I let my neighbor use my 50-year-old jigsaw. He tightened the blade retainer screw so tight he stripped the threads. The saw works great, variable speed - I like it and don't want to throw it away, but it needs a new blade retainer clamp. I cannot find the exact replacement part.
I've had the saw for decades, and it has served me well. I don't want to throw it out over a small part.
The threads in one of the screw holes in the clamp are stripped out.
I found a clamp on e-Bay, but the hole in the center is too small. It's 8mm and needs to be 9.75mm to fit the saw. I think I have a 10mm end mill somewhere, but it's lost in the move. The only thing I have to bore it with is a drill press, and I don't know if that extra .25mm will be too loose on the shaft.
Anybody have a clamp lying around, or know where to get one, or is capable of boring out one of these if I get them, or any other genius ideas of how I can save this thing?