Bosch Jig Saw


A Hall of Fame Tool




1584

1582

Appearances: Episodes:

  1. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 208, 213
  2. 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310
  3. 402, 403, 405, 407, 410, 411, 412, 413
  4. 503, 507, 509, 512, 513
  5. 602
  6. 702, 710, 713
  7. 802, 806, 813
  8. 901, 905, 906, 908
  9. 9802, 9804
  10. 9901, 9902, 9904, 9905, 9906, 9907, 9908
  11. 1210, 1212
  12. 0106, 0107, 0110
  13. 1401, 1405, 1412, 1413
  14. 1501, 1510, 1513
  15. 1605, 1606, 1609, 1610, 1611
  16. 1702
  17. 1801, 1805, 1808
  18. 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911
  19. 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009

Thanks to my friend, Chris Bennet, who found the 1582 picture for me.

I've been laboring under the misapprehension that Norm's jigsaw is the Bosch 1584 (left, above), particularly since I have one and it looks just like it.

Of course the one he used up until 1993 was an older version without the tool-less blade change system. When he replaced it (we first see it in Episode 512) with the one with the tool-less blade change system (orange insert in top knob) you could plainly see it labeled as a 1582DVS. I don't even know what a 1582 is. Well, now I do. I was sent a picture (right, above) of a 1582 a while back. Take a look. I defy you to point out any differences between the two.

I believe this to be second only to the Unisaw as the longest lived tool on the series.

Last updated: 30 March 2009