The Mafell is a lovely bit of kit but work schedule got shifted around and so the big jobs I got it for are now postponed until this summer and so far it has had only very light use. I am still coming to terms with the different style of handle and judging exactly where the blade is in relation to my line and my arm movements if that makes sense. However, the ability to move the blade up to the front edge of the baseplate has already proved really useful. I bought this to use this for cut outs on large sheets of the interlocking, plastic? laminated to plywood, scandinavian type shower wall. After many years of using this I recently learnt a new trick for when using a jigsaw. Using sheets of Jab Floor, thicker than the jigsaw blade is long, as a sacrifice surface. So far, so simple.
Because my old jig saw was so naff and the results so inadequate I seem to have developed a whole set of work arounds including a mixed bag of plunge saw and rail, hole cutters, Fein multi-tool, routers, even die grinders, to get the job done. The other day I started all this malarkey only to realise part way through that just getting the jig saw out would do the entire job in seconds. Some times I can really over complicate things.
