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
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> 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: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> > 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. Grin.
> > >
> > > Victor
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
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