Dumb Question

[arwa]

Just what the question says. I am trying to help a friend, but it isn't going well because he doesn't have the manual. It is the double pin ends that is throwing us off.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

-arwa

 

[mgr]

This may sound silly but many manufacturers have manuals online. If not, usually there is a way to loosen the blade from the top. What kind of saw is it? BTW, its not a dumb question. I have been stumped by many a tool

 

[arwa]

Thanks for getting back to me. I have checked online, even going as far as to talk to Bob Villa online, no help. It is a Craftsman table top scroll saw.

-arwa

 

[Blad]

You spoke to Bob 'Power Tolls' Villa? And he doesn't know? :eek

Under the assumption that all tabletop scroll saws must work in a similar way.

You have a thin saw blade with little bars through each end in a 'T' shape?

At the opposite end of the scroll saw you should have a tension adjuster.

Adjust the tension right off - the blade will become slacker and slacker until you can drop it down slightly when it will drop off the hooks at the bottom.

You can then move the blade up slightly and disconnect from the hooks at the top.

As the slot in your scroll saw where the blade goes is narrower than the blade with the T shaped bars you can't pull the blade through the slot without turning the blade 90 degrees.

You should now be able to pull the blade free.

Fitting a replacement blade is the reverse. Push it through the slot at the bottom, turn it and hook the pins up, then hook them up at the top then turn the tensioner to get rid of the slack. Don't over-tighten as the blade can easily snap.

Crappy pic attached.

 

[mgr]

Blad is right on the money. If memory serves me, there is a large black dial like doo-hickey at the top of the saw on your unit (yes ,I said unit) that will let the tension off the blade.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

Don't forget to unplug that sucker first. Wouldn't want to mess up a finger.

 

[arwa]

The old blade wasn't on there when we were looking at it. The blade itself has the pin heads (dual), but we can't figure out how the pin heads go in the tension clamps. It won't close with the pin heads sticking out of it. I don't want to cut the pin heads off either.

 

[Blad]

Tension clamps?

Pin heads sticking out?

None of that makes any particular sense.

Is the scroll saw you're using a big C shaped thing? I did a search for Craftsman Scroll saws and they seem to have a vast range of styles and designs including a C shaped scroll saw with an odd (to me) head with a built-in single tensioner and what looks like a quick-release clamp, is this what you are trying to work out?

Can you take a pic at all?

Regardless, scroll saw blades should be easy to remove and change, they generally wear quickly.