thank you for this explanation. What I have then is a heavy duty saber saw.
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use those terms differently than some of the postings. To me a sabersaw is > an older small hand held power tool with a short reciprocating blade about 3 > inches in length and 1/4-inch or so in width (attached at top to the tool but > open and free at the other end) such as an economy class consumer-type > hoobyist tool. Now I also have a newer and slightly larger hand held power > tool model with a reciprocating blade which is actually labelled as a jigsaw > but it operates to much greater tolerances and is a respectable woodworker's > tool, but to me it is still a saber saw. > > To me, a jigsaw is not a hand held tool but a bench top tool with a longer > reciprocating blade attached at both top and bottom of the blade. The blades > give pretty good service before dulling. Saber saw and jigsaw blades break > under stress as from turning too tight of a curve but they break only > infrequently. > > A scroll saw is a specialized tool with a very thin reciprocating blade with > very little up and down movement designed usually for cutting fairly thin > materials such as 1/4-inch thick plywood for crafts but also able to cut > larger stock at a slower rate and nicely able to make extremely fine cuts of > stacked veneers for marquetry work or delicate cut-outs from thin stock. I > use a scroll saw to cut table aprons with pierced fretwork of grape or ivy > vine patterns with leaves, monograms, etc. The blades dull ratherly quickly > and break just as often. I never begin a scroll work job without a number of > extra blades on hand and I change the blade just as soon as its easy cutting > declines. The blade is easily detachable so that it can be threaded through > drilled holes to give access to inside cuts. On a table apron I may have > around a hundred such inside cuts so easy detachability and re-attaching is > important. > > The bandsaw has a blade which is a complete circle and the blade runs in an > oval on two wheels usually. A few machines have three wheels so that the > blade runs around the three wheels in a rounded triangular fashion. The > bandsaw cannot be used to start an inside cut within the fixed or solid > perimeter of a piece. > > -- > Larry Martin > Woodworking for the Blind > --joining the world of blind wood workers > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> well, then I say "be very careful". >> I love mine. The thinner the blade, and the corser the blade the better >> for turning. But whew! it can start a canal on a fingertip. >> Of course for very straight, hahahahaha, cuts, one can use a blade without >> many tangential burrs, and feel the side of the blade;. But I get the >> feeling that my makita likes to run, so I dial it down at any sign of >> necessity. >> >> Clamped it to the side of my mom's open basement steps and ran a piece of >> molding between the step and the blade, and surpised both of us with how >> nicely it made the right size piece of trim. >> >> >> >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Rob Monitor wrote: >> >>> YES YOU GOT IT... >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:24 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Future Aids - Raised-Line Drawing >> Board.htm >>> >>> >>> So is a jigsaw, and a sabersaw, and a scroll saw, >>> the thing that looks like a foot log sewing machine with a saw blade >>> instead of a needle on the end of a pistoning arm, all the same thing? >>> >>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Victor Gouveia wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Rob, >>> > >>> > I know what a scroll saw is and what it looks like, I've just never been >>> > partial to putting my finger anywhere near a moving blade, jigsaw or >>> > otherwise. >>> > >>> > I've heard horror stories of people getting their fingers too close to one >>> > of those blades while chopping up meat at the local grocery store, and >>> > people end up getting fingers along with the cuts of meat they buy. >>> > >>> > Like I said, I just get weary of my fingers going anywhere near a moving >>> > blade. >>> > >>> > Oh, and by the way, I also had a hard time explaining what a scroll saw >>> > was >>> > to a friend of mine here, and heck, if it wasn't just as difficult to >>> > explain as nuclear fission, but I think I can explain nuclear fission a >>> > lot >>> > easier than I could a scroll saw. 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