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Does anyone have, or know where I can find, the upper blade chuck for a Magna Jigsaw? I have the square tube that runs inside the spring and the black cup seal that pumps the air for the sawdust blower, but I need the blade chuck that mounts on the end of the square tube.

Right now I will even settle for a couple clear pictures of those parts - the line drawings in the manual leave a little to the imagination and if I can't find the parts, I will have to make them.

Semper Fidelis,
Culprit

Maybe this will help. The blade clamp parts have a pin on the back which fits into holes in the side of the square tube. The set of parts can be rotated 90 degrees on the square tube.
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Thank you, JPG.

So, the square tube fits inside the chuck, and the blade clamps are inside the square tube, with pins sticking through holes in the square tube. There must also be holes in the chuck for the blade clamp pins to extend into or there would be no way to keep the chuck from sliding up or down. The set screw then pushes on the end of the blade clamp pin. I think that is the missing piece of info that I couldn't make out from the drawing in the manual.

Speaking of which, where did you find those drawings? If they're in my manual, I must have missed them.

It turns out that I have one of the two needed blade clamps. Now I just need another one and the chuck. Anyone...?

I do have the jigsaw as well. I don't have an extra clamp, but maybe I'm confused as to which part you need. I'll look at the jigsaw again when I get home and see what I might have.

Culprit wrote:Thank you, JPG.

So, the square tube fits inside the chuck, and the blade clamps are inside the square tube, with pins sticking through holes in the square tube. There must also be holes in the chuck for the blade clamp pins to extend into or there would be no way to keep the chuck from sliding up or down. The set screw then pushes on the end of the blade clamp pin. I think that is the missing piece of info that I couldn't make out from the drawing in the manual.

Speaking of which, where did you find those drawings? If they're in my manual, I must have missed them.

It turns out that I have one of the two needed blade clamps. Now I just need another one and the chuck. Anyone...?

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You might try contacting Simon Eng, ebay seller simon*e, as he might have the part.

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Thank you - there they are. Now I remember looking at them, but I guess it didn't hit me at the time that the square tube fit inside the upper chuck, and the chuck jaws fit inside the square tube.

Thanks again.


SDSSmith - thank you. I'll look him up.

I know this is a super old post but I’m looking for the same thing. help!!! Please

youngstev,

JPG's post above has a couple of great drawings showing the Upper Chuck. I hope it gives you a better idea of how it all goes together.