intuitiveart wrote:
: So...what's the difference between a scroll saw and a jig saw?


See the other replies in this thread for the current usage.
One thing to add is that these terms
have changed meaning in the last fifteen years or so.

Now:

scroll saw = stationary, has flat table to hold work, blade moves up
and down, blade is often wirelike, cuts very thin kerf and very tight curves.

Jigsaw = portable, has flat blade, cuts curves but not tight ones.


Previously:

jigsaw = what is now called a scroll saw

sabre saw = what is now called a jigsaw



Why the terminology changed I've never figured out.


-- Andy Barss