A few days ago I blogged about my homemade jigsaw table and since then have been trying it out cutting various things with different shapes etc.
The thought come to mind to give it the ‘ultimate test’ so to speak – cut some wood gears.
Category: Jigsaw Table
Homemade jigsaw table.
Gear wheels
Earlier in the year I made a jigsaw table and after some test cutting was surprised how well it worked in particular cutting – wood gear wheels.
The saw did a good job cutting the gear wheel teeth. Continue reading “Gear wheels”
Jigsaw table – revised blade guides
The original blade guide assembly did the job but looked a bit ugly so here is Version 2.0 with integrated height adjustment!
Version 1.0 Continue reading “Jigsaw table – revised blade guides”
Jigsaw table – blade guide arm
Continuing on from the last session we have the jigsaw mounted upside down in the box with the blade poking out the top. Now we need some sort of blade guide support arm that will minimize the blade flexing, in particular on curved cuts.
Went looking for ideas through all the hardware stuff and paused with a Double Roller Catch in the palm of my hand…thinking.
Jigsaw table
Decided to make a jigsaw table which is basically a upside down jigsaw with the blade poking up through the top of a box.
Not much planning beforehand so to get started let’s route out the top for a insert.