Anyone use a jigsaw to make "fancy" risers?

[Johan van Niekerk]

I've seen some very impressive risers on this forum where two pieces of different woods are cut in a curve and then joined to make "two toned" risers. All of them were done using bandsaws. I unfortunately don't have the space for a bandsaw. Do you guys think it's possible to do such risers with a decent jigsaw?
Anyone have experience doing something like this?
I'd love some advice on what to buy or not buy please  

[bjansen]

They key will be sanding the two surfaces to a perfect fit prior to glue up.  Often the arcs and such are done with a bandsaw but finished up on an edge sander.  Some also have made pattern sanders to quickly sand the joint to specs prior to a glue up.

Thus, yes you can do it will a jig saw, but I think you will still need to do much of the finishwork by using an edge sander.

[JamesV]

I could never get my (expensive) Jig saw to cut square consistantly. But with a lot of sanding I did manage to eek out a few nice risers before I got a bandsaw.

[Wolftrail]

I have roughed out about 5 risers then I just use a coarse rasp to shape them.

[Gundog68]

Some time ago i just ordered an expensive jig saw for just this reason.... it never worked out to have really right angle cut´s. It goes for some straight cut´s but never for an radius cut with hardwood.
Now  i have a good jet band saw with a lot of jigs and some sander to get this jobs done.

[Johan van Niekerk]

Thanks!

I think I'll just safe myself some money and NOT get an expensive jigsaw then.

[Todd Cook]

I have a bosch jigsaw and it will cut quite straight. I normally use a bandsaw for what you're talking about, but I've done it with the jigsaw just to see if it would. It worked fine( you're going to sand it a little ) but the key to it was to clamp a piece of the same thickness wood right beside the piece I'm cutting so the base of the saw rides flat at all times.

[AkDan]

why not rough it out than use a router and template or spindle sander with a template to square things off?