What tool to cut circles with ???

[patrick1202 10+ year member]

last was i cut my sub circles for my box i sometimes got them edgy but i was using a circular saw to cut them didn't come out to bad though but any other suggestions?

that sounds a lil difficult lmao

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

Jig saw. Im almost to the point that I dont need to resand

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Yea, and I'm almost at the point where i don't need to bust all over your av's face. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

i just bought a rotozip circular saw. and it cuts beautiful. i reccomend it for 150.

for 150, i'd advise to invest in the router and jasper. Rotozip is slow, and those itty bitty bits just aren't worth it compared to getting the router.

I use plunge router + jasper jig....

Used it for the first time this wkend..... don't think it automatically =s perfect circles! lol, my router jumped a few times!

 

[momuzykent 10+ year member]

router & jasper jig!!

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

I have been looking into getting a jasper jig, but I have a no name cheapy router.....how do I know for sure that it will work with the Model 200?

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I would also like to know this. what if you do not have a router at hand? last was i cut my sub circles for my box i sometimes got them edgy but i was using a circular saw to cut them didn't come out to bad though but any other suggestions?

Can you cut another circle with the circular saw, except videotape it this time. I wanna see how you did that. And what the circle turned out like. how big was the blade?

Or maybe you are using the wrong name?

Anyway, I just use a jigsaw freehand. Just follow the line. When i used a router, my circles always came out ****ed up. I cant use it for some reason.

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

the Jasper Circle jig works the best.....

perfect circles every time

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Yes, it's a good tool, but you can do the same with a piece of cardboard and a nail. That being said, I do have both jaspers, but used to make my own before I bought it. All it is is a compass with the pencil cutting through the material instead of drawing.

 

[jcbabb 10+ year member]

I've used a circ saw (skill saw) to cut circles before. Nothing as tight as a 10" diameter, though. You have to set the blade no more than half way deep for the first pass, then all the way through on the second. The width of the cut ends up being wider than the kerf of your blade, so keep that in mind depending on if you want to keep the outside of the cut(for a hole cutout) or the inside of the cut(for like an outside radius). Also, they just came out with a special radius cut circ saw blade, but I've never tried it. Still, for speaker installs, I wouldn't recomend it. A router or jig is much easier and more precise.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

You need to post a video of you cutting even a 15" diameter hole with a circular saw. You do realize we're talking about the 7"+ variety, right?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Circ saw, to cut circles. Serious?

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

I don't mean to hijack, but how much would a decent router and jasper jig run?

Also, what size bits or jigs for 6.5 inch cuts?

I'm looking at glassing and making baffles this summer. I can't use half-assed wood cutting methods.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Circ saw, to cut circles. Serious?

Apparently the Force is strong with him. And by Force, I mean drug induced deslusions and misunderstanding.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

I don't mean to hijack, but how much would a decent router and jasper jig run?
Also, what size bits or jigs for 6.5 inch cuts?

I'm looking at glassing and making baffles this summer. I can't use half-assed wood cutting methods.

I bought my ryobi plunge router for $99. I use it a LOT and have yet to have a problem with it. Its about a year old probably.

For bits, I think the jasper is setup to work with 1/4" bits.