jigsaw on its nose where you gradualy tip untill the blade starts to cut[not for the inexperianced

because of the other thread about flooring removal i decided to reduce a blade to 30mm visible length
the choice of 30mm was because the stroke is 25mm this would stop the blade leaving the wood as it protrudes5 mm into the wood
this worked realy well as long as you have pendulum on full and dont push to hard causing the blade to dig in on the down stroke and jump out the cut causing dents in the top
decided as an experiment to reduce a blade to 22mm did it work with the blade leaving the work by 3mm every stroke

well yes it did briliantly as long as you dont push to hard and cut around 1/3 normal speed its fine


so in short cut a normal upstroke blade [bosch 101b or d or equivilent]22mm from the base plate square and ground flat so no sharp edges to dammage wires and pipes
then you can nose plunge into the centre of the cut to the edge then cut from the centre to the other side
jobs a good un

