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thank god t'was just a nick, same thing happen with my pinky, thought the blade will stop by

the time i approach the workpiece, a split second decision...lessons learned.

better yet to let the tools on a full stop, before you take a hold of the workpiece. and it is best

to work slowly.

keep it cool the next time. 😉

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@jarod, I'm a proud owner of that powerful sucker. I once dropped the sprayer fittings down the sink. This sucker saved the day!

Nice to hear that sir joey! Hope you post some pics and reviews on your Zekoki.

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[HTML]@jarod, I'm a proud owner of that powerful sucker. I once dropped the sprayer fittings down the sink. This sucker saved the day![/HTML]

maybe joey can have a review of the zekoki...

i will never think twice to buy another one.

it is silent sweet (at just a little over 60dB) and powerful...with a stainless steel bucket, the cost is also sweet...its been almost a year.

maybe a thread for vacuum cleaners/dust collectors?
😉

PS
for the noise, i wanted to incinerate my shopvac 20 (more than 90dB!)! hehe

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at first i wanted the 40K industrial Karcher with a self cleaning filter and then i discovered the zekoki and auditioned it..true to the sales agent's claim of power and silence i grabbed it and got away with one.

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Last post before hitting the bed.

Thanks to you guys. I was forced to clean out the vacuum cleaner. Took some pics.
Will post them in DocV's thread later.

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That's my son helping out in painting his room.

ayos to Joey, training him early to be PHM member soon. 🙂

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ayos to Joey, training him early to be PHM member soon. 🙂

Yup! Naka-attend na nga siya ng EB last January. :p

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...
Pero as I progress, tumatagilid siya:

...

I finally figured out what is wrong. The blade is going left because, well, it is pointing to the left!! Its not perfectly parallel to the center line but instead veers to the left by maybe 0.5 or 1 degree. The blade is moving left, but the jigsaw's foot is held back by the fence. Inevitably, the blade bends.

The problem lies on the blade holder mechanism, so it doesn't matter what blade I use. On of these days I'm going to take the jigsaw apart and shim a thin piece of metal (strip of aluminum soda can?) to the blade holder to correct the blade angle.

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Or stick a shim on left side of baseplate near front (or, for a right fence, shim on right side of baseplate near rear). Or make a new rectangular baseplate and attach to existing at an angle.

It looks like what I proposed before won't work in this case, where the blade is drifting into the fence.

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I thought it was only me having this problem. However I have only a cheap Black and Decker jig saw.

In the end all problems solved by getting a circular saw for this kind of long cuts.

same as me... got a black and decker jigsaw when i was so enthusiastic abot making subwoofer boxes for cars during my high school days. im having problems in drifting the cut...good thing that the holes im making will be covered with carpet so i guess its okey haha!

but its really a different story when doing straight cuts specially on plywood, i suggest you purchase a circular saw...i got a cheap maktec circular for about 8k a few years back and its so much fun working with it.