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Pedulum action jigsaw, what does it mean/do? |
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| message from usenet on 11 May 2004 |
A rather naive question but I can't work it out. What does 'pendulum
action' do for one in a jigsaw? My latest jigsaw has switchable
pendulum action but I really can't tell much difference with it on or
off (maybe it's a crap jigsaw).
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| IMM replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
Andy has one and uses it all day long, for the hell of it.
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| Grunff replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
Moves the blade away from the cut on the down (non-cutting) stroke. The
result is less heat and less effort pushing the saw. Without pendulum a
lot of your effort goes into pushing the saw forward on it's non-cutting
stroke, and you get a lot of unnecessary heat.
I find it particularly useful when cutting 3/4" wbp. You won't notice
the difference on soft things linke 1/2" mdf etc.
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| Christian McArdle replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
On mine, it makes it cut faster and with less effort when on a straight
line.
Christian.
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| Dave Plowman replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
There should be a vast difference when cutting something like say 3/4"
chipboard - it will be much faster but less accurate with the pendulum
action on.
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| usenet replied to Dave Plowman on 11 May 2004 |
I rarely cut anything that heavy with the jigsaw as I have a Skil
Classic circular saw that does all that sort of work. I only use the
jigsaw for non-straight cuts and/or when opening out blind holes (e.g.
putting dry-line boxes in plasterboard). So that's probably why I
haven't noticed any difference.
Why call it 'pendulum' action though, it doesn't seem very
descriptive.
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| Mike Harrison replied to usenet on 11 May 2004 |
The blade swings backwards and forwards, like, er, a pendulum....
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