Vintage Craftsman Sabre Saw

Danny,

I checked on Sears Parts Direct online and found it has a blade holder with screws. Here is the link for your saw.
http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/retrieveModelActionHome!retrieve.action?modelNumber=315.26750&pop=flush#diagram

The key number for the part you want is number 78

It says you need to call them for availability. I don’t know of any other place to find what you need. Hope they have one in stock.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Dude! That’s sweet. I went looking all over for this (even the sears website) and could never get it to come up. Thanks a huge lot!

-- Happy Ripping!!!

I own one of those vintage craftsman saber saws and I’m thinking mine only has one screw. I’ll check it tonight and let you know. I replaced mine with a bosch a couple of years ago. I was amazed how much the vibration was reduced when cutting with the bosch.

-- Dave Herron, Boise, ID -- How hard can it be? It's only wood!

Too bad, I just trashed one of like that a few months ago I had inherited. All bright steel body, worked for a liong time, but started arcing like the insulation was breaking down.

-- North Texas

I’m planning on refurbishing this one to be useful around the shop. If I can get it in general working order, I’ll be taking it apart and checking pieces, oiling gears, and making sure the electronics are all good in it. I love the look of it. Tom, that bright steel body is what I originally liked.

It probably won’t be the last one I ever buy, but I betting on it being a work horse for some of the harder jobs. (Yeah, I’m crazy.)

~Danny Boy

-- Happy Ripping!!!

I like the look too, but it zapped my son enough to numb his arm, didn’t have a proper ground. Should have saved it for it’s sentimental value, but that’s why my garage look so cluttered, :)

-- North Texas

I think some of the old saws had two screws and you had to tighten both sides to keep the blade tight. You don’t want the screw going through the hole in the blade. It is meant to clamp the blade in the saw.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

I hate the orange box but last Sunday they had a Bosch 1587 jiggy with a r.o. sander thrown in for like 120.00$ Both triple grounded and the jig uses tool free blade changing.