[Shop-talk] WOW, I never thought I'd say this about Harbor Freight!

[Nolan]

http://roseantiquetools.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/craftsman1959.pdf

Look on page 45 of the PDF.  There's the earliest sabre saw with the 
rotating blade I can find.

Look on page 20 of the PDR for the jig saws, nowadays called scroll saws.

Page 42, you'll notice it's still not called a circular saw, it's a power 
saw.  Though on page 48, you'll find an attachment to make your drill a 
"circular saw".




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] WOW,I never thought I'd say this about Harbor 
Freight!


> Thank you - I thought I was the only old coot who still called sabre saws
> sabre saws and jig saws jig saws.
>
> For more confusion, when they were still sabre saws, Sears sold a model
> with
> a knob on top that turned the blade relative to the saw - and ISTR they
> called it a scrolling sabre saw.
>
> Wasn't a scroll saw originally a more refined, professional version of a
> jig
> saw that had additional control over the direction of the blade or
> something
> like that ??  Like those big old Delta scroll saws I used to see ??
>
> Karl
>
>
>
>>> The jig saw...
>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94560
>>
>> When I was young, this was called a sabre saw.  A jig saw was what now
>> seems to be known as a scroll saw. Whatever.
> _______________________________________________