![]() ![]() It took me a good fifteen minutes! I fairly quickly guessed a slotted screwdriver has to be inserted down the "chimney" and that does release the blade but although loose it remains captured I could have asked Hpf, but I thought I must be able to work this out. The method of changing the blades is a little obscure. There is evidence that jigsaws were invented before then, although the Lesto Scintilla may have been the first electric machine that was commercially available. The other rumour is that Scintilla invented the jigsaw or rather one of their employees, Albert Kaufmann did, but that may not be the case. Scintilla had a New York branch and another in Sidney. It looks rather as though they supplied aircraft magnetos to both sides in WW2. The rumour is that Scintilla devised the Lesto brand as both they and later Bosch who acquired a large share of scintilla around 1935 (for some reason they did not declare the interest until 1954) needed a name that was not associated with Nazi Germany. ![]() ![]() The information I have is that Scintilla were the Swiss holding company and they had made their name and fortune producing magnetos between the two world wars and particularly during the the second world war itself. ![]() In the pic it is quite clear, but in the flesh it is actually quite indistinct. Lesto Scintilla.jpg Lesto Scintilla 2.jpgĪlthough Hpf described the jigsaw as a Scintilla, I was fairly certain the brand went under the name of Lesto and here is the evidence. Consequently here is a new thread with a little bit more about the company. I had thought I would post a thank you in the Marketplace thread, but cannot do that as it has been closed (but not by Hpf). He wished it to go to a good home as it was collecting dust and using space with him. A while ago Huon pine fan posted a thread in the Marketplace offering an old jigsaw.ĭONE Scintilla jigsaw anyone? () ![]()
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