Working Advice
- Pull the plug out of the socket before carrying out any work on the power tool.
- Switch the power tool off immediately if the saw blade becomes blocked.
- When machining small or thin workpieces, always use a stable base or saw table (accessory).
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.
- Plunge cuts may only be applied to soft materials, such as wood, gypsum board, etc.
For plunge cutting, use only short saw blades. Plunge cutting is possible only with a mitre angle of 0°.
Place the power tool so that the front edge of the base plate (5) rests on the workpiece, without the saw blade (10) touching the workpiece, and switch it on. On power tools with stroke rate control, select the maximum stroke rate. Press the power tool firmly against the workpiece and allow the saw blade to plunge slowly into the workpiece.
As soon as the base plate (5) rests fully on the workpiece, continue sawing along the required cutting line.
When working with the parallel guide with circle cutter (23), the workpiece must be no more than 30 mm thick.
Parallel cuts (see figure J): Loosen the locking screw (22) and slide the scale on the parallel guide through the guide (21) in the base plate. Adjust the desired cutting width as a scale value on the inside edge of the base plate. Retighten the locking screw (22).
The parallel guide can also be used in combination with the guide rail (24) (see figure K).
Circular cuts (see figure L): Drill a hole large enough to push the saw blade through on the cutting line within the circle to be cut. Machine the drill hole with a router or file so that the saw blade can lie flush with the cutting line.
Position the locking screw (22) on the other side of the parallel guide. Slide the scale on the parallel guide through the guide (21) into the base plate. Drill a hole in the workpiece in the middle of the section to be cut out. Insert the centring tip (25) through the inner opening of the parallel guide and into the drilled hole. Adjust the radius as a scale value on the inside edge of the base plate. Retighten the locking screw (22).