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What Is It? for 7/15/12

Posted July 15, 2012 12:00 AM
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07/15/2012 3:25 AM

A pretty big old jigsaw.

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07/15/2012 7:23 AM

Yeah, I agree with Tornado.

It looks like a really old one that was modified so that the electric motor could be attached to it.

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07/15/2012 11:29 AM

Power coping saw. (old)

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07/15/2012 12:49 PM

I call them scroll saws. It looks like it could be homemade, like something my grandfather would have built.
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07/16/2012 8:21 AM

It's a scroll saw. I saw plans to build one like it in a "VERY" old copy of popular mechanics.

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07/16/2012 8:27 AM

Definitely a scroll saw. Jig saws (around here anyway) do not have the over arm. Now you probably want to know if it is a pin or clamp type. If you look close at the lower arm you can see that it has the cradle to hold the pin style blades.
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07/16/2012 9:18 AM

Agree with scroll saw: more completely, a walking beam scroll saw.

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07/16/2012 10:23 AM

Scroll saw...

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07/16/2012 6:24 PM

An Erector Set!!!

Where did you find an Erector set in this modern day???

I WANT ONE!!!

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07/17/2012 8:03 AM

The new ones...

http://www.erector-sets.com/models/super-construction-case.html/

vintage sets and parts....

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=vintage+erector+set

enthusiast site....

http://www.girdersandgears.com/

Industrial erection, for those big projects...

http://www.8020.net/

A. C. Gilbert fan and vintage collector website...

http://erectorset.net/

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07/17/2012 8:38 AM

Erector set? They are only a copy of "Meccano" patented/created 9+ years earlier. Any new "erector set" you buy now is actually made by Meccano.

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07/17/2012 9:16 PM

I had an erector set in the early 70's! Loved it!
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07/17/2012 8:25 AM

In this day and age, an erector set means a bottle of fluoxetine hydrochloride.

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07/18/2012 6:40 AM

Spanking machine, specially sized for cats and squirrels
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07/18/2012 2:19 PM

This image came from Craigslist and according to the seller it's an old jigsaw with the original paint! Here are some additional photos:
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