Make a scroll saw! (using only upcycled/free materials)

Step 7 Attaching the drill

Now we need something reasonable flat to attach the drill to.  Here's what I came up with.

I traced the contour of the top and bottom halves of the drill onto a scrap 2x4 and cut it out with a coping saw.  (You do have a coping say, right? ;) )

Then I mounted both 2x4 pieces to a chunk of 3/4" plywood scrap.

The drill is held down with a length of steel plumbers' tape and two grabber screws.  This makes it really handy, because if I want my drill out, all I have to do is loosen one grabber, pull it out, and remove the hook.

The next picture blow shows how the drill mechanism engages the lower saw arm.

Comments

[Wo0kiE]

now the only thing I can see here that you could have done differently, a small bearing assembly on the metal rod coming from the drill would probably reduce excess vibration and make for a smoother up/down transition...

but either way, still a very nice overall design!

[PS118]

Good idea! I might just try that next time I see one laying around...