Before diving in, I decided to do some research, both on the web and in the books I have handy. I should say where I'm coming from: there is total confused morass of woodworking terms, where the same thing is called by a different name in diffrent paklces and times and different things are called by the same name in different palces and times. And even sonmetimes by the same person. There is no authority that tells us what the "correct" name for anything is, so our job is to document them all and try to make it clear what we are talking about. Pictures help.
I looked up the US, Canadian, UK & Australian web sites for what the Sawzall-type reciprocating saw was called. In North America, we call it a Sawzall because Milwaukee invented it, just like a portable circular saw is a Skilsaw, but I digress. Here are the results of the web search:
Brand |
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Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws [1] |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws (Same North American web site as USA) |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws International web site [2] |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws International web site [3] |
|
Reciprocating saw [4] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Reciprocating saw & alligator saw [5] |
Reciprocating saw [6] |
|
Reciprocating saw [7] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Scorpion saw [8] |
Scorpion powered handsaw, also mention a cordless "firestorm" cutsaw, but I could not find a picture on the web sire [9] |
|
Tiger Saw® reciprocating saw [10] |
No separate web site |
site not available, google cache has "Tiger saw" |
No separate web site? |
|
Reciprocating saw, recipro saw [11] |
Reciprocating saw, recipro saw [12] |
Reciprocating saw [13] |
Recipro saw [14] |
|
Reciprocating saw [15] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Sabre saw [16] |
Sabre saw [17] |
|
Reciprocating saw [18] |
Reciprocating saw [19] |
don't seem to have it [20] |
no AU website on list |
|
Reciprocating saw [21] (3.5mb PDF) |
Sabre saw [22] |
Sabre saw [23] |
Sabre saw [24] |
|
Reciprocating saw [25] |
Reciprocating saw [26] |
Sabre saw [27] |
Sabre saw & reciprocating saw [28] |
|
no online catalogue |
redirect to hafele, no tools |
no tool but has "sabre saw" blades [30] |
no tool but has "sabre saw" blades [31] |
So, Reciprocating saw is the winner for the sawzall-type saw, although "sabre saw" is also used in some UK and Australian web sites (and one Canadian one!). BTW, I also have a Makita POS reciprocating saw. The collar kept on falling off and now I have lost it. Doesn't seem to affect the performance though. As a North American, a sabre or saber saw is another name for the electric jigsaw with a somewhat obsolete flavour. But it gets more confusing when I looked the different types of reciprocating-action saws in my wooddorking library.
So I propose this article be about the sawzall type reciprocating saw. Sabre/Sabre saw should be a disambiguation page pointing to this page and to the jigsaw page. All the articles should mention the other uses of their title and provide the appropriate redirect. as well, all the articles should mention the varied names the tool has gone under. And Bob's your uncle. Luigizanasi 06:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Before diving in, I decided to do some research, both on the web and in the books I have handy. I should say where I'm coming from: there is total confused morass of woodworking terms, where the same thing is called by a different name in diffrent paklces and times and different things are called by the same name in different palces and times. And even sonmetimes by the same person. There is no authority that tells us what the "correct" name for anything is, so our job is to document them all and try to make it clear what we are talking about. Pictures help.
I looked up the US, Canadian, UK & Australian web sites for what the Sawzall-type reciprocating saw was called. In North America, we call it a Sawzall because Milwaukee invented it, just like a portable circular saw is a Skilsaw, but I digress. Here are the results of the web search:
Brand |
|
|
|
|
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws [1] |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws (Same North American web site as USA) |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws International web site [2] |
Sawzall® Reciprocating Saws International web site [3] |
|
Reciprocating saw [4] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Reciprocating saw & alligator saw [5] |
Reciprocating saw [6] |
|
Reciprocating saw [7] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Scorpion saw [8] |
Scorpion powered handsaw, also mention a cordless "firestorm" cutsaw, but I could not find a picture on the web sire [9] |
|
Tiger Saw® reciprocating saw [10] |
No separate web site |
site not available, google cache has "Tiger saw" |
No separate web site? |
|
Reciprocating saw, recipro saw [11] |
Reciprocating saw, recipro saw [12] |
Reciprocating saw [13] |
Recipro saw [14] |
|
Reciprocating saw [15] |
Reciprocating saw Same web site as USA |
Sabre saw [16] |
Sabre saw [17] |
|
Reciprocating saw [18] |
Reciprocating saw [19] |
don't seem to have it [20] |
no AU website on list |
|
Reciprocating saw [21] (3.5mb PDF) |
Sabre saw [22] |
Sabre saw [23] |
Sabre saw [24] |
|
Reciprocating saw [25] |
Reciprocating saw [26] |
Sabre saw [27] |
Sabre saw & reciprocating saw [28] |
|
no online catalogue |
redirect to hafele, no tools |
no tool but has "sabre saw" blades [30] |
no tool but has "sabre saw" blades [31] |
So, Reciprocating saw is the winner for the sawzall-type saw, although "sabre saw" is also used in some UK and Australian web sites (and one Canadian one!). BTW, I also have a Makita POS reciprocating saw. The collar kept on falling off and now I have lost it. Doesn't seem to affect the performance though. As a North American, a sabre or saber saw is another name for the electric jigsaw with a somewhat obsolete flavour. But it gets more confusing when I looked the different types of reciprocating-action saws in my wooddorking library.
So I propose this article be about the sawzall type reciprocating saw. Sabre/Sabre saw should be a disambiguation page pointing to this page and to the jigsaw page. All the articles should mention the other uses of their title and provide the appropriate redirect. as well, all the articles should mention the varied names the tool has gone under. And Bob's your uncle. Luigizanasi 06:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)