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Wartime Scroll Saw

Furnished content.
(from Popularwoodworking.com)


My grandfather made this foot-powered jigsaw during World War II. The Depression had taught him to be very frugal, so he built the saw from orange and grapefruit crates, which were made from hardwood. (You can see the words “California …Source

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