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• The modern (when I got it as a teenager) scroll saw has a solid C-frame to hold a blade guide, and a lever mechanism hidden inside, because we actually care about not hurting people these days.

• A simple spring-based scroll saw has very few moving parts.

• This model has two C-frames, one that moves, and one that doesn’t, to hold the blade guide.

• This elegantly-shaped scroll saw has a spring to pull up on the blade.

• This model is closer to a modern design, with a set of levers instead of a solid C-frame to pull the blade up. Because no one, apparently, minded the occasional gruesome injury back then, the moving lever is completely out in the open.

• Belt Driven Scroll Saw

• This one looks like it might have an arm reaching around the frame, but it’s actually just a spring wire instead of a coiled spring.

• The spring in this model is enclosed in a tube, and it adds an adjustable blade guide that can be lowered to just above the surface of the work.

• My Old Scroll Saw

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