What Is A Jigsaw?
Once upon a time, when life was much simpler, a jigsaw was a bench mounted machine that utilized a coping saw blade. This I learned to use at a very young age. If someone mentioned a jigsaw, I knew exactly what they were talking about. Then, there appeared on the market, a hand held device doing much the same thing, this was named the Saber Saw. Again, life was simple and I knew exactly what we were talking about.
Somewhere along the line, the difference between these two became blurred, both were being called jigsaws. So, someone smarter than me started calling the handheld version a Scroll saw. Okay, back to something I could understand again. That didn't last long. Suddenly the bench mounted jigsaw was being called a scroll saw too. Confusion once again reigned supreme.
I believe it was the Milwaukee company who chose to muddy the waters even further, they produced something called a Reciprocating Saw, trade name, Sawsall. This name didn't stick either as it was soon known as the big jigsaw.
So please forgive me if when you mention a jigsaw, scroll saw, or any variation thereof, I don't have any idea of what we're talking about... Ron
Somewhere along the line, the difference between these two became blurred, both were being called jigsaws. So, someone smarter than me started calling the handheld version a Scroll saw. Okay, back to something I could understand again. That didn't last long. Suddenly the bench mounted jigsaw was being called a scroll saw too. Confusion once again reigned supreme.
I believe it was the Milwaukee company who chose to muddy the waters even further, they produced something called a Reciprocating Saw, trade name, Sawsall. This name didn't stick either as it was soon known as the big jigsaw.
So please forgive me if when you mention a jigsaw, scroll saw, or any variation thereof, I don't have any idea of what we're talking about... Ron
