WEN saw

[john k]

Found a smaller size WEN power saw yesterday at a garage sale.   Probably dates to the 50s.  I know these are favorites of some of the folks here.  Aluminum and with a good cord.   Even has a steel carry case, that is hand made, not boughten.  If there is interest, will get a pic of it soon. 

[Nolatoolguy]

A handmade metal case sounds pretty cool :)

[john k]

I know you people like pics, and is a sabre saw not a circular.

[bill300d]

Interesting design, looks like it would be comfortable to use and control.

[Bill Houghton]

The 909 is a nice saw, but it's hard to get blades - the shank is about midway between the old Black and Decker saber saw shank and a sawzall shank.

[john k]

It has ten new blades in the case, and,,,, several knife blades.  Knife blades for sawing foam?  Any ideas?

[lptools]

Cutting a dense material, or a sheet good?  Linoleum, leather, fiberboard?

[kwoswalt99]

One of the recommended uses of the saw was for leather.

[EVILDR235]

I too have a Wen model 909 sabre saw. I too am having trouble finding new blades for it. I guess I will need to go thru my hoard of blades and see if I can find anything that can be adapted to work. I have been thinking of converting it to a power hacksaw. it's a shame to just let it sit and do nothing.

EvilDr235

[amecks]

Can Sawzall blades be ground to fit?

[lptools]

Hello, John. What does the attachment end of the blade look like?

[Bill Houghton]

Can Sawzall blades be ground to fit?

Yes.  The blade width on the 909 is about midway between sawzall/reciprocating saw blades and 1/4" plain end saber saw ("jigsaw*") blades.  Grinding to width doesn't take long, but your choice of sawzall blade styles suitable for a big saber saw is limited.

I owned one, and really liked it, and contemplated making an adapter so it could take saber saw blades.  But then I got a Bosch saber saw, and decided to take that project off the list.

*I know, I know; everyone calls them jigsaws now.  But I was raised that this is a jigsaw:

[EVILDR235]

All the ones like in the above picture have always been called scroll saws. The one in the picture I believe was made by one company and had many different names. mine is marked ( DELTA HOMECRAFT ).

EvilDr235