Saber saw >>jig saw mount

[C-Bag]

Thanks for sharing this C-Bag. Nice setup for the jigsaw and particularly like your scissor bench set up. The clamps are a great Idea...seen them b4 will pick up some next run. The HFT deadman foot switch is a good precaution for sure.

One thing I've noticed about these type builds is that swarf will drop into the head of the saw. They are really made to use in the upright for control and that reason I think. It occurred to me after seeing yours that if your turned the blade 180º it would give you a flat surface to feed from and tend to keep the swarf out of the head?? I know all blades/saws wouldn't work because of the back roller and blade style...but a thought from the peanut gallery. Might also use a piece of thin sheet metal (or some acrylic) to make a shroud of some type.

Nice, simple build! ~PJ

I thought about the swarf in the head thing and decided I had to just forge ahead and deal with it later. But so far it's been a non issue(knocks on wooden head) as it hasn't effected the saw's performance and when I flip it over to put it back up on the shelf, no swarf comes out. Upon closer inspection I think the cooling fan vents out around the saw blade arbor for clearing swarf/dust so it might be saving me, dunno. Its so tight in there and it's already tough to see whether the blade is seated properly and I don't want to foul the mechanism for releasing the blade....I still have some schmootz brush left maybe I can bodge something with that.