theducks | I has a jigsaw! (Reply)

lizbyrd had been asking me to make something out of the acrylic I bought for the photoframe to hold down paper on the piano.. the idea of cutting so much with the dremel-type tool frankly didn't thrill me with joy. So last night we went to Innaloo, and as well as other shopping, I bought a jigsaw! Mmm power tools! I also got a special blade for cutting plastic, which leaves it quite smooth, and a sanding block for more smoothing, and another 600x900x3mm sheet of acrylic. The jigsaw cuts through the stuff like a cold knife through rather solid butter.

The problem as now presents itself, is where to use it. I used it in the laundry, with the washing machine as a bench (with my handy ikea pine chopping board as a work surface), but the small pieces of plastic that get chipped away go everywhere, and it's pretty freaking loud. But I don't have anywhere else, so I suppose it will have to do.