Blue Collar Woodworking #26: A useless machine with a thousand uses!

I have never seen the upside down jig saw thing. Cool deal and nice project.
Another great show, well written and good humor.
Stumpy I am going to see William tomorrow. I will pass the message on to him.

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All “Sawzalls” are recipricating saws, but not all recipricating saws are Sawzalls. Think “Kleenex” & tissue, Cognac & brandy…....

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

The Rockwell version seems very gimmick-ish to me. They market it as the do-everything miracle tool, but I’d rather stick with my table and miter saws.

-- Tristin King -- When in doubt, sand it.

Another Academy Award winner Stumps. Have you tried puttin any bushings around those slider pipes? Just a thought.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

There are bronze bushings around the rods. There are two problems with that. First, bushings are not linear bearings. So they bind. Second, the largest readily available bronze bushings are 3/4”. That means the largest rods you can use are too thin for this use. They allow the carriage to twist too much. Sliding compound miter saws have much larger rods. I could use larger rods, perhaps pipe. But finding bushings big enough would be difficult and the whole point is to make it with easy to find materials.

I already redesigned it removing the rods and making a rolling carriage. You’ll see it next week.

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Good job…
Your shows are great. Kinda like an intellectual “Red/Green” show.
Keep it up.

-- If you want it and it's within reason... It's on it's way!

Stumpy

Love the Video and had me and my wife laughing.
Thanks

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Nice, GMan. Does the blade tilt? I also find that having bearing guides at the end of the blade really helps.

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Nice Jig Saw Attachment you’ve got there Stumpy. Maybe you should consider some type of inserts, that could change with the angle, to fill the big hole where the blade comes through the table. Then you could cut smaller pieces and they wouldn’t fall through the table.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

just enjoyed the latest installment of the show while sipping a 7 & Ginger….

Nice job on the “jig saw”

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

Something is different. First time I can’t play an episode on my iPad… :-)

-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive

Totally Agree with you, have to name tools with their correct names, Period!

-- Jorge Velez, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Edit opps posted on the wrong thread. sorry

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com