Jigsaw table problem

steve4447 · Post by **steve4447** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:32 pm

billmayo wrote:I have the remains of a lot of jig saws but I never found any spring connected with the table tilt part. Try removing the spring and use just the washer and bolt. A picture of where the spring is located would be nice.

Bill if you would like I will send it to you...It isn't doing me any good...You can examine it at your leasure..Attachment 24752

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:17 pm

steve4447 wrote:Bill if you would like I will send it to you...It isn't doing me any good...You can examine it at your leasure..Attachment 24752

Contact me offline. Thanks.

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:12 pm

I'm a little late to the party

I searched some of my teardown archives and came up with these.

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Not a big deal to take apart, just double nut the trunnion threaded end, hold the inner nut with a wrench, use the SS allen on the knob and it comes apart easily enough.
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Partially together to easily see the spring.
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With the spring fully engaged in the knob. The only problem I can see with this setup, is getting as much torque with the SS allen wrench on the knob as what you would be getting with an ordinary hex bolt and open or closed end wrench. A lot more torque is achieved with that setup.

With the spring tension on the washer when the trunnion knob is slightly loosened for adjustment, it may make adjusting the table easier by not allowing the table to just fall to the 45 degree.