Product Description

Includes Jigsaw Plate for XBench Workstation - 3100-09, Mounting Hardware

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31052 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Skil
• Model: 3100-09

Features

• Adds scroll saw functionality
• Attach Jigsaw to insert plate then load by simply dropping into X-bench tabletop
• Accepts Skil jigsaw models 4280, 4380, 4390, 4480, 4490, 4540, 4580, 4581, 4680, 4681, 4690

Customer Reviews

this is used as a metal cutting saw along with my x-bench
this plate and a jig saw allow me to cut anything i need to cut for my hobby machine shop, just by changing jig saw blades and using a router speed control to slow the saw for harder metals. does the jobs of 2 way more expensive bandsaws

Nice accessory for X-bench---works with my Bosch saw
This is the second accessory I purchased for the X-Bench (also have the tail vise---see my review of that, too). I have a Bosch jig saw, not a Skil, and was curious if the insert would work (the specifications only list Skil saws as compatible). Using the included hardware, I was able to attach my saw by clamping the saw's base plate onto the insert. There are four bolt heads that you can see in the picture of the insert---these go through the insert and are wing-nutted to a set of two clamp-like pieces on the bottom. I was able to crank the wingnuts pretty tight and get the clamp pieces to hold my saw quite securely and make cuts in some 1x red oak material.

I think I will check the wingnuts pretty often to make sure the saw was still secure if I have a lot of sawing to do.

Overall, I found this insert quite useful. The wing-nutted clamps allow me to install and remove my saw pretty quickly, as I don't want it to live in the bench most of the time. The insert sits pretty flush with the table, though not perfectly so, and there is no adjustment (unlike, for example, a throat plate on a table saw). Also, I find that the two halves of my X-Bench aren't dead level with each other (just hold a long straightedge across the length of the table), so this could interfere with making a square cut on a wide board that spanned with halves of the bench. If you are just making a cut on one half, though, then I think it's probably flat enough to make a square cut.

a good item
I bought this to try and use on my jigg saw, I have an older Craftsman and this hooks right on perfectly. I dont have the Xtable so I will cut a hole in a 2 foot x 2 foot piece of Plywood and slap this baby in it and have my own X table of sorts. Now ill go buy the one for the belt sander... lol over all this is a pretty good item and id recomend it if your looking at it and trying to decide on getting it or not.