Comments on: From the Island of Misfit Tools

By: kahal lattin

kahal lattin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:23:20 +0000

i have one at my house and have the blade it came with, email me if u want pics or questions

By: Dan Beeson

Dan Beeson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:33:31 +0000

Has anyone tried using this thing for coping crown moulding? I like to cope my crown and have not been thrilled with the jig-saw options.

By: Lewis A. Saxton

Lewis A. Saxton — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:28:03 +0000

I’m 67 now and can still run circles around most 40 year olds, but the comments many people make about the tools make it seem like I,m a prehistoric being. Jig saws were mounted on stands and used coping saw blades. They let us use them in the school wood shop because they were the safest power tool for third graders. I don’t know when jig saws became scroll saws and saber saws became jig saws, but the newer saws work a lot better than the old power tools. I still prefer a coping saw for coping and I still know to pull down with it while supporting your work on a bench or V notched platform.

By: Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:24:00 +0000

I have a bench mounted version, sold in the UK as a Minicraft Vibrosaw. It uses plain end piercing saw blades.
The thing works great on up to 1/4" ply, if you run it on a slab of foam. Otherwise it rattles everything off the bench onto the floor.
A sort of primitive scroll saw.
We had one at school in the 70′s as you cannot cut yor finger on it. The stroke is so short the skin just wobbles back & forth.

Kevin

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:18:11 +0000

I’m glad you included a picture as I would have thought this was in the same class as stripped paint or our own special tool for newbie’s the wood bender. Yes folks for just $19.99……..
Bill

By: Ellis

Ellis — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:45:15 +0000

Bosch own the Dremel company now, guess someone was trawling through old patents…

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:37:13 +0000

Al,

Thanks. I bought a five pack this evening and will pick them up tomorrow.

Chris

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www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlT8UzZNXZPCxBxIBy6pa7ByXhQBtH6NAI — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:35:46 +0000

Chris, I found one of these saws at a garage sale. Sears makes blades that will fit. Craftsman Pin-end Scroll Saw Hobby Blades 929445

By: Al Goldstein

Al Goldstein — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:31:44 +0000

Chris, I also found one of these saws at a garage sale. Sears makes blades that will fit it. Craftsman Pin-end Scroll Saw Hobby Blades 929445. It really works.

By: Mark Rine

Mark Rine — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:30:03 +0000

Isn’t this considered a power chisel?

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2003852/9679/Power-Chisel.aspx