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vykus

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I found this at a local consignment shop. It is labeled as a jig saw but I thought you guys would find it interesting. As you can see it is belt driven but does not come with a corresponding motor. The belt is so short I'm not even sure where you would put the motor. Have any of you seen one of these before, do you have more info? For some reason there was not a price tag on it but knowing the price structure there I would say $10-15. I don't think I would buy it, I have no use for it, I just thought you guys might find it interesting.   

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I see it was made in Milwaukee.  I grew up near there and familiar with "Osters" the manufacturing company.   I used a saw like this in shop class in the early fifties.  We called it a Jig saw.  I think this was before hand held "jig saws" became available. I would not buy this saw either.  Blades are quite thick.

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Matt

 

Here is a little more.  It seems Mr. Oster's enduring legacy was to purchase another company and re brand a liquifying blender under the Oster name and then sell to Sunbeam.  All in your home state.

 

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=16249

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oster_Manufacturing_Company

 

https://sites.google.com/site/kitchenmuseum/home/manufacturers-2/john-oster

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If you have a motor and it is cheap enough; why not?

 

 

I think it was made to be mounted and the belt with was just put along! Not the belt that belongs.

 

Mount and then mount motor where it works out the best-- then see the local (ACE) or similar store for a decent priced belt of a usable length.

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This is a scrolling jigsaw that was a forerunner of our current scroll saws.  I had an old Delta that was similar and it worked fine, although the spring that pulls the blade was hard on blades.  It wasn't really designed for the really fine blades like we use today.  Using anything smaller than a #7 would be difficult.  I did a lot of cutting on it before getting my first scroll saw.

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