Monthly Archives: August 2018

Video clip of test cutting some plywood – yay.

Spent most of the day lopping trees and although a bit pooped out found the energy after dinner to head out to the workshop about seven-o-clock for another session. The blade holder with threaded rod, wing nuts and washers did … Continue reading →

 Making the upper blade holder from a bit of flooring laminate.

After redesigning the lower blade holder I pulled the whole thing apart to refine some of the parts. Looks like a IKEA flat pack.

Redesigned the lower blade clamp. Lower blade clamp Version 1.0 did not work out. The blade comes loose and the squashed bracket clamp fouls the jigsaw blade guide.

How to drill a hole in a hardened steel blade ? The build is on hold while we go back and fix something that was a failure. The adaptor fashioned from a squashed bracket does not apply enough pressure to … Continue reading →

This will be a interesting session as we are going to mount the saw arm bearings and install the assembly onto the saw frame. With the arm support column dismantled I marked out the bearing centres on the two supports … Continue reading →

Still waiting for the chooks to go to bed so I can put their food away and lock up, so may as well prep for tomorrow. As mentioned in the last post with a scroll saw blade mounted in the … Continue reading →

Bought a few more items from Bunnings yesterday so I could move on with the scroll saw build – today. Starting to take shape At this point right here, with a scroll saw blade mounted in the inverted jigsaw, I … Continue reading →