Coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw

A coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw having a jig saw blade chuck, said coping saw attachment comprising:

• a coping saw blade having an upper portion and a lower portion;
• a coping saw blade adapter capable of securing said upper portion of said coping saw blade in the jig saw blade chuck in the hand held power jig saw;
• and
• a substantially “c-shaped” coping saw blade support member which is capable of being removably attached to the hand held jig saw, said substantially “c-shaped” coping saw blade support member being capable of resiliently securing said lower portion of said coping saw blade.

A method of converting a hand held power jig saw having a jig saw blade retained in a jig saw blade chuck into a hand held power coping saw, comprising the steps of:

• placing an upwardly extending portion of a coping saw blade adapter into the jig saw blade chuck;
• securing a substantially “c-shaped” coping saw blade support member to the hand held power jig saw;
• sliding an upper end of a coping saw blade through a substantially vertically oriented coping saw blade receiving slot in said coping saw blade adapter;
• positioning and retaining upper outwardly extending projections on said coping saw blade in a substantially horizontally oriented coping saw receiving slot in said coping saw blade adapter;
• sliding a lower end of said coping saw blade through a coping saw blade receiving slot in said substantially “c-shaped” coping saw blade support member;
• and
• positioning and retaining lower outwardly extending projections on said coping saw blade in a coping saw blade receiving groove in said substantially “c-shaped” coping saw blade support member.