Jig saw recommendation

[FredP]

You've gotta love free enterprise. I ordered the saw Tuesday night and got it today at 4:00 pm.

The DeWalt is going to Goodwill.

Why you wanna do that to goodwill shoppers? What they ever do to you?

 

[ashley_phil]

late to the party but i bought a used bosch years ago and love it. i think the D handle gives much more control

 

[bob vaughan]

I'll say again that good blades make all the difference. That's actually what's cutting the wood.
Bosch has this blade called a "Progressor". I bought a few just because they looked good. I put one in a 1581 a few days ago and was really impressed. I had to crosscut a 2-1/16" thick piece of red oak that was 6" wide. Out of curiosity, I timed the cut without crowding the blade. Twenty seconds to crosscut 6" in that oak. Not bad at all. The cut was amazingly smooth, too. I'll often use my saber saw when crosscutting to rough dimension because I don't have to move long stock from place to place.

 

[Henry W]

.... I'll often use my saber saw when crosscutting to rough dimension because I don't have to move long stock from place to place.

Yup, that's become my work habit too.