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Sears | Companion
Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jig or Scroll Saw
Machine Size:	15"
Submitted By:	Jayeson Lee-Steere

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	103.0402 Jig Saw
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Last Updated	10/28/2011 4:50:44 PM

Comments:

I bought this saw a couple of years ago with the intention of fixing it up for the kids to use. I haven't been out in the shop much since. It was too full and too messy. I had nether the perseverance to wade through it to work or the stamina to clean it up. But a few weeks back I signed up to host the pine wood derby car construction for our Scout den. I had no choice to clean it up and with the help of SWMBO we had it done in a weekend. Two things came out of it - I can use my shop again and it made it obvious it was time to get this saw going.

The paint is Rustoleum metallic black. I used it because it was all I had but I like the result anyway. I found the motor on Craigslist the first day I looked, located just a couple of houses away from where I got the saw. Strange forces, the ways of OWWM. The base locks into the bench - it has cleats to hook around the workbench, one of which fits into the end vice. There is also a wooden pin that fits into one the bench's dog holes. It sticks to the bench real good - completely unnecessary as the saw purrs like a kitten. I had the notion of hanging it from the wall when not in use so I fitted a French cleat across the front. The idea was ill conceived. It's hard to lift it up there safely and oil pours out of the crankcase when it is tipped that way.

I ended up spending most of my time on the woodworking. This fact didn't go unnoticed by SWMBO. The complicated channels I routed in the base to hide the wiring caught her attention. She then (quite reasonably) lamented about how I won't even make a couple of drawers to finish her side tables. I replied that I didn't have the necessary tools. To my surprise, she left it there. It makes me ponder as to whether she is starting to truly understand how this works. After all, most normal people might ask why so many objects related to the creation of furniture can't be manipulated in some reasonable way to create two simple boxes. Heck, there are moments when I ponder the irony myself.

2011: Sold it before a big move.

Photo 1:

Comments: In front of the shop. An Oliver 2029 jig saw lurking in the background.
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Comments: Mounted on bench.
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Comments: Shop made cap and dust shield. I still haven't gotten my metal lathe re-motored since moving from Australia so I used plastic and spun the lathe by hand. This turned out to be a good thing, it is really easy to get a good friction fit with plastic.
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Comments: As purchased, sitting on the table of the Oliver 2029.
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