Chris Barnett
05-07-2009, 6:21 PM
Have an old Skill brand VS jigsaw that now has a broken blade (no, you can't ask how). Blades were easily removed by loosening the allen screw and just removing the blade if it at first does not just fall out. W-e-l-l....there is probably 3/16 inch of blade exposed to where the break occurred (ok, hit a 2/x4 when cutting out for breaker panel in drywall and snapped that sucker). But blade will not release even with the allen screw removed; it is not frozen and is loose in the carrier but is not removable even with reasonable tension. An identical blade has one or two holes in the non-business end (i.e. opposite the toothed end) but I am not aware that anything protrudes through the hole when locked in place by the allen screw [which is co-linear with blade and 90 degrees to the hole(s) and thus the allen screw cannot penetrate the hole]. Seems the elves are at it again...making the seemingly impossible a simple reality.
Any experiences with this problem? Hope someone has a magic elixir to solve this other than destructive examination, that will obviously follow a failure to eject :D. Otherwise the jigsaw works great and it will be missed :(. Thanks
Chris (ahm...broken blade, not ****en blade...but wait...maybe that's what is wrong...it's a ****en blade and not designed to be removed)
Any experiences with this problem? Hope someone has a magic elixir to solve this other than destructive examination, that will obviously follow a failure to eject :D. Otherwise the jigsaw works great and it will be missed :(. Thanks
Chris (ahm...broken blade, not ****en blade...but wait...maybe that's what is wrong...it's a ****en blade and not designed to be removed)