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Corded 240V Heavy-Duty

Continuous relentless torque for heavy workshop cuts.

Cordless 18V Platforms

Brushless cordless mobility across top 18V battery systems.

Professional Grade

High-precision jigsaws with roller blade stabilizers.

DIY & Home Workshop

Versatile, dependable models for home and hobby carpentry.

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Essential Jigsaw Blades & Accessories

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Match tooth geometry and TPI pitch to your workpiece: hardwoods, clean laminate, or metal sheet.

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Official lithium-ion battery packs and rapid starter kits for 18V XR, 18V LXT, and ProCORE18V cordless jigsaws.

Workshop Practical Tips

Quick Cutting Defect Troubleshooting

Is your jigsaw not cutting cleanly? Diagnose common cutting defects in 30 seconds and resolve blade deflection, tearout, or overheating.

Cut Wanders or Bevels Away from Square 90°
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: You guide the saw straight along your pencil line, but underneath the blade deflects sideways, leaving a slanted edge.

Excessive forward arm force bending the blade, or an undersized thin-kerf blade in dense hardwoods.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Ease forward pressure: let the teeth cut at their own pace without pushing with your body.
  • Swap to a thick-bodied heavy-duty blade (such as Festool S 75/4 FSG or Bosch T 101 D).
  • Turn off orbital pendulum action (set to 0 or 1) to prevent blade wandering.
  • Verify that the rear guide roller firmly captures the blade spine.
Key blade or guide:Master Guide: Accurate Bevel & Straight Cuts →
Melamine or Laminate Flooring Splinters on Top Face
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: The finished laminate top face chips along the kerf, ruining expensive cabinet doors or flooring planks.

Standard jigsaw blades cut upward on the pull stroke, tearing wood grain as teeth exit the top face.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Install a reverse-pitch down-cutting blade (like Bosch T 101 BR) that shears on the downstroke.
  • For laminate flooring or vinyl planks, turn orbital action off and cut face-down.
  • Apply painter’s masking tape firmly over your layout mark before cutting.
Key blade or guide:Pro Guide: Zero-Tearout Melamine Cuts →
Smoke, Burning Smell, or Scorched Kerf Edges
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: Dense hardwoods (white oak, maple, walnut) smoke intensely and burn black during cutting.

Dull cutter points or pitch/resin baked between tooth gullets, creating friction rubbing.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Clean blades with denatured alcohol or pitch remover, or discard if teeth are worn.
  • Avoid cheap unbranded blade bulk packs; invest in genuine bi-metal T-shank blades.
  • In lumber thicker than 1 inch, engage orbital action at setting 1 to eject packed sawdust.
Key blade or guide:Master Guide: Jigsaw Blade Types & TPI →
Jigsaw Bounces Violently and Vibrates Workpiece
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: The base shoe clatters against the workpiece, causing wrist fatigue and losing cut accuracy.

Shoe plate not pressed flat against the board, or an unsupported thin sheet flexing like a drum.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Clamp workpieces within 6 inches of the cutline to eliminate vibration resonance.
  • Seat shoe plate firmly down against the stock before squeezing the trigger.
  • Ensure at least 3 teeth are engaged with the workpiece thickness simultaneously.
Key blade or guide:Guide: Workpiece Clamping & Dust Control →
Teeth Strip Instantly When Cutting Steel or Aluminum
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: After cutting just a few inches through sheet metal or conduit, the blade stops advancing and teeth are bald.

Zero cutting lubricant and high stroke speeds generating friction heat that anneals steel teeth.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Dial speed down to 1–3 on the variable wheel (under 1,500 SPM in metals).
  • Set orbital action strictly to 0.
  • Apply cutting fluid for steel or paraffin/wax along the cutline for aluminum.
  • For aluminum profiles, use wavy bi-metal blades like Bosch T 127 D.
Key blade or guide:Pro Guide: Cutting Steel & Aluminum Safely →
Countertop Sink Cutout Falls Prematurely & Snaps
🔍 Underlying Cause:

Symptom: As you complete the final corner on a thick laminate countertop, the center cutout drops and snaps the laminate.

Lack of an underside bridging support cleat and using short blades in 1-1/2 in. stock.

✅ Step-by-Step Fix:
  • Screw a temporary wooden scrap cleat across the cutout underside so it stays suspended.
  • Drill 1/2 in. relief holes in all four interior corners to relieve stress points.
  • Use a long bi-metal blade (at least 4 inches) and seal cut edges with 100% silicone.
Key blade or guide:Step-by-Step Guide: Countertop Sink Cutouts →

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Types of Jigsaw Blades

Decode shank types, tooth counts (TPI), metallurgy, and cut direction to choose the perfect blade for wood, metal, plastic, or ceramics.

Jigsaw cutting through an aluminum profile with cutting fluid and clean chips

How to Cut Metal and Aluminum with a Jigsaw Without Ruining Blades

Dial in exact machine settings, apply essential cutting lubricants, and select proper TPI blades to cut sheet metal and aluminum smoothly.

Laminate flooring plank clamped on workbench next to a professional jigsaw

How to Cut Laminate Flooring with a Jigsaw Without Chipping the Edges

Learn how to select reverse-tooth blades, manage blade tooth direction, and adjust jigsaw speed to achieve chip-free cuts on laminate flooring.