cracks me up every time!
😊 Thanks!
Best video I've seen all week, even with the editing for the word fumble.
or just buy a band/scroll saw lol. I get it. Having to buy so many saws/ tools is expensive and needs space. We need to invent tools that combine most saws/tools into ONE interchangeable unit.
Yeah, band saw is definitely the way to go. But it's funny how often I still pull this thing out for brute force capabilities! And agreed!
jigsaws shake so much....is there a way to cut it down?
Yes. I got mine to stop shaking by throwing it in the trash.
Donald Cone: Not much you can do about the vibration. Pretty much the nature of the beast. Pound for pound, it’s a powerful tool for the price, but if you can ever get your hands on a bandsaw, you’ll say, “Ah, I get why people love these...”
LBCAndrew: That’s one way to do it! 😆
A second jigsaw from Harbor Freight could be as cheap as the toggle clamps. Anaco, Anz.
Not a bad idea!
This will do until I get a bandsaw
Lol oh no 🤦🏼♀️ my battery. You sounded kinda cute
An inverted jigsaw is less dangerous than a table circular saw?
4:00
Dr. Strangelove ha ha ha
😁👍
How to turn one of the safest power tools into the most dangerous of power tools. This is Darwin Award stuff.
TAKE YOUR RING OFF!!
Good call. I do try to remember, but don’t always succeed.
Английский на слух такой же противный как и чеченский...