I've got one of the first versions of these - probably about 15 years old,
and had a hard life so doesn't owe me. All those cutting of floorboards
with a broken off blade. ;-) It's the type with the black plastic 'nut' on
the top you pull out and twist until it clicks to lock the blade. But now
it clicks when trying to undo it...

Anyone had one apart and know if this can be fixed? And if spares are
still available and if so from where (S London). I've got four different
Bosch power tools and this is the first one that's broken.

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I've got one of the first versions of these - probably about 15 years old,
and had a hard life so doesn't owe me. All those cutting of floorboards
with a broken off blade. ;-) It's the type with the black plastic 'nut' on
the top you pull out and twist until it clicks to lock the blade. But now
it clicks when trying to undo it...

Anyone had one apart and know if this can be fixed? And if spares are
still available and if so from where (S London). I've got four different
Bosch power tools and this is the first one that's broken.

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*Of course I'm against sin; I'm against anything that I'm too old to
enjoy.

Dave Plowman London SW
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You can get Bosch spares from Healys tools at St Albans, they are the main
Bosch service centre for South East.

Just phone the spares hotline. http://www.healystool.co.uk/index.html

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
It's the type with the black plastic 'nut' on
the top you pull out and twist until it clicks to lock the blade.

Ah. That's an SDS jigsaw. I think I've got one somewhere - it's
a green one, isn't it?


But now it clicks when trying to undo it...

Mine started to undo itself when sawing. A PITA.


Anyone had one apart and know if this can be fixed?

Haven't had one of these apart, have had others to bits - they
aren't very difficult to deal with IME.


And if spares are still available

Ooh, nasty. They're a bit on the consumable end of the scale.
Spares should be available, but at a price... I've had spares
for things like this before, and fitted them (it's not economic
get them repaired by someone else), but it's a close call in
terms of outlay.


and if so from where (S London). I've got four different
Bosch power tools and this is the first one that's broken.

Hm. I haven't found vast reliability differences between these
and cheap makes. If you do take it to bits, do a write-up, &
I'll see if I can fix mine! Perhaps I'll try it anyway soon..

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:31:04 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

I've got one of the first versions of these - probably about 15 years old,
and had a hard life so doesn't owe me. All those cutting of floorboards
with a broken off blade. ;-) It's the type with the black plastic 'nut' on
the top you pull out and twist until it clicks to lock the blade. But now
it clicks when trying to undo it...

Anyone had one apart and know if this can be fixed? And if spares are
still available and if so from where (S London). I've got four different
Bosch power tools and this is the first one that's broken.


Not local but you can look up most Bosch spares online at
www.mtmc.co.uk to see if they are still available but they should be
no problem.

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Kaiser wrote:

You can get Bosch spares from Healys tools at St Albans, they are the main
Bosch service centre for South East.

Just phone the spares hotline. http://www.healystool.co.uk/index.html

Yup, second that! Very helpful and not too pricy.

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Kaiser wrote:
You can get Bosch spares from Healys tools at St Albans, they are the main
Bosch service centre for South East.

Just phone the spares hotline. http://www.healystool.co.uk/index.html

Thanks. What an incredibly helpful company. Although I'm still going to
have to take it apart to see what's broken. Lets hope this blade lasts to
the end of the current job. ;-)

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