Jig Saw Insert

I have thought about doing this…specifically for cutting circles.My bandsaw is junk.Nice job!

-- teh most beautiful about a tree is what you can make out of it...even if that is only a fire!I hate raking

Great idea. Nice job on the insert. Very functional.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Cool!

I notice the blade is offset from the center of the insert. Did you have any trouble with the saw/insert trying to lift out of the table top?

Gret idea

but how do you turn it on and off with the trigger being under the table?

-- William Byrd- WAR EAGLE!

good tip … I used to have a setup like this

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Thanks guys! Lew, suprisingly enough, I’ve had no problem at all with lifting. It is quite smooth with minimal vibration. Yosoybyrd, the on off trigger has a lock. I engage the lock when I screw it in to the insert and plug it into my paddle switch.

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

Genius!

Gonna do it.

Thanks for posting this.

-- All trees have projects inside of them, it is your job to get them out.

Man, I love this site because of stuff like this. That’s a great idea and a great contribution. Your idea is on my To-Do list.

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Great idea, thats what we do, we make do.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Looks neat.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Thanks LJ’s! The good thing about something like this is it’s cheap and easy to make. A good use for scraps. I can’t remember where the idea came from but it has come in handy a couple of times.

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

Hey That’s a really cool idea Brad

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Right on jockmike2! Nifty idea.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

Brad, great idea! Just please – watch the fingers!

Thomas

-- " .... For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.”

Very clever idea!

this idea was developed by Triton tools of Australia the made such a top to fit their saw bench which works of an ordinary circular saw .switch id held together by a velcro band.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

I did this same thing with a circular saw when I was too young and poor to buy a table saw. Set it up like a router table with a switch and had to tape down the trigger with electrical tape. Used the saw to build a custom piece of furniture for a lady who had a piece of marble she wanted inlaid into a coffee table. Made enough money on the table to buy a table saw.