Clockie":1au2t30f said:
The Diamonds are not made now but were made in Suffolk by a retired engineer.
Close, but not quite
. They were made originally by three engineers who set up business in the Midlands on the principle that they could make better scroll saws than those which were available at the time and with components that could be readily sourced so that a saw could always be repaired. Although the business was a great success, it shrank over the years as the staff retired or passed away, until all that was left was a sole engineer, Doug Woodward, who operated out of a wooden shed in the back of his garden in Nuneaton. I had the pleasure of meeting Doug there several times before he died a few years ago and he was a true gentleman who took it as a personal insult if any of his saws ever developed a fault. Not that many ever had the temerity to develop faults. Fortunately, he serviced all my Diamonds just before he passed away.
Diamonds are still very desirable saws, although they have a massive footprint and they can be noisy. They have blades which rotate through 90 degrees so they will cope with very large projects and they take a wide range of blades, including hacksaws. Their cutting movement has a pronounced "back and forth" motion which means that cutting at 90 degrees is an experience to be remembered!
