A Week In The Workshop 208
- petermillard
- Nov 19, 2023
- 1 min read
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Hi everyone! Sorry, I will complete the panelling install video soon, other stuff keeps happening! A warm welcome to all, old hands and new faces alike.
For the new members AWITW is a chatty catch-up ‘vlog’ style video that goes out on a Sunday morning, and in this one I pitch in my two-penneth with the barrel grip jigsaw appreciation post, there’s a bit of house stuff, the Mirka giveaway video tanks - but it doesn’t matter - there’s some surprise post from the USA and I have to make an odd c-shaped clamp accessory so I can silicone a shower screen back in place.
What a week!
Thanks everyone, enjoy the rest of the weekend and I’ll see the Behind The Scenes, Marking Out and At The Bench members in the midweek vid.
Cheers, Peter
Sander giveaway - https://www.10minuteworkshop.com/forum/giveaways-and-free-stuff/mirka-deros-and-deos-giveaway
Workshop Banter on YouTube and all good podcast locations! https://www.youtube.com/@WorkshopBanter
I bought my Trion barrel grip jigsaw after my faithful Bosch D handle packed up. I was struck by the weight compared to the old Bosch, wow, really heavy, but I soon got used to it. A light would have been nice to see the blade, but as I use it mostly upside down, not really a deal breaker. I thought I would miss the variable speed button, but found that I soon got used to it being all on or off and now don't give it a second thought. Use both Festool blades and cheap knock offs, both of which seem to work okay. Bought a rail attachment with it and have used that a few times and typical…
I bought a handle jig that looks very similar to that and it was such a pain to set up I didn’t bother to use it a second time. I find the semi disposable plastic jig from Screwfix works great with a lot less hassle.
It's always the little, tiniest details that get missed on a rennovation, had some of those with our upper floor rebuild. On Youtube, I've seen an ad for that drawer handle jig a bunch of times and I've seen Bob from I Like To Make Stuff channel use it, once. Unless someone (aka a cabinet company) was making dozens of drawers a day, I don't think it's useful to the average DIY person.
Acrylic spalshbacks are similar, colour on the back, any joins, paint the wall behind a similar colour, and use clear sealant.
I can go back further than Colin. My first B & D jigsaw was an attachment for a drill - slightly more than 50 years ago. I also had a circular saw attachment and a sander. Considering that the drill was only about 250 watts, they worked pretty well on 9mm marine ply as well as 18mm chipboard.
Plunge cutting with the jigsaw depends a lot on the blade. You can easily end up with an S shaped blade.
I am with Peter on the barrel body. I have had both types and I too prefer the barrel and like Peter I do not use it as much as I used to.