blade change on bosch 1581vs jigsaw

Bosch.com did:

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It comes with a 3/16 x 6 inch screwdriver (at least that's what the one that came with mine measures)--if you've lost that you'll need to find one like it. There's a hole on the top of the handle in front--put the screwdriver in that hole and unscrew the screw until the blade comes loose enough to twist 90 degrees and come out, then when you put the new blade in you reverse the process and tighten the screw.

that must be an old one. Mine you push a button and the blade drops out.

Incidentally there's an IPB at

I'd have to look

replying to J. Clarke, lukman wrote: That a flat screwdriver ?

Wow, another ancient thread resurrected.

Yes, it's a flat-blade screwdriver, of the kind that is the same diameter all the way down, not the kind where the tip flares out a little bit and then tapers.

replying to J. Clarke, Tom wrote: Thanks, that is one of the dumbest designs ever. I spent ten minutes looking at it like a caveman from dawn of creation.

It must be hard. You're still trying after 3-1/2 years.

snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Gotta love the determination, though!

Puckdropper

Until manufacturers followed the method that Milwaukee came out with in

IIRC Bosch and DeWalt both had tool less blade change saws but it was like trying to crack open a safe to switch blades and the DeWalt's would simply let go of the blade during a sawing operation.

For my 22 year old Milwaukee you push the lever over and the blade falls out. Insert a new blade and release the lever.

Even Festools do that! ;-)

Perfect! Thank you. Haven't used this equipment sincequipment since my husband died my husband died 30 years ago