Press cut

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General information

The cutting of a jigsaw is called punching. The first puzzles made of plywood were cut with a jigsaw. In the mass production one uses stencils from knives, which punch the puzzles. Other manufacturing methods use laser or waterjet techniques.

A demonstrative video about the production of a punching sheet has been published by the "Sendung mit der Maus".

Kind of press cuts

There are different types of cut patterns, the most common form of cutting is grid or raster punching.