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I have created a new deck around a circular pool, Looks great and Ill follow with a couple of pics, My problem is choosing the tool to cut the curved edge of the deck, Im fairly certain the curve wont allow for the skilly to get around there, but have never cut anything like this with a jigsaw before. Any advice welcomed.

(should I have cut as I went before fixing?)

Jigsaw would be fine depending on how well you can wield one (ie - nice smooth cuts) and what timber you've used. If the curve isn't really sharp you could use a reciprocating saw that would eat it up in no time.

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Jigsaw , get the correct blade for what you are cutting , scribe a good easy to see line ( sometimes helps having someone else keeping the dust away as you cut, so you can see the line easily ), after you mark the line check underneath that it's all clear of bearers etc ( don't want to run over a section where the wood is thicker than the blade can cut ) , If it's not a cordless jigsaw have a practise run to ensure the lead is long enough and wont get caught up on anything, Keep the jigsaw flat on the surface with good downward pressureand go slow
have a spare blade handy , umm just in case
When you have cut it out a rounding over bit in a router gives a nice finish

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Ashore




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If the jigsaw isn't cordless, make sure you keep the cabling away from the pool. I know its pretty basic advice, but it would be shocking to get it wrong (I nearly did this with a corded leaf vac).

Cheers,
Adam

I have done this before with my old boss and we used a jigsaw and it works a treat. Definitely look out for bearers n so on. We worked very close to a poly water tank and one watched what was happening with the blade, very closely while the other cut. Good to have second set of eyes when in touchy situation.

Just another thing to mention. How will you finish the face/ cover the joist ends? Is the curve convex or concave? We had both. the concave curve was covered by the water tank but the convex curve was visible. My boss cut lots of grooves in the underside of a decking board and we clamped to face, glued and nailed (decking nails). I was surprised how much flex you could get. It looked great.

I dont have any pics at the moment but just an option for finishing the curves is to use rolled angle. I have 4 x 1.6m rad curves that i have finished in this was (all edges in fact) i got a local workshop to roll the 25x50 angle to the correct rad looks great too! i also have led strip lights hiding on the underside of it.. another advantage is it stops splinters and hides the crappy cut that the Jigsaw will create! mine did anyway!

Thanks

Steve

I bought a cheap jigsaw and you would be as well with a hammer and chisel. I then got a good one and its worth the extra plus some. The cheap one ended up in a demonstration of the hammer throw. As Ashore states the choice of blade makes a difference as does the choice of setting. Put it on the highest horizontal movement and its faster but dirtier.