A jigsaw blade for A reciprocating saw
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Use a hole saw instead
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Just buy laser cut perspex
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I bough a Bosh one from screw fix a few weeks ago on the pretence that they told me that it would do the job! but it did not fit the drill and then they said now that I needed a special bit for it, thew it in bin and good ridens to another screwfix scam
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and just what are you supposed to do with them?Just buy laser cut perspex
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Can't blame the people in screfix if you bought the wrong tool for the job. Buy the right tool. Show us a picture of the bit and the drill; I'm calling BS on the "binned it" part unless you truly are a muppet as screfix are always delighted to accept a return of anything I buy that isn't suitable, and I do them the courtesy of not completely destroying the packaging so they can just pop the item back on the shelf. No scam, just great customer service if you don't get their back up; yesterday I asked for some ear defenders they didn't have, and the guy gave me the next model up discounted to the price of the ones I wanted because they didn't have the stock. Catch bees with honey rather than calling them a bunch of scammers; it works
In this case as it's 2mm plastic you might want to buy a hole saw set where the arbor has a removable pilot bit, use the 2" saw to drill a hole in a piece of larger wood, then remove the pilot bit from the arbor, place the plastic under the wood, stand on the wood and use the hole to hold the saw steady as you drill the plastic. Perhaps even run the saw in reverse to stop it grabbing
Well, from the wording of your first post you're trying to cut circles and keep the circles?
They're already cut circles; your work is done
If you're trying to cut circles and keep the holey sheet, use a hole saw (with competence, and doesn't matter about removing the pilot bit but the wood guide is still a good idea) or see if one of these suppliers of laser cut circles will cut and send the sheet instead of the circles
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You're not cut out for DIY, are you?
No reciprocating saw or jigsaw will cut neat circles on 2mm Perspex.
You need a router with a solid carbide up cutting bit and a circle template.
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cant blame screw fix for telling you it was complete when it was incomplete
but they are the mega corps, so i guess what ever you do master is right and what ever i do is wrong
so better put my mask on roll my sleve up and bend the nee
and dose that include stuff out of a broken package sir?
and how do you do that sir; with a sealed package?
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actully its for a compression tank fitting into a tank
It's a holesaw, as you were told in the first reply.
Slow speed, and preferably sprayed with water to avoid melting the plastic.
Attempting to use any kind of reciprocating saw will destroy the tank in seconds.
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