Scroll saw clamp and method for making the same

A clamp for releasably retaining an end of a saw blade during operation of a saw, the clamp comprising:

• separate first and second jaws, each jaw having a clamping end and a distal end;
• pivot means intermediate the clamping and distal ends for cooperatively enabling the pivoting of each of the jaws with respect to the other about a signal axis;
• and
• actuation means for pivoting the jaws relative to one another about the pivot means sufficiently to clampingly retain the end of the saw blade therebetween during the operation of the saw blade;
• the actuation means including a thumbscrew and at least one of the distal ends has a threaded aperture therein into which the thumbscrew is threadedly received, the thumbscrew cooperating with the other distal end to move the distal ends relative to one another.

A method for making a clamp for releasably retaining the end of an elongate saw blade, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming first and second jaws, each jaw having a distal end and a clamping end, the clamping ends being configured to cooperate with one another to clampingly retain the end of the blade therebetween, the first and second jaws including a tenon and a mortise;
• inserting the tenon into the mortise to pivotally attach the jaws together such that the jaws pivot with respect to each other about a pivot axis;
• and
• affixing an actuator to the distal ends of the jaws so that the distal ends are pivotable relative to one another with the clamping ends being pivotal together such that the end of the saw blade is clampingly retainable therebetween.