of the page in fig1 to engage the stop members 908 that extend from the housing 902 in this regard the stop members 908 can move into complimentary pockets 910 and can provide a positive engagement at zero degrees because of the wedge shape of the stop members 908 the complementary pockets 910 can be axially advanced onto the wedge shaped stop members 908 when there is any slack i e gaps in the contact between the stop members 908 and the complementary pockets 910 additionally advancing the shoe member 900 so that the complementary pockets 910 receive more and more of the wedge shaped stop members 908 can further close any gaps relative to a configuration of stop members not having the wedge shape but having parallel sides in contrast the stop members 908 having the wedge shape can define walls 918 fig2 that converge toward the cutting direction 916 of the jigsaw i e toward the left in fig1 by taking up the other tolerances in the shoe subassembly 800 fig1 other tolerances in the shoe subassembly 800 do not need to be held as tight as would otherwise be without the wedge shaped stop members 908 that extend from the housing 902 or shoe block member 804 it will be appreciated in light of the disclosure that the shoe member 900 and the above described shoe subassembly 800 can be implemented on any of the jigsaws 100 200 300 400 500 above with reference to fig2.