When i started printing my own PCBs at home i was searching for a way of cutting the printed boards. I had tried lots of ways like a hand saw, a mini drill tool but nothing was that good as the jigsaw. But jigsaw was difficult to control for small PCB pieces. So i thought that it would be a good idea if i make a base to use the Jigsaw in upside down mode as a stable device like a band sawmill table. I took measurements of the jigsaw and i made a wooden base for it.
This construction also helped me to cut the aluminium boxes where i put my power supplies. It's an easy and very helpfull way of converting the jigsaw to a stable machine.
good idea. i have a spare jigsaw which i can use it as yours. I have to ask how did you manage changing the blade if it broke?
The top side of the wooden box isn't screwed so you remove it, and you change the blade. That easy 😛
and what about on-off or setting of blade's speed?
I switch on and off the device by using a switched power strip. The blade's speed is configured only once. If you want to reconfigure it you have to unscrew the jigsaw and change it.
A nice idea, how did you control the power? Is the on/off switch not buried in the box?
The power is controled with an external power strip which includes a mains switch.