Working Advice
- Remove the battery from the power tool before carrying out work on the power tool (e.g. maintenance, changing tool, etc.). The battery should also be removed for transport and storage. There is risk of injury from unintentionally pressing the on/off switch.
- Switch the power tool off immediately if the saw blade becomes blocked.
- Always use a sturdy support when working on small or thin workpieces.
Before sawing into wood, chipboard, building materials, etc., check for and remove any foreign objects such as nails, screws, etc.
Jigsaws are primarily designed for curved cuts. The range of products from Bosch also includes accessories which enable straight cuts or circular cuts (depending on the jigsaw model, e.g. parallel guide, guide rail or circle cutter).
Hand-held jigsaws generally tend to go off at an angle, i.e. under certain circumstances the angle and cutting accuracy can no longer be ensured. Decisive influencing factors on the accuracy are the saw blade thickness, cutting length and the material thickness and strength of the workpiece.
Therefore, always check using test cuts whether the cutting result of the selected system meets the requirements of your application.
When working with the parallel guide (33), the workpiece must be no more than 30 mm thick.
Loosen the locking screw (32) and slide the scale of the parallel guide through the guide (31) in the base plate. Adjust the required cutting width as a scale value on the inside edge of the base plate. Retighten the locking screw (32).
The guide rail adapter (35) is needed:
- For straight cuts using a guide rail (34) (accessory)
- For circular cuts using a circle cutter (36) (accessory)
Make sure that the plastic guide plate (14) is mounted on the base plate (13). Insert the power tool into the guide rail adapter (35).
When using the guide rail adapter, observe the guide rail adapter operating instructions.