Talk:Jigsaw (power tool)

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--Erlyrisa 05:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC) has decided to remove association of Jigsaw to Sabre saw - I really belive they are entirely different, even though common branding dictates otherwise. (in the US)

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Picture, needed of non-powered jigsaw, and a Sabre Saw.

Sabre saw should really have own description. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Erlyrisa (talk • contribs).
 * If the template is inserted into the appropriate talk page, the request for a photo gains a wider audience and the odds of success improve somewhat, although the Wikiproject Woodworking tends to look after its own and respond appropriately. Now there's challenge. :-) &mdash; Graibeard(talk) 09:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Jigsaw
Should this article (the power tool) be the main article when "jigsaw" is typed in? Isn't the jigsaw puzzle the item that first comes to mind? Having the search go to a product seems like shameful advertising. Kwyjibear 23:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I would expect that the main article for "jigsaw" would be the actual jigsaw, whereas a "jigsaw puzzle" should be listed under that name. Having the name of an object go to an article about it is hardly advertising, but the tone of the article had room for improvement.  As it is, "jigsaw" currently goes to a disambig page. chrylis (talk) 11:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I think that jesse schulze is very good at jigsaw puzzles and he is also a very good friend of mine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.36.39.2 (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The device in this article is not a Jigsaw. If you follow the links in the article, it will take you to the first Jigsaw made from a sewing machine.  A Jigsaw has a table.  A Scroll Saw is a form of Jigsaw.  The article ought to be renamed Sabre Saw.  A new article should be written for the Jigsaw/Scroll Saw.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhawo66 (talk • contribs) 05:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Please find a reference to support that definition, as I haven't heard it. Also note that practical usage of the word includes the tool pictured in the article. Wizard191 (talk) 23:23, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Bosch production information
I'm sorry I don't think this is pertinent to the history of the jigsaw. It feel much more like advertisement than history. As such I would like it removed. Wizard191 (talk) 19:03, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

the pictured hand power tool is a sabre saw. a jig saw is a stationary reciprocating power tool, in which the blade is gripped on both ends. Hobhead (talk) 22:39, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No its not. --95.88.156.189 (talk) 16:14, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hobhead is partly correct. a jigsaw was originally a stationary machine with a reciprocating blade gripped at both ends, and the term is found back as far as the 1880s, contrary to what the article says. the terms "scroll saw" and jigsaw were used interchangeably to refer to the same machine, though today, scroll saw is used almost exclusively. the portable hand tool pictured here, when first introduced in the early 1950s, was called both a "saber saw" and a "jigsaw" depending on the company making it. This confusion of terms continued for decades; even in the late 1970s, articles appeared which recognized that both a scroll saw and a saber saw are on occasion referred to as a "jigsaw". If you do a search of products made today, however, you will find the vast majority of portable hand held tools are now called jigsaws, with a very small minority still being called saber saws. "Saber saw" is now used to refer to other types of reciprocating saws, such as the demolition tool made famous by the Sawzall brand, or other reciprocating saws with horizontal blades.

This article, as well as the article on saber saw and scroll saw, should reflect this information. I'm currently trying to pull together the best sources.Eqqman (talk) 13:17, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I think Eggman has this correct - modern usage of Jigsaw refers to the power tool and I agree with the distinction with Sabre Saw (which is correctly identified in its own article). Perhaps the separate article on the puzzle should be reference that they derived their name because they were cut using a Jigsaw? and and DTOnline (talk) 15:37, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the history of the jigsaw/saber saw (I'm going to suggest it there as well): Fein Stichsäge 1933 I'm not sure how to categorize it, but I think it predates the tools on both pages...Dahauns (talk) 09:53, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

External Link Suggestion
Hi, I aint been on for a while but been doing a little research into jigsaw blades and found a good amount of information at http://www.fix8.co.uk/products/Power+Tool+Accessories/Bosch+Jigsaw+Blades so I thought it would be nice to add it to the external links.

if anyone has any problem with this please feel free to edit or remove the link, I just found it of value to help me workout which type of blade I needed so I thought it may be of value to others reading the article too. GSL-Nathan (talk) 14:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Merge Jigsaw (tool) proposal
Cfork and duplicate. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:18, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Support - Seems unneccessary to have both. ~ Ablaze (talk) 09:12, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Support - They are two articles about the exact same thing. 0albannabla0 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:59, 6 July 2020 (UTC)