How to create a jigsaw with your own hands? Step-by-step instructions for beginners

It’s quite possible to make a jigsaw with your own hands. You can use both wooden and metal blanks as a basis. In the first case, it is easier to act, but in the second, the tool will be more reliable and durable. Step-by-step instructions with photos and descriptions of the action are presented in this article.

Portable wood jigsaw

You can make a jigsaw with your own hands from wooden parts. This option is easy to manufacture and durable. For work you will need the following materials and tools:

• plywood made of several layers;
• jigsaw files (must have pins);
• wood glue;
• 12 V battery;
• spring;
• switch;
• annealed wire;
• a set of metal and wooden rods;
• motor 775 DC, as in the photo.

A homemade jigsaw made of wood is made in several stages:

1. Take multilayer plywood and cut out a profile in the shape of the letter P. The width of the workpiece should be 10 cm and the length – 15 cm. At the ends of the horizontal sides, recesses are formed in the form of grooves of the same depth. A notch is also made at the bottom end. These grooves are needed in order for the file to be mixed - then the jigsaw machine will work normally.
2. Install the slider in the shape of the letter L to the farthest end. Next, cut a groove 2 cm long at the end of the part running vertically. Its width should correspond to the file, and its depth should reach the middle line of the section.
3. Next, you need to step back 0.5 cm from the slot and make a slot in the transverse direction. Its width should correspond to the diameter of the pin. Then a DIY electric jigsaw will cope with all the functions.
4. The file is fixed in the slots that run along the sliders. The pins must be installed across the slots.
5. One of the components of a DIY tabletop jigsaw is the sliders into which the file has already been installed. Now the horizontal parts of the workpiece should be placed in them in the form of the letter P. Moreover, the sliders should move normally in the vertical direction, that is, down and up.
6. A wooden rod is inserted into the hole of the first slider - it will go in freely, after which it is necessary to secure it with tension. Next, they install a spring, which should return the file during operation. These are the basic jigsaw attachments.
7. The result should be a design similar to the do-it-yourself jigsaw drawings.
8. A homemade jigsaw is powered by a 775 VS electric motor with a voltage of 12 V. It is secured with 2 screws. In the groove of the bracket located on top, place the lower part of the workpiece in the form of the letter P (they need to be glued). Thanks to this, the slider will move freely along the groove.
9. A homemade jigsaw with your own hands works normally if there is a stabilizer. To do this, glue a latch onto the bracket.
10. As a result, the workpiece should look like this.
11. A wooden disk with a hole in the center is placed on the engine shaft and rigidly attached to the edges using a pin.
12. It’s clear how to make a jigsaw for wood with your own hands. Now all that remains is to check it. To do this, you need to glue a work table from a piece of plywood and insert a file in the center through a slot running across it.

Metal jigsaw

By analogy with the first model, you can understand how to make a jigsaw from metal parts. For this you will need the following materials:

• metal circle - it will serve as a desktop;

• U-shaped blank made of steel 4 mm;

• profile with cut;

• mount and engine.

If we consider what can be made from a jigsaw with our own hands, we can really name many items. These can be any figures, carved wooden elements. Instructions for making this tool:

1. Cut a hole in the profile.
2. Exactly the same hole is formed in the U-shaped workpiece. This will help you understand how to make a jigsaw by securely connecting all the parts.
3. Connect both parts using a bolt.
4. Weld a special platform as shown in the photo.
5. The result should look something like this - this is a do-it-yourself jigsaw for wood.
6. Drill 2 holes on each side of the U-shaped workpiece.
7. Insert the bolts and tighten the nuts.
8. Assemble the structure and secure with bolts. It turns out to be a DIY desktop jigsaw, assembled according to the drawings.
9. Insert the nail file and secure with bolts as shown below.
10. Saw a hole in the center of the metal circle and insert a file to create a work surface.
11. Fix the motor from below - it is from this that the jigsaw will work with your own hands.
12. An eccentric is placed on the back of the engine and secured through a pre-made hole.
13. Make one turn of wire around the eccentric.
14. Make a hole and insert one piece of wire.
15. Form a loop and bite off the excess wire.
16. This is what the finished email looks like. DIY jigsaw mounted on a table.

After this, you need to test the tool.Next, you can figure out how to make a machine or other equipment from a jigsaw. While working, you should pay attention to how freely the file moves and with what accuracy it makes cuts. First, rough drafts are made, and then you can begin real tasks.