Old style jigsaw.. who uses it?

[billmayo]

I keep a jig saw without the arm (very light and easy to store) and use 2 wide wood jigsaw blades (from an electric hand jig/scroll saw, not the skinny ones) with a very small clamp holding the open ends together. This gives me a quick way to cut out inside wooden areas by drilling a hole and setting the wood over the jigsaw blade and on the table. No arm allows no restrictions to the size of the wood being cut.

I was getting too much blade flex using just one blade but I am sure others could have better luck using one blade than I did.

[pennview]

In addition to holding jigsaw blades, Shopsmith used to sell small files for power filing on the jigsaw and you can fabricate sanding sticks for power sanding small pieces where a strip sander would be too large.

[JPG]

In addition to holding jigsaw blades, Shopsmith used to sell small files for power filing on the jigsaw and you can fabricate sanding sticks for power sanding small pieces where a strip sander would be too large.

Sanding drums with 1/4" shanks will also fit. IIRC

[fiatben]

I bought one from a member of this forum. I've used it a couple of times, but I have lousy luck with breaking those itty-bitty blades. But since I don't have a scroll saw, sometimes it's the only tool in my kit that will do what I want. (I'm not a big fan of a hand=held jig saw).

[JPG]

I bought one from a member of this forum. I've used it a couple of times, but I have lousy luck with breaking those itty-bitty blades. But since I don't have a scroll saw, sometimes it's the only tool in my kit that will do what I want. (I'm not a big fan of a hand=held jig saw).

The jig saw does not have 'itty bitty' blades. But the scroll saw surely does. Last project I was feeding the blade through a 0.030" hole.