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Pocket/Plunge Cuts
The reciprocating saw can be used to make
plunge cuts into softer material, (for ex-
ample, wood or light building materials for
walls), without a starting hole (Fig. 10).
1. Mark the line to be cut clearly on the
work.
2. Set the tool with one edge of the
footplate (2) firmly against the material.
3. Place the tip of the blade (1) (not run-
ning) on the line to be cut.
4. Tilt the saw so that the blade clears the
work.
5. Squeeze the trigger switch and carefully
engage the moving saw blade into the
material.
6. After the blade penetrates through the
work, continue sawing along the marked
outline.
Notes:
To make plunge cutting easier, use a heavy
gauge blade, install the blade with the teeth
facing upward, and hold the saw upside
down (as shown in Fig. 11).
Do not plunge cut in metal surfaces.
In thick materials and in harder materials,
such as metal, plunge cutting should not be
attempted. Such materials can be cut with
the reciprocating saw only by starting the cut
from the edge of the material or from a hole
drilled all the way through the material that is
large enough to fit the saw blade.
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