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"boorite"

18/09/2006 2:24 PM

My jury-rigged jigsaw table thing

If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.

http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html


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GR

Gerald Ross

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

18/09/2006 6:43 PM

boorite wrote:
> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>
> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html
>
I have a scroll saw, but for some things this works better. I have had
mine set up like this for years. Just a hole in the counter top for the
blade and two counter-sunk flat head screws that fit into threaded holes
in the base of my jigsaw. Set-up or take-down in a couple of minutes.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

A pessimist is a person who mourns the
future.





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in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

18/09/2006 4:29 PM

I had a Hersch (?) saw table (sic) many years ago that did this. You
could mount a circular saw, jig saw, or router under the table.

Mike

boorite wrote:
> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>
> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html

Aa

"Andy"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

18/09/2006 8:20 PM

> >> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> >> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> >> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> >> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
> >>
> >> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html

At one point I tried to set up something like this in a router table,
but I couldn't get it to cut anything that resembled a straight line.
Gave up and bought a cheapo HD bandsaw. Just recently gave that up and
bought a used 16", 1.5hp Grizzly.
(Still learning to only cry once...)
Andy

ff

"foggytown"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 12:26 AM


boorite wrote:
> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>
> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html

Often easier to bring the work to the tool.

FoggyTown

bb

"boorite"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 10:37 AM


Joe Gorman wrote:
> boorite wrote:
> > If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> > impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> > or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> > the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
> >
> > http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html
> >
> For a lower cost version, non electric see the latest Woodwork magazine.
> The web page shows a picture of it now, but not a real good one.
> http://woodwork-mag.com/
> Joe

Cool, have to pick that up.

Found these 1954 PM tearouts for sale on eBay...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/boorite/pm54jigsaw.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/boorite/pm54jigsaw2.jpg

"Jigsaw from a Small Engine Block."

bb

"boorite"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 12:33 PM


Joe Gorman wrote:
> boorite wrote:
> > "Jigsaw from a Small Engine Block."
> >
> Rats, until I looked at the pics I was thinking more of a Ford 289
> running a saw to match David Marks' jointer:-0
> Joe

Yeah, "small block" could mean a 350. That there would be for hardwoods.

bb

"boorite"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 11:24 PM

[email protected] wrote:

> As I was looking at your web site, it occurred to me, that it was kind
> of a wimpy outfit. Now, if you had used a reciprocating saw instead of
> the jig saw...

Now you're talking. Or maybe something gas-powered.

bb

"boorite"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

20/09/2006 9:22 AM

Owen Lawrence wrote:

> > Now you're talking. Or maybe something gas-powered.
>
> You mean like a gas laser?

I was thinking more along the lines of a curb saw or chainsaw, but the
laser is hard to pass up. I think I would have to decide based on which
one would win in a fight.

OL

"Owen Lawrence"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

20/09/2006 8:17 AM

>> As I was looking at your web site, it occurred to me, that it was kind
>> of a wimpy outfit. Now, if you had used a reciprocating saw instead of
>> the jig saw...
>
> Now you're talking. Or maybe something gas-powered.

You mean like a gas laser?

- Owen -

l

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

20/09/2006 8:08 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
boorite <[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>> As I was looking at your web site, it occurred to me, that it was kind
>> of a wimpy outfit. Now, if you had used a reciprocating saw instead of
>> the jig saw...
>
>Now you're talking. Or maybe something gas-powered.
>

YEAH! That's IT! a CHAINSAW!. Why bother using a bandsaw for resawing?
Why, with a table-mounted, vertically pointed bar chainsaw, and a
tablesaw-like fence setup, except for wasting slightly more wood with
the wide kerf, you'll be resawing like a saw mill! Imagine, you need a
2X6 or something, just cut down a tree and push it through your
tablechainsaw! I've got an old Poulan out in the shed somewhere... I
can hardly wait!



--
Every complicated problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
lwasserm(@)charm(.)net

Cc

"CW"

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 2:02 AM

Mine has clamps. Just slide the saw in and tighten the wing nuts.

"Gerald Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have a scroll saw, but for some things this works better. I have had
> mine set up like this for years. Just a hole in the counter top for the
> blade and two counter-sunk flat head screws that fit into threaded holes
> in the base of my jigsaw. Set-up or take-down in a couple of minutes.

l

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

20/09/2006 1:00 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
boorite <[email protected]> wrote:
>If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
>impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
>or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
>the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>
>http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html
>

You would probably be interested in Nick Englers book on scrollsaws.
It has a design for an actual C-arm scroll saw, made mostly from wood,
that uses a chearp jigsaw as the power source.

And if you are looking for a quiet scroll saw, one that runs like a
sewing machine, how about making one form a sewing machine?

As I was looking at your web site, it occurred to me, that it was kind
of a wimpy outfit. Now, if you had used a reciprocating saw instead of
the jig saw...


--
Every complicated problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
lwasserm(@)charm(.)net

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 8:13 AM

boorite wrote:
> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>
> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html
>
For a lower cost version, non electric see the latest Woodwork magazine.
The web page shows a picture of it now, but not a real good one.
http://woodwork-mag.com/
Joe

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

19/09/2006 3:24 PM

boorite wrote:
> Joe Gorman wrote:
>> boorite wrote:
>>> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
>>> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
>>> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
>>> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>>>
>>> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html
>>>
>> For a lower cost version, non electric see the latest Woodwork magazine.
>> The web page shows a picture of it now, but not a real good one.
>> http://woodwork-mag.com/
>> Joe
>
> Cool, have to pick that up.
>
> Found these 1954 PM tearouts for sale on eBay...
>
> http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/boorite/pm54jigsaw.jpg
>
> http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/boorite/pm54jigsaw2.jpg
>
> "Jigsaw from a Small Engine Block."
>
Rats, until I looked at the pics I was thinking more of a Ford 289
running a saw to match David Marks' jointer:-0
Joe

DF

Don Fearn

in reply to "boorite" on 18/09/2006 2:24 PM

18/09/2006 9:40 PM

I think it was [email protected] who stated:

>boorite wrote:
>> If you want a scroll saw, but your wallet suffers from a severe
>> impaction, then a thing like this will either fill your scrolling needs
>> or convince you to get out the crowbar. Either way, to me it's worth
>> the price (pretty much free). I hope it at least amuses.
>>
>> http://woodslacker.officeweasel.com/jigscroll.html

>I had a Hersch (?) saw table (sic) many years ago that did this. You
>could mount a circular saw, jig saw, or router under the table.

My Ryobi BT3100 table saw has a jigsaw adapter plate available . . . .

-Don
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