Jigsaw hacked in to bench saw
30 Mar2014
In my frustration of that i could not cut straight cuts with my
jigsaw i needed a good alternative. Some thing where i could
control the blade better. I was thinking of making a Scroll saw,
but then i got a better idea (c:
Mounting my jigsaw on a workbench.The idea was to make better
cuts by controlling the material instead of the saw.
So after a couple of drawings i settled on a design. With feat
for clamping to the table and the jigsaw safely mounted inside the
bench.
The first order of the day was to disassemble my jigsaw,
removing the metal mounting bracket
Drilling holes for mounting on the wooden workbench.
For the workbench i used 12x2cm recycled wooden boards. I had
some lying around so i put them to good use.
After the initial assembly i could clearly see that the frame
was not sturdy enough, so i've screwed two wooden block to
strengthen ad square the workbench frame.
Now when the frame was done it was time for final assembly. I've
drilled two holes for the metal jigsaw screw mounts and a slit for
the blade.
And here is the finished product, i've tried to make 5mm plywood
board strips width no problem at all. I can now saw wooden planks
up to 4 cm in height