mynaneisjustguy t1_j5p75s8 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 4:38 PM

This is a weird one; look at the grain, is your cut following it? Also turn off the blade oscillation if it has it, and turn the speed down and go slower. If you have a good pencil line to follow you don’t even really need guides or rails, but without photos of your setup can’t tell if your rail guides are set up right. Try freehanding it down a pencil line you put on with a straightedge. A tracksaw would be ideal or a bandsaw if you know anyone. But a jigsaw is possible. It’s just the worst power tool for the job.

fruitybix OP t1_j5wjumw wrote on January 26, 2023 at 1:31 AM

This is spot on.

The blade is following the grain, and curving off with it.

I've forked out for a nice circular saw that's compatible with my existing battery packs which I've wanted for ages. I Also grabbed a blade that can also cut plastic and aluminium as I do a bit of work with those.

mynaneisjustguy t1_j5xszyj wrote on January 26, 2023 at 8:17 AM

Battery packs…. Circular saw… this combo of words hurts me.

fruitybix OP t1_j5y11xo wrote on January 26, 2023 at 10:10 AM

Yeah I don't have power in my workspace and the landlord declined my kind offer to pay an electrician to run a line out to the standalone garages in my apartment complex.

So every power tool I own runs off battery packs, except my sander - for that I strategically drop an extension cable out of my bathroom window and down into an unused space by the side of my apartment complex then hope the neighbours don't complain.

I've been holding off buying more tools but since I'm likely to be here a while longer I forked out.

I went with this one - https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-18v-one-hp-brushless-circular-saw-skin-only_p0291681

It's... Ok. Cuts angles and can do plunge cuts.

mynaneisjustguy t1_j5yn1oz wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Looks decent, seems like it can run on a track also for those long straight lines. Yeah I would have to get a genny if I needed power tools, only thing I have on battery is a small drill/screwdriver combo. But I mostly use hand tools anyway or a bandsaw, I make boats and since I can’t afford my own boatyard I tend to live and work in someone else’s workshop, they tend to have to big stuff nicely set up so I just turn up with my personal edges tools etc. they are paying me for my knowledge more than anything tbh.