Craftsman 16" Scrollsaw Blower Attachment

[BMac]

I have a Craftsman 16" Scrollsaw and somehow the aligator-style blower hose attachment has come off at the closest end to the saw base. The connection is a small ball shape that goes into the aligator-style hose. For the life of me I can't get it back together. I have tried putting one end in a vice and forcing the other end in to it but no luck. Has anyone else had this problem and was able to correct it? I've called Sears and they want to send the whole saw away for repairs and I thought that was overkill since it's just the hose part. Does any one have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

Barry

[dankc908]

Put the end you want to attach to the saw in as hot a water as you can stand (the blower hose will get hot!). After it is good and hot try to press it on. That's how I did it w/ my DeWalt.

[BMac]

Ben,

 

Thanks for the help. I ended up putting that end in boiling water for about 15 minutes and got it to snap on. I didn't do any damage to either end. I was beginning to think I would never get that thing back on. Thanks for your help.

 

Barry

[BMac]

Dan,

 

Sorry about getting your name wrong. For some reason I ahd Ben on the brain. Thanks again.

 

Barry

[dankc908]

Barry -

 

No problem re: the name. My students (college) call me a lot worse I'm glad you could learn from my past problem. Have a great day!

 

Dan

[Travis]

Put the end you want to attach to the saw in as hot a water as you can stand (the blower hose will get hot!). After it is good and hot try to press it on. That's how I did it w/ my DeWalt.

 

Great tip! My Dad had the same problem (also craftsman 16"). I'll let him know. He got frustrated with it and made his own blower that hooks to the air compressor. I'll have to take a picture of it. Its rather humorous. Works great, thoug!

[greasemonkeyredneck]

Offtopic, but I wanted to ask anyway. Does everyone use their blower? Maybe it's because I use cheap saws, but I've found that the blowers are more trouble than they're worth on my saws. I've gotten used to it now and the first thing I do to a new saw is take the hold down clamp and blower assembly off. I haven't used a blower in about seven months now. I do have to blow from my mouth from time to time to get line visibility, but it's like second nature now. I'd probably do it even if the blower was attached.

[blame]

Thats an interesting question William when i had my cheaper Wilton saw, which was basically a shop fox/ryobi clone. The blower baffle had wore a pin hole in it so wasn't really effective for blowing the saw dust off, so like you i just used my mouth from time to time after awile thou i ended up using a small compressor from my air brush set up. since i've had my Dewalt i've only used the on board blower.

[Travis]

It really depends on the project. If it is just a quick cut, I don't use the blower. But for the longer ones, I'll use it. It does an OK job getting rid of the dust, but I still find myself blowing the dust off the old fasioned way. All-in-all, I really like the dust blower. Even though it is sometimes difficult to position it, and if I'm running at lower speeds, doesn't have enough power to get rid of my dust.