What is the best jigsaw blade for the headstock?

[Dpdarren]

Hi everybody, I have the mahogany headstock, and I was wondering what succes people have had with jigsaw blades on this wood? I’m nervous about making my first cut!

[Andy40]

Welcome to the forum Dpdarren. Mahogany is quite soft. I have found that using a jigsaw on a mahogany headstock is easier than using it on a maple headstock

[stan]

Draw your headstock shape, cut close to but outside the line and then sand up to the line. All jigsaws seem to drift a little bit and can cut at a slight angle even when flat - as always test on scrap, best of luck

[Andy40]

Hi Stan. long time lefty!

[Fretworn]

I gave up trying to use a jigsaw for headstock, as I could never get the neck stable enough. I cut all my headstocks manually with a coping saw and get much better results.

[Sonic Mountain]

I use a fine cut, high speed curve cutting blade on mine. As others have said, best to cut roughly then refine by sanding.

[Marcel]

Not in favour of using jig saws on head stocks.

Much prefer a small hand saw to follow beside the outline I've drawn for myself. Then use a file to bring it in nice and close, and then finish using sand paper. It's a slower process but the results speak for themselves...

[FrankenWashie]

I’m with the rest of the team here, fine blades coping saw or similar.

With some care, the results of the rough cut will be far easier to get into shape than using a jigsaw, see below:




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[king casey]

Not in favour of using jig saws on head stocks.

Much prefer a small hand saw to follow beside the outline I've drawn for myself. Then use a file to bring it in nice and close, and then finish using sand paper. It's a slower process but the results speak for themselves...

I'll agree with that.
May be different with mahogany but maple proved too hard for my jigsaw.
I simply hand sawed the majority off with straight lines and then used a coarse rasp to finesse somewhat.
Files and sandpaper to smooth it down.

cheers, Mark.

[DarkMark]

I’m jumping on the coping saw wagon, especially if you are nervous about using your jigsaw. Coping saw offers plenty of slow control and you can work at your own speed.