Tools, Sharpening and Power Machinery - Coping Saw Blade Replacement?

Not sure if this forum is just for repairing tools (power?!?), or general tool-related questions... so ignore me if I'm in the wrong place!

Have to replace the blade on a coping saw, and not ever having done this before, I am stumped. It's the pin-end blade/saw. How do I release the present blade? I know, I know. I must be blonde (yep). I'm sure it's simple, but... ???

Thanks!

pieper:

I have a small hand coping saw that you just bend the arm and unhook the blade.

Is this the type you have?

Yup just flex the hoop and remove the blade or unscrew the handle.

Joed and GregH,

Thanks for the replies! Will try flexing the hoop and/or unscrewing the handle. I have 2 saws, but only one I could find replacement blades for (the pin-end type), and that saw has two adjusting "rods" which I thought might play a role in releasing the blade, but apparently only change the angle of the blade by degrees.

As it is, I tackled my little project (cutting amber mica sheets to replace glass inserts in our tv/entertainment cabinet) with a combination of a sharp box knife and tin snips. Ain't perfect, but they did the job. Thankfully the cut edges are not visible since they are installed from the back of the cabinet door and there's a good 1/2" of wood to cover the imperfections! :)

I'm too old to be learning how to be "handy"! But I do enjoy trying!

Thanks again folks...

Hey!

If you can still dress yourself in the morning, chew your own food and remember how to get home after going someplace, you have all it takes to learn to be "handy"! :D :D :D

GregH,

:D

Hmmm. I think I can master most of those items!

Thanks for the smile on this 27th nearly-consecutive day of rain in NYC... :mad:

pieper:

Be beholdin' if you sent us some of your rain.

It's so dry in Northern Manitoba that you can hear the buds squeaking as the leaves try to emerge. :(

Good evening Pieper. To change the blade in your coping saw; hold the adjusting pin nearest the handle and unscrew the handle until you can remove the blade.
Have a good day.